May 23, 2014

Anthony Tommasini, the chief classical music critic of The New York Times, and Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, a classical music critic for The Times, respond to the attention the opera singer Tara Erraught has gotten for her size, not her voice.

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum aims to woo foreign investment, but the event is under a cloud this year as Russia stands on the verge of recession.

Crispin Odey, whose hedge fund’s fortunes have risen and fallen in recent years, drew attention with extravagant plans for a chicken coop.

On Thursday, Facebook showed off a blue dinosaur character that will become the privacy ambassador on the social network. But the dinosaur could follow in the path of Microsoft’s Clippy, and Twitter’s Fail Whale, both of which were meant to help users and ended up being hated by people.

Bud Selig’s succession plan for commissioner of Major League Baseball is meeting opposition from some team owners, including Jerry Reinsdorf of the Chicago White Sox.

The long arm of United States prosecutors in Alexandria, Va., has led to cases against banks and other financial players across the country and the globe.

Many of the hackers employed by the Chinese government are men in their 20s and 30s who have been trained at universities run by the People’s Liberation Army.

Seeking ever-higher payments from publishers to bolster its anemic bottom line, Amazon is holding books and authors hostage on two continents by delaying shipments and raising prices.

Brian Page, a teacher in Ohio, took students in his personal finance and economics class out into the real world for lessons on high-cost lending.

The ruling by the World Trade Organization gives the Obama administration another opportunity to portray itself as being willing to confront Beijing on trade issues.

There has been no escaping the sonic shifts that have been reconfiguring country music of late: the country-rap crossover.

The Thunderbolt, the first custom-designed roller coaster at Coney Island in decades, is not child’s play, at least when it comes to assembly.