September 11, 2012

With the extraordinary level of support from the central bank, mutual fund managers are reaping big returns on their purchases of bonds from Portugal, Italy, Spain and Ireland.

As distasteful as the effort was, it should be clear by now that the rescue of the American International Group — often called a backdoor bailout of Wall Street — was a success.

New York City is facing up to the threats posed by rising seas and flooding in the subway system during severe storms, but the city is years away from — and billions of dollars short of — armoring itself.

Labor groups reported that vocational students were being forced to work at plants making iPhones as “interns.”

Low interest rates let governments keep their borrowing costs low, helping them live within their budgets without having to raise taxes or cut spending.

Andy Murray fended off a late rally by Novak Djokovic to win his first Grand Slam title and become the first man from Britain to do so since 1936.

“Chaplin: The Musical,” at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, describes the life behind the Little Tramp in terms of rags to riches to heartbreak.

The high-stakes strike by 26,000 public school teachers in Chicago is only the latest episode in which the nation’s teachers’ unions have been thrown on the defensive.

In Karen Lewis, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union, which completed a second day on strike from public schools, Mayor Rahm Emanuel may have met his match.

The 13th Venice Architecture Biennale makes a nod to urbanism and collaboration, though big-name designers hog much of the spotlight.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the Obama administration for not setting clear “red lines” on Iran’s nuclear progress that would prompt the United States to undertake a military strike.

A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that a family with employer-provided health insurance now pays just under $16,000 in annual premiums, an increase of about 4 percent from a year ago.