الجمعة، 8 يوليو 2011

Afternoon Update: Job Growth Falters Badly, Clouding Hope for Recovery

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Job Growth Falters Badly, Clouding Hope for Recovery

By MOTOKO RICH

For the second month in a row, employers added a dismally small number of jobs, showing that the United States economy is barely creaking along.

Cameron Orders Two Inquiries Into Hacking Scandal as Former Aide Is Arrested

By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL

Prime Minister David Cameron announced two separate inquiries on Friday into the phone-hacking revelations the disgraced News of the World tabloid as his former aide was arrested.

Boehner Sees Little Chance of Quick Deficit Deal

By CARL HULSE

The Speaker of the House said that there were still significant obstacles in the way of an agreement.

As Wall St. Polices Itself, Prosecutors Use Softer Approach

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON and LOUISE STORY

Justice Department guidelines adopted in 2008 allow prosecutors to grant leniency to companies that investigate and report their own wrongdoing.

Atlantis Lifts Off for Last Space Shuttle Mission

By KENNETH CHANG

Though thunderstorms threatened, Atlantis was launched for NASA's 135th and final shuttle flight, bound for the International Space Station with four astronauts.

Multimedia

Video: TimesCast

South Sudan becomes the world's newest nation Saturday; the columnist David Leonhardt questions if President Obama is to blame for slow job growth; and the latest on the British phone-hacking scandal.

Opinion

Room For Debate

Who Will Win the Media Battle of Britain?

A phone hacking scandal provokes a public outcry, a political uproar and a media power struggle.

BUSINESS

Flight Cutbacks Hit Midsize Airports Hardest

By JAD MOUAWAD

Government data shows that cities where house prices collapsed and jobs disappeared, like Las Vegas and Detroit, were among those that lost the most flights.

DealBook

News Corp. Deal for BSkyB in Limbo

By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON

Amid the widening phone-hacking controversy at the media empire, British officials said it could take awhile to assess the proposed acquisition of BSkyB.

Common Sense

Waiting for Gravity to Hit LinkedIn

By JAMES B. STEWART

Spotting a bubble before it deflates has proved difficult, if not impossible, but that hasn't stopped questions about LinkedIn's stock price.

Bits Blog

DealBook: The New Start-Ups at Sun Valley

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Who will head the next generation of multibillion-dollar start-ups? Financiers at the Sun Valley conference hear about three of them.

Your Money

A 401(k) Window to More Investing Choices

By RON LIEBER

Most employees in 401(k) plans dutifully accept the menu of mutual funds chosen by their employers. But adding a self-directed option could improve plans.

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