Business

More Business

• Aceto reports record sales

• Griffon sees steep revenue, profit drop

• Hauppauge firm works with NASA on Mars spacecraft

• Person close to talks: Cablevision close to getting Newsday

• Systemax reports record sales and profits

• BRT Realty crunched due to non-earning loan problems

• House passes mortgage rescue

• Cablevision losses widen, but operations show growth

• Retail sales up in April

• Median closing prices for Long Island homes rise

Local Industry

• The week ahead, May 12

• People on the move, May 12

• Vicon Industries reports drop in sales and profit

• Misonix reports sales increase and loss narrows

• Getty Realty profits up, but problems remain

• United Capital posts higher Q1 sales

• OSI Pharmaceuticals profits rise on cancer drug sales

• Park Electrochemical says sales, profits are up

• Schein reports 1Q sales and profits up

• Comforce reports sales and profit rose

Money & Finance

• Should home-based worker get more overtime salary?

• Lynn Brenner: Protecting children's inheritance

• Vampire appliances: plugged in, sucking power

• Gadgets that help save energy

• Betting on Treasuries in falling market

Real Estate

• Real style: Want a house with distinctive ceilings?

• What to do when the house next door is for sale, too

• Blog: Where J.Lo sings inside her Brookville house

• Towers and turrets for the modern age

• Renovating the bathroom, does it pay off in resale price?

Technology

• Lou Dolinar: Are you getting the bandwidth you're paying for?

• Personal Tech: New computer runs like a Mac -- at a discount

• Lou Dolinar: Vista and XP square off for users' hearts, minds

• Nassau to use GPS technology to track shootings

AP Business

• Wall Street looks to US consumers for direction

• Rebate excludes many taxpayers with foreign spouses

• Retailers likely to post grim 1st-quarter results

• G-8 labor officials begin 3-day meeting in Japan

• High demand, price of rice good news to US farmers

AP Investing

• EnCana dividing into 2 companies: one oil, one gas

• Person close to talks: Cablevision close to getting Newsday

• Mesa Air looks for shareholders' OK to offer more shares

• Retailers likely to post grim 1st-quarter results

• Startup shows off electric car planned for Israel