By ZACHERY KOUWE

New York shoe seller Steven Madden Ltd. put itself up for sale yesterday after receiving overtures from various suitors and coming under pressure from shareholders to do something to boost its stock...more >

By PETER SVENSSON, AP

Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online. The interference, which The Associated Press confirmed through nationwide...more >

AP, Bloomberg, Reuters, N.Y. Post

Overstock up
Overstock.com rose the most in more than two weeks after saying its third-quarter loss nar rowed to $4.7 million, or 20 cents a share...more >

Bloomberg

Wachovia Corp. reported its first earnings decline in six years and missed analysts' estimates after a record $1.3 billion of writedowns for bad loans and mortgage-backed securities. Net...more >

AP

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Yahoo! Inc.'s chief marketing officer is leaving the company in two weeks, joining a management exodus that has unfolded as the firm tries to snap out of a financial funk...more >

BIG DOGS THREATEN GOOGLE

By BRIAN GARRITY

Pressure is rising on Google to adopt stricter measures for policing against unauthorized video on YouTube, after a who's who of entertainment and technology companies yesterday announced they...more >

By RODDY BOYD

Stock swindler-turned-fraud fighter Barry Minkow is once again gunning for nutritional supplement maker Usana Corp. Minkow, the colorful ex-convict who makes up for his swindles in the 1980s by...more >

LIVE NATION TO PURCHASE MERCHANDISING COMPANY

By PETER LAURIA

Fresh from stealing Madonna from Warner Music Group, concert promoter Live Nation is in advanced talks to acquire the Material Girl's merchandising company, Signatures Network, The Post has...more >

By PAUL THARP

Dow Jones & Co. beat analysts' estimates with its third-quarter earnings, as sales jumped 20 percent to $493.3 million, driven in part by growth in online advertising. The report...more >

By ZACHERY KOUWE

Billionaire mega-financier J. Christopher Flowers sought to reassure investors in his $7 billion fund that they won't take a beating if he loses the legal battle over his attempt to back out...more >