Stocks Are Hurt by Latest Fear: Declining Prices
The Dow fell below 8,000 as concern spread that the economy might be facing a chronic and debilitating decline in prices.
The Dow fell below 8,000 as concern spread that the economy might be facing a chronic and debilitating decline in prices.
Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona and Penny Pritzker, a businesswoman, also emerged as cabinet contenders.
Some of the nation’s biggest companies are pushing Congress to roll back rules requiring them to put more money into their pension funds.
Al Qaeda’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, sought to dampen enthusiasm for Barack Obama’s election by saying that the “new face” of America only masked a “heart full of hate.”
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg described the $400 rebate checks promised to hundreds of thousands of homeowners as “up in the air.”
The New York Police Department wants the F.B.I. to loosen its approach to the electronic surveillance law.
A new report suggests that a living mammoth could perhaps be regenerated from DNA extracted from clumps of the animal’s hair.
James Barron, a reporter at The New York Times, summarizes the top headlines every weekday.