Apps can’t replace smell, touch of auto shows

DETROIT (AP) - Why go to a crowded auto show when you can glimpse dozens of new models on the internet?

Meg Whitman's pay for first year at HP: $15M

SANTA CLARA (AP) - Meg Whitman could get more than $15 million for her first year as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, according to company filings.

Costs spur push for wellness programs

DENVER (AP) - Michelle Ebert played basketball, volleyball, tennis and softball in high school. But she gained weight after college while building her career with a firm that helps other companies manage customer service, often working 14-hour days.

THE SILICON PRAIRIE

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Inside a small bungalow on the street separating Kansas City, Kan., from its sister city in Missouri, a small group of entrepreneurs are working on their ideas for the next high-tech startup, tapping Google Inc.'s new superfast Internet connection that has turned the neighborhood into an unlikely settlement dubbed the "Silicon Prairie."

Best Buy shares jump on holiday results

Microsoft may have exited gadget show prematurely

Wonder bread going to Tastykake

Some wives don't need their own Social Security

Q: I am 67 years old and started getting Social Security at age 66. I get $2,100 per month. My wife is 57 and has spent most of her life as a homemaker. But she recently took an office job and is starting to earn Social Security credits. Will she need 40 credits to qualify for her own Social Security? If so, is there any real advantage to her doing this?

Flu season puts businesses in a bind

Taco Bell testing '$1 Cravings' value menu

Wells Fargo nets record profit, but mortgages slow

SAN FRANCSICO (AP) - Wells Fargo, the country's biggest mortgage lender, reported record earnings for the fourth quarter on Friday, beating analysts' expectations for both profit and revenue. The bank made more loans, gained deposits and enjoyed above-average returns from the investments made by its private equity business.

FDA requires lower doses for sleep medications to reduce injury possibility

Gasoline prices predicted to fall during this year

Samsung shows bendable phone screen at gathering

American Express to cut 5,400 jobs

Stocks sink as US consumer spending worries deepen

Cyber Monday draws $1.74B billion holiday dollars

Review: Moto G isn't the best, but decent for $179

Holiday weekend gives a boost to auto sales

Americans turn to mobile devices for Cyber Monday

NEW YORK (AP) - Power up and shop.

Gobble gobble: Thanksgiving steals from Black Friday

Thanksgiving Day is no longer all about turkey: It's eating away at Black Friday shopping.

Mexico booming auto industry

RAMOS ARIZPE, Mexico (AP) - In Mexico's booming auto industry, the cars rolling off assembly lines may look identical, but how safe they are depends on where they're headed.

S&P 500 gains for 8th straight week

NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market fizzled Friday at the end of a holiday-shortened trading day, but still logged its longest streak of weekly gains in a decade.

Small company helps Twitter make money

DENVER (AP) - Twitter just issued its IPO but a lingering question is how the popular worldwide microblog company will turn a profit. One Colorado-based company thinks it has found one way to help Twitter, and itself, make money.

Limited whiskey sells for nearly $4K per bottle

Crude oil little changed above $92 a barrel

The price of oil was little changed above $92 a barrel Friday as holidays in the U.S. thinned trading and plentiful crude stocks showed the market was well supplied.

THANK GOD IT’S ...

Editor's Note: The following are "Black Thursday" stories witnessed and shared by The Associated Press' staff in New York.

Best prices? 4 apps help with that

Battle for holiday shoppers heats up

NEW YORK (AP) - This holiday shopping season, it's Amazon vs. everyone else.

Thanksgiving shopping? Not in states that ban it

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Shoppers won't be lining up for Thanksgiving Day deals at stores in Rhode Island. They can't.