Faster search, better photo sharing in new Android

Reno OKs tax breaks for Apple project

RENO, Nev. (AP) - The Reno City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved tax breaks to coax Apple Inc. to open two facilities in northern Nevada as part of a $1 billion investment over 10 years. The City Council agreed to the city's portion of a deal that includes $89 million in county, city and state tax abatements. Analysts say that's a 79 ...

Zynga expands game line up amid investor doubts on stratgey

CDC trying out free AIDS tests at drugstores in pilot program

Feds: Sting targeted online financial fraud

Quest Software gets higher takeover bid of $2.32B

ALISO VIEJO (AP) - Quest Software Inc. said Monday that it received a higher buyout offer worth about $2.32 billion from an unnamed buyer, ramping up the battle for the technology services provider. The most recent offer of $27.50 per share follows a string of increasing bids that began after the company announced in March that it was being bought by investment ...

Microsoft buying Internet startup Yammer for $1.2B to add Facebook style sharing

T-Mobile to buy, swap spectrum with Verizon

NEW YORK (AP) - Verizon Wireless on Monday said that it has agreed to sell some wireless spectrum rights to T-Mobile USA and swap others, in a continuing quest to get regulators to approve a bigger spectrum deal it has worked out with a consortium of cable companies and another wireless carrier.

Facebook names 1st woman, Sandberg, to board

New-home sales rose at fastest pace in 2 years

Hawaii’s island of Lanai depends on wealthy owner

HONOLULU (AP) - The 3,200 people living on a rural Hawaiian island that will soon be purchased by billionaire Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison have a laundry list of what they'd like to see him provide.

Negotiators closing in on student loan interest deal

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional bargainers appeared to be closing in on a compromise that would head off a July 1 doubling of interest rates on federal loans to 7.4 million college students and end an election-year battle between President Barack Obama and Congress.

Study: E-book library borrowing takes slow pace

NEW YORK (AP) - E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, frustrated by a limited selection and by not even knowing whether their local branch offers e-releases, according to a new study.

Bank downgrades could hurt loans, credit cards

Best time to start benefits?

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

Social Security benefits are not ever prorated

Detroit won't pay $2.5 billion it owes

Microsoft brings Office to iPhone, but not tablets

California brothers charged with digital piracy of movies TV

California brothers charged with digital piracy of movies TV

Coverage unaffordable for low-wage workers

Nicaragua approves massive canal project

Grocers allege potato price fixing

Lawmaker accuses Google of dodging taxes in Great Britain

Windows becomes the latest Best Buy store-in-store

Unpaid internships in jeopardy