July 8, 2011

Justice Department guidelines adopted in 2008 allow prosecutors to grant leniency to companies that investigate and report their own wrongdoing.

Internet providers agreed to a system to identify those suspected of digital copyright infringement and impose progressively harsher consequences.

The United States is considering whether to adopt international accounting standards, which it will probably do if it can rewrite some of the rules.

A Duke University program to tailor cancer treatments to certain patterns of genes has ended in disaster and lawsuits.

Tyne Daly plays a juiced-up composite of 20th-century divas for her turn as Maria Callas, the character at the center of “Master Class,” a play about the twilight of a goddess of bel canto.

When the Republic of South Sudan declares independence on Saturday, it will be as a poor country facing insurrections and hostilities with northern Sudan.

For the second month in a row, employers added a dismally small number of jobs, showing that the United States economy is barely creaking along.

Joe Levin, a practicing Orthodox Jew, does everything from background checks for marital arrangements to investigations into international banks.

Real estate firms are stealing a leaf from sites like StreetEasy and setting up sites that enable clients to search for most of the available properties on the market, not just theirs.

Hyundai, as we all know, has come a long way, and the redesigned 2012 Elantra shows how thoroughly the company and economy cars have changed. They have both grown up.

A political commentary from the United States with Allora & Calzadilla’s works at the Venice Biennale.

Most employees in 401(k) plans dutifully accept the menu of mutual funds chosen by their employers. But adding a self-directed option could improve plans.