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What Can Be Done to Cure the Ailing Economy? (Aug-28, 21:09 EDT )-- It increasingly seems as if the policy makers attending like physicians to the American economy are peering into their medical kits and coming up empty.


Can Porsche Shine at Volkswagen? (Aug-28, 21:03 EDT )-- Volkswagen is poised to buy Porsche, a move that some people say could threaten the smaller carmaker’s high-end individuality.


Hey, Big Spender: Hollywood Isn’t in the Mood (Aug-28, 21:00 EDT )-- How does Joel Silver, the producer behind “Die Hard” and “The Matrix,” adapt to a movie industry that is cutting costs?


The Boss: Determined to Learn (Aug-28, 19:32 EDT )-- Massy Mehdipour’s career has taken her from Iran to Canada to Silicon Valley, where she leads the software company Skire Inc.


Career Couch: How to Match Companies and Causes (Aug-28, 19:25 EDT )-- Businesses often create charitable programs that try to make the best use of employees’ skills.


Mortgages: Rethinking Adjustable-Rate Mortgages (Aug-28, 19:20 EDT )-- With the economy still weak, borrowers may want to hold onto their adjustable-rate mortgages a little longer.


Square Feet | The 30-Minute Interview: Dorothy Herman (Aug-28, 19:20 EDT )-- Ms. Herman, who is known as Dottie, is the president and chief executive of Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, a residential brokerage firm.


Letters: Battling Unhealthy Diets (Aug-28, 19:14 EDT )-- As an adult, I should be able to determine my own dietary needs, thank you very much.


Letters: A Pain for Savers (Aug-28, 19:13 EDT )-- The Fed’s policy is allowing banks to simultaneously slash interest rates for savers, infuriating millions who watch helplessly as this stealth tax eats away at the core of our hard-won security.


Letters: Every Crisis Is Different (Aug-28, 19:11 EDT )-- Every crisis is different. And no communications strategy is universal.


Economic View: The Case for Reviving Revenue Sharing (Aug-28, 19:03 EDT )-- General revenue sharing of the ’70s and ’80s let national taxes be spent locally. The program could provide a template for lowering today’s unemployment rate.


Fair Game: It’s Not Over Until It’s in the Rules (Aug-28, 19:00 EDT )-- During the rules-writing process for the financial overhaul, regulators will have to withstand pressure from big banks that want to keep control over the derivatives market.


Novelties: Warning to Birds: All-Glass Buildings Ahead (Aug-28, 18:41 EDT )-- A new kind of glass has a patterned coating that’s visible to approaching birds. But the pattern is faint or imperceptible to people.


Ping: Neighborly Borrowing, Over the Online Fence (Aug-28, 18:25 EDT )-- Online start-ups are allowing people to rent out their belongings locally, for a small fee.


Microsoft Co-Founder Sues Major Tech Companies (Aug-28, 14:00 EDT )-- Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is reaching back in time to file a lawsuit against some of the best-known technology companies of today. Allen contends that Google, Apple, Facebook and Yahoo all breached patents owned by one of his former start-ups.


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