The leading industrial nations will intervene in currency exchange markets to stop the rise of the yen and help Japan’s export markets.

Group of 7 to Intervene to Stabilize Yen’s Value

Alphabet Management is finding price discrepancies and making big bets by trading on them.

Funds Find Opportunities in Volatility

The movement for change in the Arab world is not necessarily over, but it has run up against dictators willing to use lethal force to preserve their power.

Bullets Stall Youthful Push for Arab Spring

The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation has been so slow in paying for the upkeep of horses that scores have wound up neglected, according to interviews and inspection reports.

Ex-Racehorses Starve as Charity Fails in Mission to Care for Them

“Arcadia,” Tom Stoppard’s tale of two centuries in pseudopastoral England, is propelled by genuine, panting passion.

The 180-Year Itch, Metaphysically Speaking

President Obama set forth non-negotiable conditions that he said Libya must immediately meet to avoid military action to enforce a no-flight zone and block attacks by the regime on civilians and rebels.

Obama Warns Libya, but Attacks Go On

Propeller, the British theater troupe that routinely turns Shakespeare into a donnybrook, pumps “Comedy of Errors” full of testosterone at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Giving Shakespeare His Sombrero and Kazoo

The largest protest so far in Yemen came under violent and sustained attack in the center of the capital, Sana.

Dozens of Protesters Are Killed in Yemen

The Bowery has undergone a transformation. Once a skid row, it is now seen as a hot development prospect.

The Skids? Not Hardly

James Gleick argues that information is more than just the contents of our libraries and Web servers: human consciousness, life on earth, the cosmos — it’s bits all the way down.

James Gleick’s History of Information

It is clear the Nissan Juke is not meant for anyone much older than 30, and although this small crossover looks a bit odd, the company has produced something fun that hits most of its marks.

A Design So Far Out It Just Might Be In

Gasoline containing ethanol is not good for older engines, and many owners of collectible cars often have to search to find service stations that sell 100 percent gasoline.

Collectors Go Looking for Nonalcoholic Blends

With a new talk show and an increasingly high public profile of her own, Gayle King is no longer just “Oprah’s Best Friend.”

The Sidekick No More

Interest in Transcendental Meditation is spiking, with the help of celebrities.

Look Who’s Meditating Now

In the last five years, adults have seemingly given up the telephone — land line, mobile, voice mail and all.

Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You

The Mark Morris Dance Group performed three new works on Thursday night in its first production of the season at its home stage.

Journeying From Head to Toe, With a Layover at the Heart

Andris Nelsons, 32, stepped in for the veteran maestro James Levine to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in its third and final performance at Carnegie Hall this week.

A Fresh Face Confronts a Seasoned Mahler

Valerie Plame Wilson, the former C.I.A. operative, has signed a book deal with Penguin Group USA to write a series of international suspense novels.

In Novels, an Ex-Spy Returns to the Fold

Derrick Williams swatted away a shot with less than two seconds left and the Wildcats advanced to the Round of 32.

Free Throws and a Block Are Enough for Arizona

The 1948 Frank Loesser musical farce “Where’s Charley?” gets a cheery and nimble revival at City Center.

A Few Wacky Victorians in Love

The volatility of the Japanese currency has been extreme since the earthquake, making it a risky bet.

A Yen Position for Speculators

Corrections appearing in print, March 18, 2011.

Corrections

After Jim Furyk won the Transitions golf tournament last year as he neared 40, he went on to be the PGA Tour’s player of the year.

After Inspirational Year, Furyk Is Back Where It Began

Nissan said it hoped to resume production at its Oppama, Japan, plant on Sunday.

Production to Resume

Warren Minor Christopher was an American attorney, diplomat and statesman who served as the 63rd United States secretary of state from 1993 to 1997.

March 18, 2011

Headlines from March 18, 2011

Group of 7 to Intervene to Stabilize Yen’s Value

Funds Find Opportunities in Volatility

Bullets Stall Youthful Push for Arab Spring

Ex-Racehorses Starve as Charity Fails in Mission to Care for Them

The 180-Year Itch, Metaphysically Speaking

Billboard 200

21

Late Nights & Early Mornings

Sigh No More

Never Say Never: The Remixes (EP)

NOW 37

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for March 18, 2011