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U.S. to Curb Executive Pay for Bailout Recipients

The Obama administration is expected to impose a cap of $500,000 for top executives at companies that receive large amounts of bailout money, the New York Times' Edmund L. Andrews and Vikas Bajaj wrote, citing people familiar with the plan. Executives would also be prohibited from receiving any b...

Witness on Madoff Tells of Fear for Safety

The man who tried unsuccessfully for almost a decade to spur federal securities regulators to investigate Bernard L. Madoff did not initially disclose his own identity to regulators because he feared for his life, reports Diana B. Henriques in The New York Times, according to testimony he has app...

Stocks Rise, but Uncertainty Lingers

Good earnings reports from two pharmaceutical companies and an unexpected bit of positive news from the housing market lifted stock markets higher on Tuesday, though financial companies continued to lag, The New York Times's Jack Healy reported.

Investors are anxiously looking to Washington for g...

Find Your Dream Adventure at the New York Times Travel Show

The biggest problem you'll have at The New York Times Travel Show at the Jacob Javits Convention Center this weekend, Feb. 6-8, will be deciding which countries or locales you... ...

Twitter Chatter During the Super Bowl

Fabulous data visualization by Matthew Bloch and Shan Carter for The New York Times.

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