December 12, 2010

Villagers who will work in China’s factories are in demand, but many college graduates seeking professional jobs find their value plunging.

In theory, clearinghouses exist to safeguard the integrity of the multitrillion-dollar derivatives market. In practice, they also defend big banks’ dominance.

Halfway through a term in which the president has relied mostly on counsel from an inner circle, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s influence is growing.

After Detroit’s victory over Green Bay, workers scrubbed the Lions logos from the field to paint the Vikings colors in an attempt to give the field a look of a home game for Monday’s matchup with the Giants.

“The Hard Nut,” Mark Morris’s irreverent take on the traditional “Nutcracker,” returns to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.