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At Oil Conference, Saudis Offer Slight Rise in Production
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 1:45pm EDT by By ROBERT F. WORTH and JAD MOUAWAD
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An energy meeting in Saudi Arabia underscored how few options the world has to push oil prices down from their record levels.
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The New Trophy Home, Small and Ecological
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 9:00am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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Homes are a new arena for LEED ratings, environmental badges of honor usually given to commercial buildings.
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Scene Stealer: When the Comedy Is Lost in Translation
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 5:38am EDT by By MICHAEL CIEPLY
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Many more uniquely domestic comedies are not performing as well as other American movies abroad, posing a problem for Hollywood, which depends on foreign markets for roughly half of its total revenue.
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Fair Game: How Big a Payday for the Pay Consultants?
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 5:35am EDT by By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
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An approach to runaway executive pay might involve looking at potential conflicts of interest that compensation consultants may have as they provide other services to companies as well.
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Shifting Careers: Fighting a War Against Distraction
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 4:22am EDT
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Frequent topics of discussion these days include the interruptions of working in the digital age, the mistakes we make while multitasking and the efforts to find quiet places to think.
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Novelties: In Search of Perfect Harmony, Through Software
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 2:59am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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New software promises to correct harmonic mistakes in music as easily as other software now fixes the red eyes in digital photographs.
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The Count: See the Economy Through the Eyes of Its C.E.O.’s
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 1:28am EDT by By PHYLLIS KORKKI
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See the Economy.
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Economic View: What Happens if We’re Wrong?
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 1:27am EDT by By PETER L. BERNSTEIN
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The greatest mystery in the tumult of the current housing and mortgage crises lies in two words that are turning out to be hollow: risk management.
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F.C.C. Bars Verizon Tactic
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 12:12am EDT by By BLOOMBERG NEWS
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The F.C.C. has voted to stop Verizon from trying to talk its customers out of switching to another telephone provider while they wait for their phone numbers to be transferred.
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News Analysis: In Confronting the Foreclosure Crisis, a Bill Strikes a Balance
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 12:03am EDT by By MANNY FERNANDEZ
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The bill that Gov. David A. Paterson and leaders of the State Legislature announced last week was, for Albany, that rarest of things — an effective compromise.
