This week: Jeff Sommer and Gretchen Morgenson on reworking the Treasury's bailout plan; Tim O'Brien and Jad Mouawad on Exxon Mobil at a crossroads; and Paul Lim on the limits of market timing. LESS

This week: Jeff Sommer, Gretchen Morgenson, Alan Blinder and Greg Mankiw on the economic problems facing the president-elect, and Peter Goodman on rising unemployment. LESS

This week: Jeff Sommer and Floyd Norris on the markets, the economy and the election; Tim O’Brien and Peter Goodman on wind power on the Great Plains; Robert Shiller on the limits of traditional economics; and Mark Hulbert on market-timing and volatility. LESS

This week: Jeff Sommer and Gretchen Morgenson on the surreal state of the financial markets; Tim O’Brien and Bill Vlasic on G.M. and the big S.U.V.’s; Jad Mouawad on OPEC and oil prices; and John Bogle on how to invest for the long run. LESS