In a sign that Apple is looking at alternative ways for people to play digital music, the company has agreed to acquire Lala, a start-up, a person with knowledge of the deal said. Read more..

By BRAD STONE - The New York Times

Hurt by the recession, a famed French restaurant founded in 1582 is auctioning off 18,000 bottles of wine and cognac. Read more..

By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON - The New York Times

The Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra pushes the frontiers of computer music using iPhones as instruments. Read more..

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and MIGUEL HELFT - The New York Times

Vitamin sales in the United States are expected to grow 8 percent this year to $9.2 billion, according to Nutrition Business Journal. Read more..

By LESLEY ALDERMAN - The New York Times

To appease regulators and rival browser makers in Europe, the company says it will change the display of a ballot screen. Read more..

By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN - The New York Times

Experts question the value of the expensive lymphoma drug Folotyn, which shrinks tumors but has not been shown to prolong lives. Read more..

By ANDREW POLLACK - The New York Times

After surging more than 1 percent on a better-than-expected jobs report, shares on Wall Street fell back. Read more..

By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ and DAVID JOLLY - The New York Times

Folotyn is an improved form of methotrexate, a decades-old chemotherapy drug that by itself does not appear to be effective against peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Read more..

By ANDREW POLLACK - The New York Times

The monthly survey by the Institute for Supply Management suggests that the 10.2 percent unemployment rate in October was the peak. Read more..

By FLOYD NORRIS - The New York Times