Weekly jobless aid applications dip to 370,000

Food stamp fraud raising growing concerns

Facebook launches iPhone camera app

HP leads Dow to its fourth day of gains in May

Smoke-free country? New Zealand taxes push price of pack of cigarettes to $15

States looking to new tolls to pay for highways

HP to cut 27,000 jobs, save up to $3.5B annually

Facebook stock climbs, but firm faces lawsuits from shareholders

Regulator: ND's oil production could double

Jury: Google didn't infringe on Oracle patents

Facebook stock tumbles $7 in two days & why it still doesn't look cheap

NEW YORK (AP) - If you were thinking of picking up a few shares of Facebook last week, when it went public at a price of $38, you might be seriously tempted now that the stock has fallen $7 in two days.

Home sales up across USA, hopeful sign

Facebook looks to settle 'sponsored story' suit

SAN JOSE (AP) - Facebook is close to settling a lawsuit over advertisements it calls "sponsored stories." Launched in early 2011, the service let brands pay to retransmit users' activities to their friends' pages. For example, if someone clicks the "like" button for a brand, this activity might show up as a "sponsored story" on their friends' pages. <p style="line-height: 18pt; background: ...

Google completes deal for Motorola

CBO warns of US economy falling off 'fiscal cliff'

Firm seeks FAA OK for roller coaster

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Taco Bell jumps on protein craze with test

NEW YORK (AP) - Taco Bell plans to test a "Power Protein" menu that it's hoping will eventually be hit with its core audience - young men. The chain says it will start testing the menu July 25 at about 40 locations in Dayton, Ohio. The burritos and bowls will have double portions of chicken or steak, and toppings such as corn, guacamole and reduced fat sour cream. They'll be made with existing ingredients, including ...

Starbucks to post calorie counts

Yahoo discloses number of data requests

SUNNYVALE (AP) - Yahoo is the latest company to disclose how many requests for user data it has received from U.S. government agencies, putting the number between 12,000 and 13,000 in the six months that ended on May 31.

Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire

Warner, Atlantic sued over unpaid internships

NEW YORK (AP) - A former intern filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against Warner Music Group and Atlantic Records over his unpaid internship, similar to a spate of recent lawsuits in other industries pushing back against the widespread practice.

7-Eleven stores on East Coast exploited immigrants

Lowe's offers to buy Orchard Supply stores in California for $205 million

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Lowe's plans to expand its California presence with an acquisition of Sears spinoff Orchard Supply Hardware Stores for about $205 million in cash. Orchard Supply filed a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on Monday, so the offer from Lowe's will become the "stalking horse" bid for an auction of Orchard's assets. Such a bid sets the floor for an auction process that lets competitors make better offers. The California market is ...

Builder confidence soars to 7-year high

McDonald's franchise sued over payroll debit cards in lieu of regular paychecks

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - A single mother who worked briefly at a northeastern Pennsylvania McDonald's franchise is suing the owners after she said she was given a fee-laden debit card and told that she must use it to access her earnings.

Businessman tries his luck at building marijuana brand

Food sellers work to make it look natural

Thrifty says offer of free rental car was mistake , won’t be given

Whole Foods revises employee language policy