The three bidders are Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the News Corporation; Mortimer B. Zuckerman, who owns The Daily News; and James L. Dolan, whose family controls Cablevision. Read more..

By TIM ARANGO and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA - The New York Times

The court ruled that the company had wrongly allowed supervisors to share in tips. Read more..

By VIKAS BAJAJ - The New York Times

The century-old company that lends money to small businesses and midsize corporations on Thursday was forced to draw on $7.3 billion of emergency bank credit lines. Read more..

By ERIC DASH - The New York Times

The European Central Bank and the Bank of England surprised markets with new loans that banks can use to firm up balance sheets over the holiday weekend. Read more..

By CARTER DOUGHERTY - The New York Times

Melvyn I. Weiss’s plea is an acknowledgment of his role in a scheme to make hidden side payments to plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits. Read more..

By JONATHAN D. GLATER - The New York Times

Brad Grey testified on Thursday that he knew nothing of any illicit activity by the Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano. Read more..

By DAVID M. HALBFINGER - The New York Times

The arrest of the brothers bodes ill for BP’s work here and is likely to send chills through the ranks of Russian employees at Western companies. Read more..

By ANDREW E. KRAMER - The New York Times

The economic downturn is seeping into new parts of the country, to communities that seemed insulated only months ago. Read more..

By PETER S. GOODMAN - The New York Times

The commitment came from the so-called sovereign wealth funds controlled by the governments of Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Read more..

By STEVEN R. WEISMAN - The New York Times

It grounded the planes when it was told by the F.A.A. that a maintenance contractor had checked the planes’ altimeters using an instrument that was not properly calibrated. Read more..

By MATTHEW L. WALD - The New York Times