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...charges have been filed in connection with the allegations, and Xe issued a statement saying it would respond to the "anonymous unsubstantiated and offensive assertions" in an Aug. 17 brief. Prince has not commented on the accusations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

...financing that automakers introduced in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in 2001. As a result of those incentives, motor-vehicle sales perked up and the economy got a nice boost. "But what all these gimmicks do is bring forward consumption - they don't create anything more than a brief spending splurge at the expense of future performance," Rosenberg says in a new report, pointing out that after the post-9/11 financing incentive ended, sales dropped back down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Automakers Give Rave Reviews to 'Cash for Clunkers' | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

...does, for brief glimpses...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan | Title: The Revealing | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

...largest biker gatherings in the world. The small town's population will grow more than sixtyfold as crowds of iron-horse lovers take in a week of open roads, flowing booze and hard living. The rally attracts more than its share of weekend warriors eager for a brief interlude of escapist revelry. But for thousands of members of the Hells Angels, the nation's most notorious motorcycle gang, it's not vacation; it's a way of life. (Read "Outbreak of Biker Violence Leaves Australia on Edge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hells Angels | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

...course, but circumstances compelled me for a brief time to play some kind of spook. Directed by fear, I started to write the script myself, a story more 80s screwball comedy than James Bond. I gave the regime the best and most powerful lines. I would have to settle for the part of the trickster, a rogue Br'er Rabbit racing through the streets of Tehran. For several weeks I went underground. I continued to send dispatches back to various publications and websites in the U.S. using a rotating set of email accounts registered under outrageous pseudonyms. On Facebook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Reporter's Diary: Making a Tricky Exit From Iran | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

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