My fellow citizens:I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosit…

By BETTINA WASSENER, The New York Times, Jan. 3, 2009 From Australia, to Asia and Europe and the United States on Wednesday, the message in the latest economic reports was clear: manufacturing continued to slump amid the worst slowdown sin…

By MATT RICHTEL, The New York Times, Jan. 1, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO ― Two top Dell executives brought in by Michael S. Dell as part of his effort to restart the computer maker’s growth have departed, the company announced on Wednesday. Michael…

By MIGUEL HELFT, The New York Times, Jan. 4, 2009 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. T. V. RAMAN was a bookish child who developed a love of math and puzzles at an early age. That passion didn’t change after glaucoma took his eyesight at the age of 14.…