6 Central Banks Act to Buy Time in Europe Crisis

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

Six central banks, including the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, said they had agreed to lower the cost of borrowing dollars for foreign banks.

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Early Results in Egypt Show a Mandate for Islamists

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

Winning a dominant majority in Egypt’s first Parliament since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak would be the religious movement’s most significant step since the start of the Arab Spring.

India's Way

Outsourcing Giant Finds It Must Be Client, Too

By VIKAS BAJAJ

India’s new private sector is increasingly powering the economy, but it chafes at what many companies say are labor laws that blunt hiring and stifle growth.

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In California, Asking Voters to Raise Taxes

By ADAM NAGOURNEY

Withering budget cuts and mushrooming deficits may test California’s longtime resistance to tax increases next year.

Camps Are Cleared, but ‘99 Percent’ Still Occupies the Lexicon

By BRIAN STELTER

Whatever the long-term effects of the Occupy movement, protesters have succeeded in implanting “We are the 99 percent” into the cultural and political vocabulary.

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Judy Lewis, Secret Daughter of Hollywood, Dies at 76

By PAUL VITELLO

Ms. Lewis, the daughter of an unwed Loretta Young and Clark Gable, was 31 before she confronted her mother and learned the truth of her upbringing.