The ticket price touted in airline advertising should be the price you pay under new federal airline regulations intended to save passengers from hidden taxes and fees. The new rules that take effect Thursday should make it easier for passengers to determine the full price they will be paying when they book airline tickets. Read full article > >

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President Goodluck Jonathan said the price will drop to about $2.75 a gallon after a week of strikes, protests and fragile economic calculus for most Nigerians.

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Nigerian President Rolls Back Price of Gasoline

Iran’s threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz would have an immediate impact, energy analysts say, with the price of oil potentially rising 50 percent within days.

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Oil Price Would Skyrocket if Iran Closed the Strait of Hormuz

Cycling superstar Mark Cavendish believes David Millar has paid the price for his doping past and deserves a second chance at the London 2012 Olympics.

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Cavendish backs ‘redeemed’ Millar

With the price of organic grain rising, cows are being fed less and are therefore producing less milk. Meanwhile, the demand for organic milk is growing.

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Rising Production Costs Cause Organic Milk Shortage

Analysts say higher global demand and possible supply problems from Iran could keep the price for a barrel of oil in the triple digits.

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Oil Prices Predicted to Remain Above $100 a Barrel Next Year

Zynga, the online gaming company, has set the price range for its initial public offering at $8.50 to $10 a share, according to a filing submitted early Friday.

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DealBook: Zynga Aims to Raise $1 Billion

Every workday morning in London, at about 10 o’clock, representatives from 19 banks make a series of decisions that affect financial transactions around the world, from what homeowners pay on their mortgages to the underlying value of credit default swaps and corporate bonds. The bankers’ power is unsettling, says Tim Price, who helps oversee more than $1.5 billion as director of investment at PFP, an asset management firm. Read full article > >

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London fog: Banks behind Libor benchmark come under increased scrutiny

Poetry is an important part of Persian culture. Not only it is popular among the educated, but also the less educated (unlike in the “west”); in Iran, even the illiterate understand the language of poetry. While we have a wide range of poets with different styles of work, from classic to more contemporary, people of all classes and backgrounds are familiar with a number of leading Persian poets. One poet whose poetry is cherished and recited on daily basis is Sohrab Sepehri . Known for his modern mystic poetry, Sohrab’s delicate view on life and nature invites the readers to constantly question their beliefs and views. The Water’s Footsteps in which he cherishes his simple life and appreciates what he has as well as questioning the most basics traditions and beliefs of his reader, is one of the most famous and widely memorized poems in Iran. I recently received an email from Iran where the author, mimicking Sohrab’s poem, was pointing to the current states of Iranian youths. Take a look at its translation: I’m getting my degree in “time-wasting” My pockets are empty I have a father, Whose dream is to be able to fall sleep at night Friends, who are all bad influences And a god who has turned away from me I’m from a University where, I blindly follow my Professor And I pray for good grades I understand very well that my future is “unemployment” I don’t understand why they say “business men are doing well” And “engineers have no jobs” We must wash our eyes And see differently We must be afraid of smart people and Complain about the price of knowledge And tell people that today I realized this And I say “to hell with all forms of arts and sciences”

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Reworking Sohrab Sepehri For the Modern Age

Dominique Strauss-Kahn ’s Georgetown home has officially gone on the market for $5.2 million. We reported in early September that the scandal-plagued former IMF chief and his wife Anne Sinclair were zeroing in on a real estate agency to help them sell their Federal-style brick rowhouse . A listing only appeared on Monday — but it turns out that Washington Fine Properties has been quietly offering it to potential buyers for the past several weeks. No one’s bit yet, so now’s your chance. But sorry, lookie-loos: As with most homes in this price range, WFP has no plans for an open house. Serious buyers only. Three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, two fireplaces, a lovely swimming pool, and no parking. Read full article > >

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Update: Dominique Strauss-Kahn home finally on the market

The human cost of coal mining and the price paid by miners in sickness, injury and disability is being studied in a £1m research project.

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Coal mining’s human cost examined

“9-9-9 will pass, and it is not the price of pizza because, it has been well-studied and well-developed… The problem with that analysis [that it will not raise enough revenue] is that it is incorrect. The reason it’s incorrect is because they start with assumptions that we don’t make. Remember, 9- 9-9 plan throws out the current tax code. … Now, what 9-9-9 does, it expands the base. When you expand the base, we can arrive at the lowest possible rate, which is 9-9-9.” Read full article > >

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Herman Cain’s misleading pitch for the ‘9-9-9’ plan

Home prices rose in 17 U.S. cities in July, according to the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, a closely watched measure of the health of the nation’s housing market. Nationally, prices were up 0.9 percent from the previous month, exceeding analysts’ expectations. Still, prices are down 4.1 percent nationally compared with the same month last year, a sign that the housing market has a ways to go before a sustained recovery. Read full article > >

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FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — The backlogged schedule resulting from last week’s rainouts meant that all four semifinals were contested Saturday at the U.S. Open . But the first alone was worth the price of admission, as well as cab fare, snacks and souvenirs, with top-seeded Novak Djokovic storming back from a two-sets-to-none deficit and fending off two match points to defeat five-time champion Roger Federer for a place in Monday’s final. Read full article > >

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Novak Djokovic rallies past Roger Federer in U.S. Open semifinals, will meet Rafael Nadal

More New Yorkers are selling their apartments jointly with a neighbor’s apartment, as potential combinations and at a higher price.

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Combine and Conquer: Your Place and Mine