November 27, 2013

The International Monetary Fund is advocating a more aggressive approach to debt restructuring that would shift some pain to the private sector, and away from German-style austerity.

Wall Street has grown frustrated by low returns on other forms of debt and turned instead to riskier but more lucrative bets on ever-smaller companies.

Confronting entrenched perceptions, schools have begun initiatives to enroll more poor, Latino and African-American students in Advanced Placement courses, which serve as an elite preserve within schools.

Brick and mortar stores like Target and Walmart are engaging heavily with social networks, notably Pinterest, to clinch holiday sales.

White House officials, fearful that the federal health care website may again be overwhelmed this weekend, have urged their allies to hold back enrollment efforts so the insurance marketplace does not collapse under a crush of new users.

Even many of President Hamid Karzai’s friends have criticized his refusal to conclude a security agreement between Afghanistan and the United States.

As an effort ensues to test for cancer-causing gene mutations that are common among many Jews, women are facing hard choices about how much they want to know.

Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, the creators of the 2004 movie “Anchorman,” have raised expectations with its coming sequel, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.”

Meryl Streep plays an unappealing older woman in the film adaptation of “August: Osage County.”

A rare collision of ill-timed rain, wild animals, and a growing love affair between China and the pecan has led to the worst supply in years, and grocery store prices are up by about 30 percent.

A federal bankruptcy judge approved American’s reorganization plan, which means the carrier’s proposed merger with US Airways can proceed.

To point out the vast improvement in the new version of Pages, we offer a three-round comparison bout between it and Word.