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Thursday, October 29, 2015

News: Morning Agenda: Deutsche Bank to Cut 35,000 Jobs Under New Strategy

Pfizer and Allergan Consider Merger | Goldman to Pay $ 50 Million Over Fed Leak | Former Goldman Executive to Join TPG

News Q’s | Norway Has a New Passion: Ghost Hunting

Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not? Why is it odd that a belief in ghosts has a particularly strong following in highly secular modern countries like Norway?

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

News Analysis: No Grand Bargain, but Deal Is Still a Victory for Obama

President Obama got what he wanted in the tentative budget deal announced Monday, helped when Representative John A. Boehner signaled that a deal was possible.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

News: Morning Agenda: Uber Said to Plan Another $1 Billion in Fund-Raising

News: Morning Agenda: Uber Said to Plan Another Billion in Fund-Raising

Big Questions for Valeant | Earnings Misstatements Come in Bunches

News Analysis: Budget Deal Isn’t Boehner’s ‘Grand Bargain’ but Gets Job Done

The $ 80 billion agreement may fall short of earlier G.O.P. visions of budget grandeur, but would take Congress through a potentially dangerous period.

Monday, October 26, 2015

News Q’s | Obama Administration Declares That Student Testing Has Gone Too Far

What did the Obama administation call for regarding the curtailing of high-stakes testing in U.S. public schools?

Thursday, October 22, 2015

News: Morning Agenda: Valeant Plunges on Fraud Claim

Obama Administration Draws Up Debt Plan for Puerto Rico | John Thain of CIT Group to Step Down as Chief

News Analysis: Warm in Public, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton Have Been Intense Rivals in Private

Part of their tension grew out of what the vice president saw as his role as the natural successor to carry President Obama’s legacy forward.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Invitation to a Dialogue: Our Meager News Diet

A former CNN correspondent bemoans the paucity of serious news coverage and a campaign conducted in “quips, tweets and photos.” Readers are invited to respond.

Friday, October 16, 2015

Tour and Park News: Sonoma by Bike; Photos in Yellowstone

What you need to know if you’re on a trip or planning one soon, including a new national park in New Mexico and a marine sanctuary anniversary in Florida.

News Q’s | Graffiti on ‘Homeland,’ Unnoticed by Producers, Calls Show Racist

How are Muslims and the Islamic world often portrayed in American TV shows and movies?

Thursday, October 15, 2015

News: Morning Agenda: Companies Test Inhospitable Market for Public Offerings

A Radical Plan for Puerto Rico | Rabobank Traders on Trial for Rigging Libor

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

News Analysis: Hillary Clinton Seizes Opening to Try to Re-establish Trust With Democrats

Mrs. Clinton was blunt in saying that she had a liberal political philosophy but was also a pragmatic leader who would work with both Democrats and Republicans.

News Analysis: How Dell’s Weak Performance Could Affect Its $67 Billion EMC Deal

News Analysis: How Dell’s Weak Performance Could Affect Its Billion EMC Deal

Dell’s huge deal for the data storage and software company EMC has many supporters, despite the firm’s recent financial performance.

Friday, October 9, 2015

News Analysis: House, and a Republican Party, Divided Against Itself

Kevin McCarthy’s decision to drop out of the race for speaker echoed chaos in the House 17 years ago, but some Republicans worry that this time may be worse.

News Analysis: An Opportune Moment for Russia’s Foray Into Syria

Analysts and Western officials say there are several reasons for President Vladimir V. Putin to move into Syria now, including the Damascus regime’s dwindling power and blocking Western intervention spurred by the refugee crisis.