Markets storm back

Business

• United Technologies drops Diebold offer

• GM to close Mich. stamping plant

• Permal Group aims at dumped hedge funds

• Waste Management withdraws Republic bid

Real Estate

• Harford council to get zoning amendments

• Tax break helps give tin can plant new life as housing for teachers, nonprofits

• Insiders' guide to Glenelg: Community is king

• Top-selling property: $1.46 million -- 103 E. Bay View Drive, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, 21403

• Desirable spaces: Former rancher near a river sees the light

Money & Life

• Wilting economy is bad for florists

• Dan Thanh Dang: Financial salvation? Why, it's in the mail!

• Stacking up the savings

• Eileen Ambrose: A little something for ordinary taxpayers

• Stephen L. Rosenstein: It pays to keep a careful eye on revenue stream

Technology

• The Amotion Show

• Andrew Ratner: Still being bullish on blogs

• The Portal: A guide to new and cool stuff

• Digital projection might be on its way to enhance moviegoing experience

• High court stays out of TiVo patent dispute

More From The AP

• China trade surplus with US holds steady at $17.5 billion for month of September

• Japan ready to offer money to troubled global financial institutions to fix crisis

• PepsiCo plans to cut 3,300 jobs, trims outlook, as 3rd-qtr profit falls 10 percent

• Daimler to drop Sterling truck brand; end truck production at 2 US, Canada plants

• Bush to announce bank rescue plan with $250 billion in stock purchases to bolster reserves