Suspending your benefits before they even start

Developers pull plans for New Mexico ghost town to study new technology

US rowing team outfitted with Philly-made gear

Visa, MasterCard in $6B settlement over card fees

NM on verge of repossessing state's supercomputer

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Susana Martinez's administration is on the verge of taking back New Mexico's $11 million supercomputer known as "Encanto" from the nonprofit group set up to operate it. The administration has told the New Mexico Computing Applications Center it plans to repossess the machine because the group can't pay its bills or perform necessary upkeep, the Albuquerque Journal ...

Yahoo confirms theft of 450,000 users' passwords

Scam claiming President Obama offering to pay utility bills proves costly for thousands

NBC launches 2 apps to watch the Olympics

NEW YORK (AP) - NBC launched two mobile apps that will let people watch Olympics events as they happen, look up athlete profiles and access other extra content on their iPads, iPhones and certain Android devices. NBC said that most of the content will be available only to pay-TV subscribers who have MSBC and CNBC as part of their service. The apps ...

Yahoo's interim CEO faces off with shareholders

Scranton mayor slashes city workers' pay to minimum wage in budget move

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A fiscal and political crisis in the nearly-broke northeastern Pennsylvania city of Scranton deepened Tuesday as public employee unions sought to have the mayor held in contempt of court after he defied a judge and slashed workers' pay to minimum wage.

Openings rose in May, good sign for hiring

Dems want tax cuts for businesses that hire

Comcast sells A&E stake to Disney, Hearst for $3B

NEW YORK (AP) - Comcast's NBCUniversal is selling its stake in A&E Television Networks to Disney and Hearst for $3.03 billion in cash. Comcast Corp., which owns 15.8 percent of A&E, said Tuesday that it will sell its stake to Walt Disney Co. and Hearst Corp., its partners in the A&E joint venture. The company said in May ...

Fitch Ratings keeps United States at top 'AAA' credit rating

Gov't agency proposes simpler mortgage forms

Yahoo to release IDs of inactive email accounts

SUNNYVALE (AP) - Yahoo is trying to breathe new life into inactive email accounts by giving away the identifications beginning next month. The program announced Wednesday will give Web surfers an opportunity to claim a new handle that had previously been unavailable. It also represents a last chance for Yahoo users who haven't logged in for at least a year to keep the address. Yahoo Inc. plans to release the inactive accounts unless the current ...

Google seeks to disclose more on data requests

Google snaps up Waze to add to mapping service

EOC sues over criminal background checks

Court hears arguments on big soda ban

Terse testimony from CEO in e-book trial

Executives admit that TV isn't everywhere yet

Executives admit that TV isn't everywhere yet

More Americans quit jobs, a sign of confidence

Opting for overdrafts means higher fees

Apple unveils music streaming service dubbed iTunes Radio

McCheap menu helps lift McDonald’s sales

NEW YORK (AP) - Cheap eats and new menu items helped McDonald's boost a key sales figure in May, bouncing back from a decline the previous month.

The High Cost of procrastination

Apple revamps look of iPhone, iPad software

Senate passes $500 billion farm bill

Dissent against execs in Wal-Mart's proxy vote