Higher Prices Outpace June Spending by Consumers
Consumer spending increased 0.6 percent in June, but prices rose 0.8 percent, the government reported, indicating months of challenges to come.
Housing Lenders Fear Bigger Wave of Loan Defaults
Homeowners with good credit are falling behind on their payments in growing numbers, just as the problems with subprime mortgages are leveling off.
Graphic: Troubles SpreadRematch in Senate Race Finds a New Climate
New Hampshire, which has shifted hard toward the Democrats in recent years, is emblematic of the national political terrain.
For Obama, Challenge Is Getting Through
In Florida to talk about the economy, the mojo should be good. Instead Barack Obama pondered a tough week of “distractions.”
Interactive Graphic: Presidential Polls Over Time
Four Days Before Games, Beijing Air Is Thick
While the sky in Beijing was blue several days last week, it was smoggy and humid on Monday, and some athletes have already felt the effects of the pollution.
Q & A With a ‘Bird’s Nest’ Designer
Ai Weiwei, one of China’s most renowed contemporary artists, helped design the Beijing stadium.
Attack in China Kills 16 Border Officers
The assault in China’s majority Muslim northwest added to security concerns ahead of the Games.
Video Anthrax Evidence Called Mostly Circumstantial
A person briefed on the investigation characterized the evidence against a scientist as “damning” but indirect.
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