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Given a Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt	Mortgages	7/20/2008 2:00 PM
Practices that produced record profits for many banks have led millions of Americans to the brink.
Trouble at Fannie and Freddie Stirs Concern Abroad	Fannie Mae\|FNM\|NYSE	7/20/2008 4:09 PM
The housing giants’ rescue will test the world’s faith in U.S. markets, as about one-fifth of the lenders’ securities are held by foreign investors.
Batman Rules the Night, and the Whole Weekend	Motion Pictures	7/20/2008 3:25 PM
The sixth “Batman” movie made $155.3 million over the weekend, shoring up what has been a wobbly year at the box office.
My Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors	Apple Inc\|AAPL\|NASDAQ	7/20/2008 4:12 PM
Dr. Arnold Kim’s Web site, MacRumors.com, has become such a popular technology site, he has stopped practicing medicine to blog full time.
Can Si Newhouse Keep Condé Nast’s Gloss Going?	Magazines	7/20/2008 10:44 AM
The chairman of Condé Nast defies the image of the media baron driven by love of the limelight, politics or money.
Needing a Star, CNBC Made One	Television	7/19/2008 8:40 PM
Erin Burnett’s meteoric rise is the most recent example of how television networks try to transform fresh-faced hosts into household names.
Western Olympic Ads Cheerlead for China	Olympic Games (2008)	7/20/2008 10:43 AM
Global corporations are appealing to nationalism in an advertising blitz the likes of which China has never seen.
Jet Fuel Costs Push Midwest Air to End Flights to 11 Cities	Airlines and Airplanes	7/20/2008 3:31 PM
Baltimore, San Diego, St. Louis and two Florida destinations are among the cities affected as the carrier grounds a third of its fleet to counter soaring fuel costs.
Media Talk: Protest Blog Aims at Tribune Boss	Blogs and Blogging (Internet)	7/20/2008 3:44 PM
One problem with managing a bunch of print journalists is that when you fire them, they are still journalists, prone to grumbling about whatever they consider unfair.
Media Talk: A Sub Rosa Celebrity Campaign (and It Might Stay Very Quiet)	Books and Literature	7/20/2008 3:55 PM
The publicity for Kathryn Walker’s debut novel, “A Stopover in Venice,” is subdued given that the book is a roman à clef that includes James Taylor, the author’s ex-husband.
Drilling Down: Ahh, Remember Your First Cellphone?	Cellular Telephones	7/20/2008 3:13 PM
Teenage boys and teenage girls acquire cellphones differently, according to a recent study by MultiMedia Intelligence.
Ping: Inside Nairobi, the Next Palo Alto?	Computers and the Internet	7/20/2008 4:46 AM
A relatively small number of places — all in wealthy countries or in China and India — create nearly every important technological advance. But some people in Nairobi, Kenya, are hoping to change that.
Economic View: Means Testing, for Medicare	Medicine and Health	7/19/2008 6:14 PM
No matter who sits in the Oval Office next year, there won’t be many degrees of freedom in the federal budget. The main problem: Medicare.
Off the Shelf: Who Wants to Retire Later? (Don’t Laugh)	Retirement	7/19/2008 6:22 PM
In their new book, Alicia H. Munnell and Steven A. Sass argue that we may have to work longer and retire later if we want to avoid a decline in our standard of living.
Ventures: Landlords, if Only by Accident	Housing	7/19/2008 6:29 PM
The housing market morass has created a new class of real estate investors: the unintentional landlords.
Novelties: Sweeping Panoramas, Courtesy of a Robot	Robots	7/19/2008 6:12 PM
Robots already cut the grass and vacuum rugs. Now they are helping with a more artistic job: creating vast photographic panoramas with ordinary cameras.
Looking Ahead: The Week’s Major Economic Reports	Conference Board	7/20/2008 3:13 PM
This week’s reports include the Conference Board’s leading economic indicators for June, the Federal Reserve Board’s beige book, and existing home sales for June.
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week	Stocks and Bonds	7/20/2008 3:13 PM
The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week includes Monday’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills.
Putting Your House to Work in Film	Housing	7/19/2008 11:26 AM
New Yorkers love to complain about television or film crews that descend on their neighborhoods. But some are renting their homes to those crews, and making up to $10,000 a day.
Mortgages: Struggling, but Staying in a Home	Mortgages	7/18/2008 12:46 PM
Two recent initiatives allow struggling homeowners who lose their mortgages to stay in their homes and work their way back to financial solvency.
Giuliani Firm Plans Real Estate Investment Fund	Giuliani Partners	7/20/2008 4:41 AM
Entering the real estate market at a time of profound turmoil, Rudolph W. Giuliani’s company is planning an investment fund based on commercial and residential properties.
Suits: At an Air Show, Competing With the Roars and the Ringtones	Airlines and Airplanes	7/19/2008 5:59 PM
With jet fighters overhead, it was easy to be distracted at the Farnborough International Airshow last week. But for executives, there were distractions on the ground, too.
Practical Traveler \| Booking Trips and Flights: For Some, Next Year Is Already Here	Travel and Vacations	7/18/2008 3:38 PM
Whether prompted by rising airfares or the specter of fewer available flights, tour operators say travelers have been booking unusually early this year.
Sports Business: Citigroup Puts Its Money Where Its Name Will Be	Citigroup Incorporated\|C\|NYSE	7/20/2008 12:15 AM
With high name recognition and a place among the world’s banking leaders, Citigroup hardly needed the Citi name plastered on a ballpark.
Posting: Attention, First-Time Renters	Renting and Leasing	7/18/2008 12:13 PM
A company called Insurent offers to insure the rent on an apartment, helping freshly minted college graduates and professionals relocating from overseas get apartments in New York.

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