Campbell Robertson, John Schwartz, and Richard Pérez-Peña, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW ORLEANS (The New York Times) — An $18.7 billion settlement announced Thursday of...
Catherine Shu, TECHCRUNCH (TechCrunch.com) — Black Friday, the annual shopping extravaganza which brought in more than $1.5 billion in online sales alone last November, is...
Dan Rivoli, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS NEW YORK (The New York Daily News) — The head of a black business organization wants Mayor de...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Black Americans made strides in the job market in June, with their unemployment rate reaching its lowest level in seven years. The black...
(BBC) – Mastercard is testing a smartphone app that uses facial recognition to verify online purchases. Users in the trial can hold their phone up as...
(BBC) – Mastercard is testing a smartphone app that uses facial recognition to verify online purchases. Users in the trial can hold their phone up as...
(Sky News) – Whole Foods has apologized to its customers for incorrect pricing a week after an investigation exposed the grocer for routinely overcharging for pre-packaged...
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) – Amid a federal probe of airline pricing practices, a search on popular air travel booking websites shows virtually identical ticket pricing between popular...
(Danvers Patch) – Massachusetts and 16 other states have reached a settlement with Dollar Tree, Inc., following their review of the company’s proposed acquisition of...
DAVID KOENIG, Associated Press SCOTT MAYEROWITZ, Associated Press ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is investigating possible collusion among major airlines to...
(USA Today) – The Transportation Security Administration paid passengers $3 million over the last five years for claims that airport security screeners broke, lost or stole their...
(The Washington Post) – The Justice Department announced Thursday an $18.7 billion agreement with BP to settle civil claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Nudging his way into presidential politics, President Barack Obama traveled to Wisconsin on Thursday to draw contrasts...
WARREN, N.J. (AP) — Insurer Ace Ltd. is buying The Chubb Corp. for about $28.3 billion in cash and stock in a deal that will create...
WARREN, N.J. (AP) — Insurer Ace Ltd. is buying The Chubb Corp. for about $28.3 billion in cash and stock in a deal that will create...
(Wall Street Journal) – Several top auto makers posted higher U.S. sales in June, capping a fast-paced first half of the year and prompting many...
NORTHFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Kraft shareholders have approved the sale of the company to ketchup maker H.J. Heinz, creating one of the world’s largest food companies...
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge signed off on Tuesday on a $50 million settlement between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Sprint Corp over claims...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Export-Import Bank expires Tuesday at midnight for the first time since the small federal agency was created during...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is handing off some its digital advertising business to AOL and selling its street-image mapping operation...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Most economists agree that the Great Recession, sparked by the housing market crash, officially ended in 2009,...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — They’re called managers, and they sometimes work grueling schedules at fast food chains and retail stores. But...
Michael A. Fletcher, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — The governor of Puerto Rico has decided that the island cannot pay back more than...
By Katherine Peralta The Charlotte Observer Charlotte-based Bank of America has given $100,000 to the victims of the June 17 Charleston shooting and to an African...
(Fox News) – McDonald’s says fewer people are picking soda for Happy Meals after it stopped listing the drinks as an option on its menu...
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