August 17, 2010

Hewlett-Packard had hoped that Mark Hurd’s resignation would close this chapter, but a stream of leaks followed.

In June the government cut into its benefits system, the world’s most generous, by limiting unemployment payments to two years instead of four.

Few people are happy with the mortgage buyers Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, but the private market is not yet ready to step in for them.

The Vineyard Golf Club, where President Obama is expected to play this month, is thought to be the only completely organic course in the United States.

Major retailers are working with a new smartphone app called Shopkick that tracks and offers promotions to users as they shop.

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan dismissed the $38.6 billion offer as an effort to exploit the current downturn in the market for its commodity.

A study suggests that head trauma can cause degenerative diseases similar to A.L.S. and that Lou Gehrig may not have had Lou Gehrig’s disease.

The Treasury secretary said continued government support was important “to make sure that Americans can borrow at reasonable interest rates to buy a house even in a downturn.”

The Israeli director Yael Hersonski embarks on a critical analysis of a Nazi propaganda film about the Warsaw Ghetto.

The judge declared a mistrial on 23 charges, the bulk of the case, after the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked. Prosecutors promised a new trial.

Paul Simon’s workshop was set in its proper urban element at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

A fight at an apple juice plant pits a company earning record profits against workers determined to resist cuts.