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A preview of the exhibition "Slash: Paper Under the Knife" at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City to be held from October 7, 2009 to April 4, 2010 is presented.

An interview with German painter Gustav Metzger is presented. Metzger explains that the exhibition features the collaborative work of collection of newspapers into philosophy and aesthetic on waste, commercialization and environmental exploitation. He says that conference will discuss the issue on global warming and the enormous increase in extinction. Metzger recalls his educational background in cabinetmaking in school from Jewish technical school and to become a craftsman to earn money.

The article discusses the exhibition "Modernologies" at the Museum D'Art Contemporani de Barcelona in Spain that deals with modernity and modernization. The exhibition aims to explore the modernism from contemporary artists such as Elaine Sturtevant, Sherry Levine and Katja Eydel towards modern art. The exhibition was supported by the Society and Economy and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

The article highlights the art products that will be auction during the Asia Week season. It states that the auction presents collection from contemporary Indian art and Japanese antiques which include Indian and Southeast Asian thangkas, porcelain moon flask as well as Maqbool Fida Husain Bewildered Brown painting. It also cites the gallery that sold the product along with the origin of the art.

A list of the auction price of various works of art in the U.S. in 2009 is presented including the painting "Vue de Moret," by Alfred Sisley, "Girl With Red Bow," by Alexej von Jawlensky, and the drawing "Portrait of a Lady, Frontal View," by Gustav Klimt.

The article covers various issues in the U.S. as of May 2009. The free breakfast giveaway held at Denny's on February 3 was announced in a Super Bowl advertisement. In a state-of-the nation speech delivered by President Barack Obama in February, he praised Leonard Abess, chief executive officer (CEO) of City National Bank, for dividing all of his $60 million bonus to employees and 72 former workers. According to Airlines Reporting Corp., the airfare sales have declined by over 25% during the first quarter of 2009.

The article features several public-relations executives in the U.S. George Sard of Sard Verbinnen & Co., has worked with Dick Fuld of Lehman Brothers since the firm approached him after its bankruptcy in September 2008. Richard Schwartz of Source Communications has served as an adviser to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and was a previous editor of the periodical "New York Daily News." It cites the clients represented by Ken Sunshine of Sunshine Sachs & Associates such as John Thain, former chief executive of Merrill Lynch, and Maria Bartiromo.

A table is presented that offers comparisons on how much private investors and the U.S. Treasury have given to aid struggling financial institutions including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup.

A table is presented that offers information on the number chief executive officers (CEOs) from various industries in the U.S. including banking and financial, food and beverage, and commodities and manufacturing who lost their jobs in 2008.

The article focuses on the highest levies in the sports in the U.S. as of 2009. Basketball player Latrell Sprewell of Golden State Warriors was fined $6.4 million and was suspended for 68 games during the 1997-1998 season for choking his coach. The Saint Louis Blues hockey team was fined $1.5 million in 1999 for initiating an offer to Scott Stevens of New Jersey Devils prior to the expiration of his contract. Also noted are the draft rules violated by the Chicago Cubs baseball team which led to a penalty of $500,000 fines.

The article presents statistics on the spending milestones of the U.S. federal government as of 2009 including the amount injected into the money supply, the 2009 federal budget deficit estimated by the Congressional Budget Office, and the cost of Iraq war of the Department of Defense (DoD).

The article reports on the revenue of ballet companies in the U.S. since 2002. It states that the sponsorship program for the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco Ballet has helped increase revenue to 41 million U.S. dollars. It mentions that Peter Boal, the new artistic director of Pacific Northwest Ballet, has boosted both revenue and the repertoire to 19 million U.S. dollars. The revenue from investments of the New York City Ballet increased more than 400 percent between 2006 and 2007.