Yields on 10-year Treasury securities, a vital benchmark for home mortgages and corporate loans, tumbled to the lowest level in more than a year on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve said it would buy up government debt in an effort to bolster the nation’s increasingly fragile economy. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

Robert F. X. Sillerman’s latest run at CKX has many issues that need to be resolved, enough that the bid rises to “deal from hell” status, according to the Deal Professor. Read more..

By STEVEN DAVIDOFF SOLOMON - The New York Times

The surplus, which had been forecast for $19 billion, could renew frictions with the United States. Read more..

By KEITH BRADSHER - The New York Times

Barclays Capital is set to announce plans to lay off several hundred back-office workers, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told DealBook on Wednesday. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

A small group of former magazine journalists and editors plan to publish Nomad Editions, creating content specifically for mobile technology. Read more..

By TANZINA VEGA - The New York Times

Office rents in Manhattan declined steeply in the recession, with some dipping to the lowest level in five years by 2010. Read more..

By JANE L. LEVERE - The New York Times

Land taken out of farm production for lack of water is being proposed for solar projects. Utilities and farmers are interested. Read more..

By TODD WOODY - The New York Times

Observers speculated that R.I.M. might have given the Saudi government encrypted information, but no help in decoding it. Read more..

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

When reports began circulating last week that a Chinese investor was bidding to take over Liverpool Football Club in the English Premier League, British tabloids quickly called him King Kenny. Writing in The New York Times, David Barboza takes a look at the man behind the bid. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Wells Fargo to pay California customers $203 million in restitution for claims that it had manipulated transactions to maximize the overdraft fees it charged. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times