TOP NEWS By SEWELL CHAN The Federal Reserve called for growth of 3.4 percent to 3.9 percent this year, up from 3 percent to 3.6 percent, even though unemployment will remain painfully high. By CHRISTOPHER DREW The 233-198 vote is a sign that some freshman House Republicans are ready to cut military spending. By MICHAEL WILSON Mark Vaccacio plans to continue portraying George Harrison in a Beatles tribute band, as long as his terminal cancer allows. By MICHAEL SLACKMAN More than 10,000 people streamed into Pearl Square as a political protest merged with a funeral procession in the Persian Gulf kingdom. By NEIL MacFARQUHAR and ALAN COWELL Members of Parliament want two prominent opposition leaders to be sentenced to death for stirring unrest. New clashes at a funeral were being reported on Wednesday. |
Multimedia The United States dictates a different diplomatic strategy for its friends and its foes as protests spread across the Middle East; Nicholas D. Kristof from Bahrain. Opinion Opinionator Blog In proposing such timid cuts, is President Obama daring the Republicans to go first? Is that a smart move? |
BUSINESS By JENNA WORTHAM Manufacturers are designing phones on the Android platform with options like 3-D, sophisticated gaming controls or push-button access to Facebook. By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER The system, called Google One Pass, aims to be more publisher-friendly than a rival plan offered by Apple a day earlier. By SEWELL CHAN Republicans called the report on the 2008 financial collapse a political exercise whose findings were preordained, while Democrats defended the conclusion that the crisis could have been avoided. DealBook By JULIE BOSMAN and MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED The troubled bookseller announced plans to close 30 percent of its stores and to cut jobs. But what will publishers that are owed money do? By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN As the popularity of smartphones continues to grow, the challenge, on a global scale, may only get greater. |
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