http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html Headlines, abstracts and links for the latest New York Times articles, for Radio UserLand. en-us Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company Sun, 27 Jun 2004 03:00:12 GMT rssUpdates http://backend.userland.com/rss UserLand Frontier v9.0 webmaster@userland.com http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27view.html?ex=1403668800&en=6e9b6a3f96292adc&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND In recent months, a chorus of voices has suggested that the Fed's own aggressive actions may have skewed the numbers on which it relies. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:50 GMT Daniel Gross http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27view.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27watch.html?ex=1403668800&en=c8454aac09969363&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND While the data on how much companies are paying their auditors may seem dry, it is must reading for investors. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:50 GMT Gretchen Morgenson http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27watch.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27goods.html?ex=1403668800&en=09da9f17f86d8a8a&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Mothers-to-be needn't take a fashion sabbatical just because they have entered the elastic-waistband phase. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:50 GMT Brendan I. Koerner http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27goods.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27advi.html?ex=1403668800&en=3bedb24612f139a1&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Confidence, but not arrogance, helps make a convincing case for more pay. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:50 GMT Cheryl Dahle http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27advi.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27deal.html?ex=1403668800&en=b3d4044f726a08bc&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND In an increasingly widespread type of back scratching, corporate America is giving lenders credit for strategic advisory work, even when they do little or nothing. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:50 GMT Andrew Ross Sorkin http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27deal.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27gown.html?ex=1403668800&en=b124f924971a7d0f&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND For brides, acquiring a fairy-tale, made-to-order dress requires a less-than-storybook approach. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:50 GMT Petra Bartosiewicz http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27gown.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27dimon.html?ex=1403668800&en=7dd7403367b8cc1a&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND William Harrison may be the acquirer in the J. P. Morgan-Bank One merger, but it is becoming clear that James Dimon and his posse will call many of the shots. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:50 GMT Landon Thomas Jr. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27dimon.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27boss.html?ex=1403668800&en=f720d340a9fddfab&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Stanley T. Sigman, the president and chief executive of Cingular Wireless, has made 19 moves with his family during his career. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:50 GMT As told to Elizabeth Olson http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27boss.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27count.html?ex=1403668800&en=a6baf377c7585a11&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Why would Coke spend $6.5 million to put up an unthinkably complex 30-ton ad? Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:50 GMT Hubert B. Herring http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27count.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27fresh.html?ex=1403668800&en=d925b6d81b1cdced&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND A designer of the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program, which brought personal computers into business use, is financing a nonprofit that develops software for small companies. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:50 GMT Robert Johnson http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27fresh.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/movies/27LEVI.html?ex=1403668800&en=1bc2716d07bee120&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Avi Arad, the chairman and chief executive of Marvel Studios, is the king of the summer comic book movie. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:50 GMT Robert Levine http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/movies/27LEVI.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27SECORL.html?ex=1403668800&en=fd4a33dfacc1d3d4&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Alice Mayhew is that rare editor whose name is known outside the industry; her books have made news through seven presidencies. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Laura Secor http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27SECORL.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/magazine/27CONSUMED.html?ex=1403668800&en=011a799306b898aa&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Is the feeling that a product is working more important than whether it actually works? Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Rob Walker http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/magazine/27CONSUMED.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27suits.html?ex=1403668800&en=608bea9322e5f16f&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Executives at Goldman Sachs must be wishing that their former associates would stop running for the United States Senate - from Illinois, at least. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27suits.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/weekinreview/27bott.html?ex=1403668800&en=44f0af75ae60f51b&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND A headline distorted the news, and the work of a book critic was itself news. Or was it? Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Daniel Okrent http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/weekinreview/27bott.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/politics/campaign/27ads.html?ex=1403668800&en=3f0b99549c214ca2&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND The advertising push behind Michael Moore's new documentary is angering some Republicans, who say it is little more than a commercial campaign devised to help Senator John Kerry. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Jim Rutenberg http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/politics/campaign/27ads.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27lunch.html?ex=1403668800&en=2a85ded37b1c116d&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Laura Nash wrote a book from interviews with hundreds of people who had achieved professional success but still could not stop striving for more. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Claudia H. Deutsch http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27lunch.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27guid.html?ex=1403668800&en=7869fffff74c1ff0&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND When you need financial help and have limited means, getting professional guidance doesn't have to cost a fortune. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Elizabeth Harris http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27guid.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27port.html?ex=1403668800&en=c20018e6b7a9e759&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND The stall in the stock market is likely to continue for a while. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Jonathan Fuerbringer http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27port.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/national/27tobacco.html?ex=1403668800&en=f2d6f91485fdf6a5&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND BOSTON, June 26 (AP) - The son of a woman who died of lung cancer is planning to sue a cigarette company for giving her free samples when she was a girl, contending that the giveaways were aimed at black children. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT The Associated Press http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/national/27tobacco.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/27lockheed.html?ex=1403668800&en=8826d094af125873&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND By Bloomberg News. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Bloomberg News http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/27lockheed.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27cont.html?ex=1403668800&en=cc241211bb57e294&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Like the Victorians, who preferred that nude statues wear an emblem of modesty, Americans hide the ungainly corpus of their business practices behind similar veils. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Daniel Akst http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27cont.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27mark.html?ex=1403668800&en=09dcf3377a83ce50&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND The most unusual thing about this week's big economic events is that most analysts, for once, seem to be in close agreement about what is going to happen. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Jonathan Fuerbringer http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27mark.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27walm.html?ex=1403668800&en=4c311c25f7ac2a0b&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND In the biggest employment discrimination lawsuit ever filed, women are contending that Wal-Mart, the world's biggest company, discriminated against them. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Jonathan D. Glater http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27walm.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/27DRUG.final.html?ex=1403668800&en=d74fd7b7eb933e39&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND An investigation has shed light on the system of financial lures that drug companies use to persuade doctors to favor their products. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Gardiner Harris http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/27DRUG.final.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27fed.html?ex=1403668800&en=b76e1a6654930973&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND In some ways, the interest rate increases expected this week from the Federal Reserve may amount to a final exam for Alan Greenspan. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:49 GMT Edmund L. Andrews http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/yourmoney/27fed.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/27ENRO.html?ex=1403668800&en=66e0ea9a13bf9831&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND On the eve of what may be the government's final decision on whether to charge him with a crime, Kenneth L. Lay is talking about the company's collapse in 2001. Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:38:48 GMT Kurt Eichenwald http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/27ENRO.html