October 11, 2012

When Americans go to the polls next month they will cast a vote not just for president but for one of two profoundly different visions for the future of the country’s health care system.

Taped phone conversations are at the heart of the inquiry into the $6 billion trading loss.

In “Harper Regan” Mary McCann stunningly plays a working wife and mother who runs away from her job and her family when she suddenly feels mortal shadows are closing in on her.

Diana Reed received a series of steroid injections to alleviate her neck pain. She later died, one of more than 130 people to have contracted meningitis in a national outbreak.

Britain is allowing Huawei to expand its already sizable operations with a $2 billion investment, a reception that vastly differs from the suspicion that has met the company in Washington.

The drug company GlaxoSmithKline hopes that making its research available to scientists will lead to safer, more effective drugs.

Mitt Romney is seen by more voters as a strong leader after his debate performance last week, but positive economic news appears to have buffered President Obama.

China erupted in something close to a national celebration for the writer Mo Yan, just two years after the government condemned a Nobel Peace Prize for the dissident Liu Xiaobo.

Women in entertainment are obsessing less about their weight and setting their own standards of beauty.

Sprint Nextel confirmed that it was in talks with Softbank of Japan over a “potential substantial investment.” A deal would give the struggling American cellphone service provider a deep-pocketed backer to help finance its turnaround effort.

As the government expands its support of the housing market, analysts expect that mortgage profits at banks will rise in third-quarter earnings reports and will continue well into next year.

“Argo” is a doozy of a story and so borderline ridiculous that it sounds like something that could have been cooked up only by Hollywood.