Initial jobless claims, a figure that gives an early reading on the resilience of the labor market, rose to 321,000 in the week ended 7 November. Wall Street analysts had forecast a slight rise to 311,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beijing's propaganda machine, reacting to the Dalai Lama's White House visit this week, is portraying the exiled Tibetan leader as a manipulator hungry for sympathy and support of the international community. That was a major no-no, a violation of the monks' vows. But this week Queen Sofia inaugurated a specially built passageway, one that allows entry to the 18th century works from the outside.
Women are in, monks are safe, everyone's happy.
With visions of e-dollars dancing in their heads, online retailers worry that a strike by pilots will affect holiday deliveries. By Polly Sprenger. NASA and the microprocessor big boys meet to pair the esoteric science of nanotechnology with the prosperous world of silicon chip production. By Niall McKay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The worldwide semiconductor industry will grow next year, after one of the worst in a decade, according to an industry group.