| | AHEAD OF THE SUMMER OLYMPICS: It's Monday... and come Friday, the most-anticipated Olympic Games in memory will commence with Opening Ceremonies in Beijing. Carl Quintanilla and Darren Rovell are live at the Games, with stories about the news, the event and the business surrounding the city, the country and the global media spectacle.
| SELLING, ONE YEAR LATER: Scott Cohn takes a look at the mortgage meltdown's impact on a home seller in Calabasas, California. Mary Gage's townhouse would have fetched around $600K just two years ago. Now, she has it listed at $395K, $15K below her original asking prices, and has had no serious offers.
| BUYING, ONE YEAR LATER: Diana Olick spends a week in the life of two buyers a year after the credit bubble. This couple has been casually browsing since November, but in the last few months they've seriously gotten into the market. They're ready to buy and have the cash to do it. However, they're finding it's not as much of a buyer's market as they had hoped.
| INVESTING IN MEDIA: Julia Boorstin rounds up the last week of media and entertainment earnings with News Corp and Time Warner ahead, looking at the numbers and spinning forward: what do the news mean for the industry as a whole? Who's winning and who's losing?
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