Calif. Passover diners get the word: No Coke

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Coca-Cola may be off the menu for the Passover feast - at least in California. As millions of Jews celebrate the Biblical story of the exodus from Egypt on Friday night, Coke says it's been forced out of California by state laws on toxic chemicals. Coke directed its suppliers last year to change the ...

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Bravo plans 'Silicon Valley' reality show NEW YORK (AP) - Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook's founder, is working with Bravo on a TV show about Silicon Valley. Bravo says "Silicon Valley" is a working title for the show, which follows young professionals in real life working to create the next big thing in tech. Going by ...

Penney cuts 600 workers, 13 percent of HQ staff

Yahoo CEO tries to reassure workers after layoffs

SUNNYVALE (AP) - Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson plans to tell the struggling Internet company's employees more about his turnaround strategy next week. Thompson also sought to boost sagging employee morale in a staff memo Thursday. It came a day after Yahoo Inc. began laying off 2,000 workers in the biggest purge in the company's 17-year history. The 14 ...

Ross Stores boosts 1Q profit, March sales rise

PLEASANTON (AP) - Clothing retailer Ross Stores Inc. says that mild weather helped drive March sales in stores open at least a year up 10 percent, and it's raising its forecast of first-quarter profit. The company said Thursday that after better-than-expected sales in February and March, it expected to earn between 89 cents and 91 cents per share in the quarter ending ...

Google creates a spectacle with Internet-connected glasses project

Retailers report positive March

Is this the end of the gold rush?

Ham prices high heading into Easter holiday

Paramount to add 500 films to YouTube rentals

NEW YORK (AP) - YouTube and Paramount Pictures have reached a deal to make nearly 500 films available to rent online, even while their parent companies continue to feud over a $1 billion lawsuit. The agreement announced Wednesday makes ...

Service firms grow at steady pace, boost hiring

State governments target tax-cheating software

Facebook responds to Yahoo with own patent lawsuit

Recovery threatened by runaway student loan debt that now surpasses $1 billion

Automakers post best monthly sales since 2007

Housing recovery boosts Home Depot

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Apple's Cook faces taxing questions

Eminem's publisher sues Facebook over song

Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter

Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

Yahoo reboots Flickr, offers 1 terabyte of storage

Yahoo looks to regain its cool

Edison, CPUC reach $37M deal over canyon fire

Apple uses firms outside US to avoid taxes

Feds again delay San Onofre nuke restart decision

Both sides can’t be right

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

MENLO PARK (AP) - It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering.

Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B purchase of Tumblr

'Sonic' video games coming to Nintendo

J.C. Penney posts bigger 1Q loss than expected for 1st Q