President Bush gently nudged authoritarian Arab allies Sunday to satisfy frustrated desires for democracy in the Mideast and saved his harshest criticism for Iran, branding it "the world's leading state-sponsor of terror." ...more

January 14, 2008

Over the years, we have grown accustomed to government bailouts of financial companies. The odd thing about the current credit crunch, however, is that it isn't the U.S. government that is doing the bailing. ...more

January 1, 2008

As the sun sets, the sky slowly turns a deep orange rose over Dubai. Crates of merchandise - food, clothes, General Electric appliances, Hewlett-Packard computers - are loaded onto dhows, the traditional wooden vessels that still ply the ancient routes to Iran about 60 miles to the north. ...more

December 30, 2007

Ten weeks later, nothing has changed with Tiger Woods and the rest of golf. ...more

December 17, 2007

In the annals of excess, it could be a new high: a more than $300 million, supersized luxury airplane, bought and outfitted solely for the comfort of a Saudi Arabian billionaire. ...more

November 13, 2007

Pakistani forces fought pitched battles with insurgents Thursday in the scenic northwestern Swat Valley, leaving dozens dead. The violence came on a day when the Supreme Court indicated that President Pervez Musharraf's election to a new term will remain in legal limbo for at least two more weeks. ...more

November 2, 2007

Rich Americans build backyard home theaters. British millionaires join exclusive car clubs. But the newly affluent in China, Russia, India and the United Arab Emirates have embraced a surprising status symbol: American furniture. ...more

October 28, 2007

The recently announced deal between the NASDAQ and Borse Dubai brings back memories of 2006 deal, in which Dubai Ports World would have inherited six American ports in its takeover of the British firm P&O. ...more

October 8, 2007

Edgar Prado, who rode Barbaro to a Kentucky Derby victory in 2006, will be sidelined at least six weeks after breaking his right ankle at Saratoga Race Course. ...more

September 4, 2007