March 1, 2012

In their new operating systems, Windows 8 and Mountain Lion, Microsoft and Apple are heading up the effort to make computers more like mobile devices.

Senator Olympia J. Snowe’s decision to leave the Senate, announced as a divisive vote on health care coverage loomed, reflected growing unease among moderates.

The arrest of Don Vaccaro, the head of TicketNetwork, has sent his political supporters scattering as the online ticket industry faces increasing scrutiny.

The tech industry is doubling down on efforts to speed up the Web as people refuse to wait even 250 milliseconds for a page to load.

While Republicans point to the country’s ills, President Obama is presenting a message of optimism, which some say could backfire if the economy declines.

Wilbur L. Ross Jr. provided some indication of the future of his firm, W. L. Ross, in a letter to investors, but, like many aging business titans, the line of succession has been a looming question.

Prices typically rise about 20 cents in the summer, and a major disruption in oil supplies could add another 50 cents a gallon, analysts say.

The defeat of insurgents in an embattled city set the stage for elite soldiers to turn to other redoubts of Syria’s uprising, as international demands for a cease-fire intensify.

José Antonio Abreu, the founder and influential leader of a classical music education program in Venezuela called El Sistema, engenders deep respect.

Even before a tornado tore through this small southern Illinois city, killing six people, Harrisburg had seen trouble. And they have had to rebuild, over and over.

The pace of auto sales last month was the highest in four years, and all three Detroit carmakers reported sales gains.

“Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax,” the movie version of the children’s book, is a noisy, useless piece of junk, reverse-engineered into something resembling popular art.