The Thirsty Light’s corrosion-resistant brass probe sits in the soil, and the tip reads the moisture level once a second. Read more..

By MARTY KATZ - The New York Times

The reaction against the wealth created by private equity funds has become part of a populist movement. Read more..

By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN - The New York Times

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of the social networking site Facebook, apologized to the site’s users about the way it introduced a controversial new advertising feature last month. Read more..

By LOUISE STORY - The New York Times

The iControl is a watch and receiver combination that connects to almost any iPod and the iPhone. Read more..

By JOHN BIGGS - The New York Times

Muhtar Kent, Coke’s president and chief operating officer, will take over as chief executive on July 1, the company said today. He will succeed E. Neville Isdell, who will remain chairman. Read more..

By ANDREW MARTIN - The New York Times

A competition among journalism students for seed money shows that Web services like AdSense, Facebook and Ning may make it much easier to start a publication than ever before. Read more..

By SAUL HANSELL - The New York Times

After a one-day meeting in Abu Dhabi, OPEC cemented the impression that it wanted to keep oil prices at levels that would have been unthinkable a few years ago, leaving its output goal unchanged. Read more..

By JAD MOUAWAD - The New York Times

A research note issued by Citigroup on Tuesday said 70 percent of Netflix’s return mailers must be sorted by hand. Read more..

By JOANNE L. KAUFMAN - The New York Times

A promising employment report lifted stocks Wednesday, with the main indexes erasing two days of declines on renewed optimism about the outlook for the economy. Read more..

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM - The New York Times

A study concluded that dyslexics were more likely than nondyslexics to excel in oral communication and problem solving and to own two or more businesses. Read more..

By BRENT BOWERS - The New York Times