Qantas Hits More Turbulence

Australia's national airline is rattled by a week of nerve-jangling mishaps and doubts about its long-term viability

• How to Survive Plane Decompression

Why Cuil Is No Threat to Google

The much-hyped, heavily funded new search engine developed by a former Google whiz leaves users unexcited

• Who Will Rule the New Internet?

XM Satellite, Sirius Complete Merger

XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio say they have completed their merger

Alcatel-Lucent Chairman, CEO to Resign

The announcement of the departures of Chairman Serge Tchuruk and Chief Executive Patricia Russo came as the world's largest fixed and mobile telecom gear maker reported its sixth consecutive quarter of losses

BA and Iberia Hold Merger Talks

British Airways PLC and Spain's Iberia SA said they are in talks over a potential all-share combination

The Curious Capitalist

KKR's Other Comps

The Wall Street Journal's article about Kohlberg Kravis Roberts's latest plan to go public points out that with a market value between $12 billion and $15 billion, the buyout shop would be worth more than Lehman Brothers.

Work in Progress

Baby Cullen's C.V.

Goal: Week-old baby seeks position requiring no particular skills.

Nerd World

So Dork the Con of San

I'm shocked the Internet was able to handle all the bandwidth being devoted to frantic photos of Hugh Jackman, the Owlship and Lego Indiana Jones standing next to a guy dressed as some kind of Arctic version of Boba Fett.

Karachi Dreams Big

Its ambitious mayor has visions of Dubai, but there are grittier issues to resolve first

We all support the Olympics, but why are you building a wall around us?

• SONG WEI,
• Beijing resident, on Chinese authorities' plan to build a brick barrier to block his home from public view as part of a campaign to beautify the city for the Olympics