The concessions are expected to satisfy the two Democrats on the F.C.C. and lead to approval of the company’s $85 billion buyout of the BellSouth Corporation. Read more..

By VIKAS BAJAJ - The New York Times

The whole fiasco over the new reporting rule for executive compensation makes the S.E.C. appear to have great difficulty understanding what it is doing. Read more..

By FLOYD NORRIS - The New York Times

The finding could make the U.S. the first country to allow products from cloned livestock to be sold in grocery stores. Read more..

By ANDREW POLLACK and ANDREW MARTIN - The New York Times

GLG Partners, a European hedge fund manager, and Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest bank, were fined by French market regulators on accusations of trading abuses stemming from a convertible bond sale in 2002. GLG plans to appeal the decision, a comp... Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

The sales rate for previously owned homes rose in November for the second straight month as homeowners cut their prices. Read more..

By JEREMY W. PETERS - The New York Times

Comair Holdings reached a tentative agreement with its pilots to avoid a strike over pay cuts and keep both sides talking. Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

Companies are luring executives with bonuses and stock options that they are abandoning at their old employers. Read more..

By JULIE CRESWELL - The New York Times

A Russian billionaire, Vladimir Potanin, won regulatory approval to take control of Rambler Media, which runs a large Internet search engine in Russia, to tap the growth in Web advertising. Mr. Potanin will take control of Rambler through the PM I... Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

Some of the most common scenes for 2007 that advertising executives see in their crystal balls. Read more..

By LOUISE STORY - The New York Times

Toasting the triumphs and travails of the secretive world of hedge funds as the year draws to a close. Read more..

By JENNY ANDERSON - The New York Times