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NYT > Business Day
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has been getting tougher on insider trading on Wall Street, but its potential target may be too wide.
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Trans-Atlantic tension in JPMorgan Chase’s chief investment office contributed to the unit’s giant losing trades, current and former bankers said.
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The small gain for Facebook’s stock on its first day of trading suggests that many professional money managers viewed all the hype as just that.
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Research shows that more than half of office workers are dissatisfied with the level of “speech privacy” in their offices, and managers are hearing their complaints.
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A new generation of watches connects with smartphones and other devices to offer news feeds and e-mail, text and other alerts.
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Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week.
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James Crockman listens to 17 police and fire frequencies from a New Jersey office to cull spot items for subscribers like news media outlets.
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President Robert G. Mugabe has begun pressuring companies operating in the country to comply with a law requiring that black Zimbabweans own more than half their shares.
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The chief of Pixability drew on her education and experience in business, law and government to found her company, a provider of video marketing software and services.
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A grade-school teacher describes how she and four of her colleagues have trained together to run a marathon — and have found a new sense of camaraderie along the way.
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A reader responds to “At JPMorgan, the Ghost of Dinner Parties Past” (Fair Game, May 13).
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Readers respond to “Slippery-Slope Logic, Applied to Health Care” (Economic View, May 13).
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Three new books explore The New Yorker’s cover designs, the cultural influence of Samuel Rothafel and the struggles Aaron Burr faced after he shot Alexander Hamilton.
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Experts offer tips on how to raise your score most effectively.
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A recent Treasury analysis paints a glowing picture of the eventual outcome of the 2008 financial rescues. But taxpayers deserve a better breakdown of the costs and benefits.
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Chris Barbin of Appirio, an information technology company, says he asks job candidates how a best friend would describe them, and then how they would describe themselves.
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An overextended family can solve its problems by cutting spending, increasing savings and paying down debts. But such belt-tightening doesn’t work as a metaphor for the national economy.
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To Harry Markowitz, the father of modern portfolio theory, the Facebook stock hubbub is a yawn. He’d rather focus on a rigorously diversified mix of stocks and bonds.
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What happens when your car doesn’t have E-ZPass, but you’re forced to use the “E-ZPass Only” lane at the tollbooth? A reader asks the Haggler to help resolve the resulting mess.
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Caught in a downward spiral of debt and economic decline, Spain’s banking crisis has been deepening and its unemployment rate has been rising. For all too many, it has been a season of despair.
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Austerity protests in Europe, the fallout from an embarrassing trading failure at JPMorgan Chase and Facebook’s long-anticipated initial public offering were among the week’s top business stories.
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The Internet was supposed to make us smarter shoppers. So why should we still listen to the signals that brands send us?
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With the balance of student debt topping $1 trillion, college presidents are recognizing that they must handle the costs of education through methods other than tuition increases.
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An animated explanation of how banks use securities lending to make a profit, while their customers cover the losses.
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