Google reported a sharp rise in both sales and profit, driven by blockbuster growth of its search-driven advertising business. Read more..

By MIGUEL HELFT - The New York Times

A consortium of investors led by Vornado Realty Trust planned to raise its bid for Equity Office Properties Group to more than $40 billion. Read more..

By TERRY PRISTIN and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN - The New York Times

Uniden’s water resistant phone has a 100-name phone book, caller ID with a 100-number memory and 20 ring tones. Read more..

By ROY FURCHGOTT - The New York Times

The X Prize Foundation said it was starting a broad fund-raising campaign to reward other innovators. Read more..

By MATT RICHTEL - The New York Times

While digital photography has freed up closet space, sorting and retrieving pictures in the era of the 250-gigabyte hard drive has created a set of challenges of its own. Read more..

By IAN AUSTEN - The New York Times

The Fed signaled that it is likely to keep the benchmark rate at current levels for the foreseeable future. Read more..

By EDMUND L. ANDREWS - The New York Times

The alliance calls for cooperation on joint listings, trading technology and marketing, with the possibility of investing in each other in the future. Read more..

By JENNY ANDERSON and MARTIN FACKLER - The New York Times

The latest options in portable Internet phone-calling equipment that might appeal to the inner economist in you. Read more..

By DAVID POGUE - The New York Times

Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said efforts to persuade China to let its currency rise in value had achieved “some results” but that Beijing’s leadership needed to do far more. Read more..

By STEVEN R. WEISMAN - The New York Times

The withdrawal ends speculation of an imminent wave of consolidation in the troubled airline industry. Read more..

By MICHELINE MAYNARD and MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED - The New York Times