Why is there a discrepancy between the advertised capacity of an external hard drive and what the computer reports? Read more..

By J. D. BIERSDORFER - The New York Times

Deutsche Bank opened five mutual funds that comply with Islamic law to tap growing demand for Islamic investment products. DWS Investments, Deutsche Bank’s mutual fund business unit, introduced the five funds, which will not invest in alcohol, gam... Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

Home Depot, the home improvement retailer, said yesterday that an internal investigation found that for 19 years the company “routinely” backdated option grants to benefit employees and had unrecorded expenses of about $200 million related to its ... Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

The XtremeMac Luna is an iPod dock that doubles as a clock radio. Read more..

By JOHN BIGGS - The New York Times

The networking company Cisco Systems said it expected to triple its employees in India, from the current 2,000, in three to five years. John Chambers, Cisco’s chief executive, said that half of all future growth in the work force would come from I... Read more..

By SARITHA RAI - The New York Times

Susan L. Decker, the new head of Yahoo’s advertiser and publisher group, has been charged with reducing Google’s lead in Internet advertising. Read more..

By MIGUEL HELFT - The New York Times

How much digital camera can you get for $300? A lot more than last year. Read more..

By DAVID POGUE - The New York Times

Sales declined 15 percent from a year earlier, to $244.9 million in the period ended Oct. 31, according to the company. Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

A government inquiry found pervasive problems in the monitoring of royalties for oil drilling. Read more..

By EDMUND L. ANDREWS - The New York Times

As the year comes to a close, business owners across the country are faced with a similar choice: to give or not give, and if so, to whom? Read more..

By KAREN J. BANNAN - The New York Times