Business

• After bailout, AIG sent executives to the spa

• A new, more powerful Fed emerges in crisis

• Rush is on to hire companies to manage bailout

• Stocks end trading day with another big loss

• Bernanke opens door to Fed cutting rates

• Neiman Marcus catalog remains extravagant

• Riding dinosaur, robot top hot holiday toy list

	Earnings

• Alcoa’s third-quarter profit falls 52 percent

• Yum sees 3rd-quarter earnings rise 5 percent

• General Electric cuts earnings outlook

• Goldman’s earnings plunge 70 percent

• Lehman to sell stake in key investment division

• Staples’ profit drops 16 percent

• Dell’s quarterly profit drops 17 percent

• Retailer Sears offers a downbeat outlook

	Technology & Science

• People love angry-faced cars

• Stunning new views of Mercury revealed

• Chocolate lovers: more kinds of cacao

• New BlackBerry Storm adds touchscreen

• Divers reach 'Titanic of New England'