August 17, 2012

The Hamptons have become a solid buyer’s market, where listings at all price ranges are plentiful and huge price reductions are common.

Gary Friedman was confronted by the company’s board over an inappropriate personal relationship, according to people familiar with the matter.

Four representatives with tough re-election races will stay away from Charlotte, N.C., next month, citing the need to campaign.

Calling interest in his taxes “small-minded,” Mitt Romney said he had looked at 10 years of returns, a response to Democrats who suggested he might have paid nothing in some years.

Imports of oil from the kingdom have grown by more than 20 percent this year, leaving the United States vulnerable to tensions in the Persian Gulf.

Gatherings of a group of California professionals in the depths of unemployment reveal a post-recession landscape where grim frustration battles with the simple desire to find a way out.

Gen. Sedky Sobhi argued that America’s presence in the Middle East and its “one sided” support of Israel had mired it in an unwinnable war with Islamist militants.

Three women who staged a protest against Vladimir V. Putin, Russia’s president, in a cathedral and became a cause célèbre of artists around the world were convicted of hooliganism.

Mario’s adventures continue to look like kids’ stuff, but the new edition still offers amusing surprises.

A slow summer rally has lifted shares, but many investors are waiting for the next jarring event out of Europe or a disappointing report on the United States economy.

The more users a social network site like Facebook attracts, the more others will want to use it. But a site’s audience can decline just as quickly as it grows.

Since his emergence as the key Congressional Republican on the budget issue, Representative Paul D. Ryan has had a powerful influence on intellectuals, writers and policy makers.