Jay Hancock: Another Depression?

Business

• eBay buys Md.-based firm

• Fed to buy huge amounts of short-term debt

• Quirky Joppatowne retailer
  C-Mart going out of business

• Starbucks accused of unfair labor practices by NLRB

• Legg Mason buys paper from non-U.S. money funds

• Supreme Court justices reject Balto. Co. LNG appeal

• Stocks bounce back following global selloff

• Litigation over Wachovia acquisition by Wells Fargo put on hold

• Andrew Ratner: Business sites see uptick in visits

• Bid to limit rolling ads in Balto. Co. falls flat

• NeuroMetrix to close its Columbia facility by end of '08

• Mars, Wrigley close $23 billion deal

• Coldwell Banker to hold sale event

• Bank of America reveals 3Q drop in profit

• Oil drops below $90 a barrel

• Finance firms ordered to halt high charges in Md.

Real Estate

• Jump right in

• Developer says wind plan will fly in Annapolis

• Insider's guide to Lake Walker

• Top-selling property: $2.96 million -- 905 Ivy Hill Road, Cockeysville, Balto. County 21030

• Desirable spaces: A bit of Europe in Cockeysville

Money & Life

• Lawmakers grill Lehman chief

• The shrinking nest egg

• Dan Thanh Dang: Dad steps in for debit-card disaster

• Eileen Ambrose: Current crunch puts squeeze on plastic

• Frauds prey on cancer sufferers

Technology

• Projecting the future

• High court stays out of TiVo patent dispute

• The Portal: A guide to new and cool stuff

• Getting a TV converter box

• Game review: Fracture

More From The AP

• Toyota executive says US, European sales in serious trouble, denies lowering goals

• Britain announces $87.5 billion plan to take stake in banks in bid to restore stability

• Volvo Cars plans to slash more than 3,000 jobs, most of them in Sweden

• Volvo Cars plans to slash more than 3,000 jobs, most of them in Sweden

• Downward financial spiral continues despite government steps; Fed rate cut may be in cards