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The Way We Live Now: The Charitable-Giving Divide (Aug-21, 21:30 EDT )-- Why giving the rich a break doesn’t necessarily do anything for the poor.


P.R. Missteps Fueled Fiascos at BP, Toyota and Goldman (Aug-21, 21:30 EDT )-- P.R. missteps at BP, Toyota and Goldman Sachs raise a question: Are some crises impossible to spin?


Harrison Price, 89, a Planner of Disney Parks, Dies (Aug-21, 21:20 EDT )-- Mr. Price helped plan various Disney amusement parks, and also worked with SeaWorld, Knott’s Berry Farm and Six Flags.


Fair Game: Debt’s Deadly Grip (Aug-21, 21:20 EDT )-- In this climate, how can consumers dig their way out of credit problems?


News Analysis: Spill Fund May Prove as Challenging as 9/11 Payments (Aug-21, 21:10 EDT )-- As he did with the Sept. 11 victims fund, Kenneth R. Feinberg will have to untangle all sorts of thorny issues in administering a $20 billion oil spill fund.


Small Investors Flee Stock Market Even as Companies Recover (Aug-21, 21:10 EDT )-- With renewed economic uncertainty, American investors have withdrawn a staggering $33.12 billion from stock market mutual funds so far this year.


Inside the Knockoff-Tennis-Shoe Factory (Aug-21, 21:00 EDT )-- In southern China, making fake shoes has become a very big business. Chinese authorities are slow to enforce the law, and it’s becoming harder and harder to tell which shoes are real.


Corner Office: Don’t Take Problems Personally, Lisa Price Says (Aug-21, 17:27 EDT )-- Lisa Price, founder and president of Carol’s Daughter, a beauty products company, says good leaders learn not to become caught up in what other people think of them.


Martha Daniel: President, C.E.O. and Deacon (Aug-21, 17:08 EDT )-- A tech company’s chief executive is also training to become an ordained minister of her church.


Preoccupations: The Healing Power of Construction Work (Aug-21, 17:04 EDT )-- A carpenter finds that his line of work is welcoming to those who don’t fit the corporate mold.


The Haggler: Enough, Already! One Consumer’s Pet Peeves (Aug-21, 16:59 EDT )-- It’s the little things â€" a long list of them â€" that can most frustrate today’s consumer.


Fundamentally: Stock Market Bets That Emphasize Both Growth and Caution (Aug-21, 16:58 EDT )-- While investors have rushed to the safety of Treasury securities, risky sectors like junk bonds and emerging-market stocks have also done well this year.


Economic View: The Overconfidence Problem in Forecasting (Aug-21, 16:56 EDT )-- Surveys show that business leaders aren’t very good at seeing the economic future â€" or its possible extremes.


Slipstream: Fighting Obesity Through Public and Private Policy (Aug-21, 16:39 EDT )-- In the fight against obesity, the entire food landscape â€" from pricing to advertising to availability â€" may need reshaping.


Letters: Feeding Those Parking Meters (Aug-21, 16:31 EDT )-- Free parking in commercial areas, however, benefits merchants as well as consumers.


Post-Mortgage Meltdown, Where Do We Go Now? (Aug-21, 15:58 EDT )-- As finance experts rethink federal housing policy and whether troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie are worth keeping, some say the benefits of homeownership for many people just aren't what they used to be.


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