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With no standard sizes for women’s clothing from one store to the next, a handful of companies are tackling the problem of finding the right fit.
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Rajat K. Gupta, who has been named a co-conspirator.
A Fight Over How Drugs Are Pitched
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Marketing to doctors using prescription records bearing their names is an increasingly contentious practice, with three states enacting laws to limit the uses of the records for marketing.
Google, a Giant in Mobile Search, Seeks New Ways to Make It Pay
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The search giant is throwing its power and data at problems specific to mobile phones, like translating phone calls on the fly.
U.S. Networks Add Britons to Royal Wedding Coverage
By BRIAN STELTER
Since every network will share the same camera feeds of the royal wedding on Friday, competition has been fierce for on-air talent to make coverage stand out.
Scuffle Over On-Demand Movies Portends Battles to Come
By MICHAEL CIEPLY
The difficulties facing the movie industry are likely to become tougher as it enters a digital future that is only beginning to unfold.
DVRs Give More Shows a Lifeline
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Networks see that more people are watching their shows with a lag on DVRs, and feel those numbers should be counted as well. Advertisers are less convinced.
English-Language Press Flexing Its Muscles in Eastern Europe
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
English-language newspapers in the former Soviet states deliver hard-hitting news and assert free-press ideals in a way their local counterparts do not.
Wal-Mart Tests Service for Buying Food Online
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
The groceries lean toward prepackaged goods, but the prices are competitive.
The Travel Channel Invests $7.5 Million in Oyster.com
By BRIAN STELTER
Buying a stake in a start-up that reviews hotels and gets part of the room reservations it helps to make will allow the Travel Channel to profit from the trips it inspires.
Filtering the Social Web to Present News Items
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Storify aims to help journalists and others sift through the explosion of online content and publish the most relevant information.
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Media Decoder Blog: At Last, Couric Is Expected to Say She's Leaving CBS
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Media Decoder Blog: Ads Suggest Allergy Relief at the Pump
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Media Decoder Blog: Former Senator Dodd Reaches Out to Washington Press Corps
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Drilling Down: A Popular Wrinkle in Denim Shopping
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Norio Ohga, Who Led Sony Beyond Electronics, Dies at 81
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War, in Life and Death
By DAVID CARR
Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, who were killed last week covering the fighting in Libya, used their cameras to communicate the human suffering of war.
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In Equality We Trust?
By NANCY FOLBRE
Americans are becoming less trusting every day, in part because of growing disparities in income, an economist writes.
Green Column
Attitudes Shifting on Shark Fin Soup
By BETTINA WASSENER
A recent survey shows people in Hong Kong say it is acceptable to leave shark fin soup off banquet menus.
Advertising
Tales of Reading in Reintroducing a Color Device
By JULIE BOSMAN
Barnes & Noble’s advertising campaign for the Nook Color, an e-reading tablet, features no company stores in the ads, a nod to changes in the publishing industry.
Media Cache
In Slovakia, News Outlets Take Cue From Cable
By ERIC PFANNER
Borrowing the cable TV business model, in which a single monthly payment brings a host of shows into people's living rooms, news outlets in Slovakia are bundling their Web sites to diversify their offerings.
Scenes From the Madoff Masquerade
By DIANA B. HENRIQUES
Bernard L. Madoff remained calm and seemingly in control as the financial crisis closed in around him, a new book says.
Corner Office
It’s Showtime, So Take That Deep Breath
By ADAM BRYANT
Caryl M. Stern of the U.S. Fund for Unicef says her early experience in the theater has helped her as a leader.
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