August 30, 2012

Five women who once worked for Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez, a Brooklyn Democrat, described in interviews an atmosphere of sexual pressure in his office, suggesting a longstanding pattern.

GSV, the largest of several closed-end mutual funds that offer ordinary investors a chance to own stakes in privately held companies, has been hit particularly hard by Facebook’s troubles.

The lovers in Philip Ridley’s play never leave their own private world. And they keep reinventing it, with a savage spirit of competition.

Representative Paul D. Ryan accepted the Republican nomination for vice president as his party embraced the gamble that his principles offer more political payoff than peril.

For three years after his failed 2008 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney sought to reclaim his public identity with the self-critical eye, marketing savvy and systematic rigor of the corporate consultant that he once was.

Signaling a return to its British banking roots, Barclays has appointed an insider, Antony Jenkins, as chief executive, as the bank aims to restore its reputation after a rate-manipulation scandal.

The comedian Kevin Hart is learning to entertain audiences with his personal life, pleasant or not.

Stella Adler, the great acting teacher, is presented verbatim, discussing eminent American playwrights.

An Irish court has set Friday as the deadline for Sean Quinn to provide information on what the Irish government contends is his byzantine collection of offshore assets and opaque owners.

This slender volume collects the essays written by Christopher Hitchens after he was stricken with esophageal cancer.

Now that Steven Klar has put his penthouse in Midtown Manhattan on the market, he and his decorator, Juan Pablo Molyneux, are at odds over the final look of the apartment.

DogTV, a television and Internet channel made specifically for dogs, is put to the test, not only by them but also by other species.