McDonald's net income drops in second quarter

Peet's Coffee & Tea going private for $977.6 million

EMERYVILLE (AP) - Peet's Coffee & Tea is being taken private by a German conglomerate for approximately $977.6 million. Privately held Joh. A. Benckiser, which invests in consumer goods brands, will pay $73.50 per share, a 29 percent premium to Peet's closing stock price of $57.16 on Friday. The companies said Monday the deal was worth about ...

How Apple's phantom taxes helps hide billions in profit

Cisco to lay off 1,300 employees in latest cutback

SAN JOSE (AP) - Cisco Systems is preparing to lay off about 1,300 workers just a few months after the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment warned that growing economic uncertainty is making it tougher to close sales with its customers. The cuts announced Monday represent about 2 percent of Cisco System Inc.'s payroll of 65,000 workers. <p style="line-height: 18pt; background: ...

Netflix's 2Q results riding on subscriber growth

Simple questions with not so simple answers

US has fewest cattle in at least 4 decades

DirecTV, Viacom fight to draw in channel punch-out

Ford says plug-in van goes 20 miles on electricity

DETROIT (AP) - Ford says a plug-in electric version of its new C-Max small van will be able to go more than 20 miles on battery power alone, and have a range of 550 miles on a tank of gas. The C-Max Energi plug-in, due in showrooms this fall, is expected to get the equivalent of 95 miles per gallon of gasoline ...

Verizon's wireless glows as broadband growth hits wall

Google's earnings rise as clicks on ads soar

Microsoft reports first loss as public software company

Yahoo CEO Mayer's pay deal worth more than $59M

SAN JOSE (AP) - Yahoo is giving its new chief executive Marissa Mayer a compensation package worth more than $59 million over the next several years. Yahoo Inc. said in a regulatory filing Thursday that Mayer will receive an annual salary of $1 million. She's also eligible for a $2 million bonus, and $12 million in restricted stock and stock options that ...

Safeway profit drops amid growing competition

Walgreen, Express Scripts agree to prescriptions resuming in September

Sears 3Q loss widens as sales soften at stores

HealthCare.gov fix needs more time, money

NEW YORK (AP) - Technology experts say healing what ails the Healthcare.gov website will be a tougher task than the Obama administration acknowledges.

Nexus 5 delivers basics at great price

Samsung said it would appeal both verdicts.

Jury orders Samsung to pay Apple $290 million

J.C. Penney's 3Q loss widens; but things get better

With no surprise, is the magic dead?

NEW YORK (AP) - Count Cynthia Gibson among gift recipients not interested in being surprised.

Is Tesla advertising misleading public?

FREMONT (AP) - A U.S. safety agency is tightening the guidelines that control how automakers use government crash tests in advertising. The change by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was prompted by Tesla Motors Inc., the Palo Alto, Calif., electric car company. Tesla has promoted its electric Model S as the safest car in America, saying it earned a 5.4-star rating from the government. The new guidelines stress that NHTSA doesn't give crash-test ratings ...

Gov't to require seat belts on large buses

WASHINGTON (AP) - New tour buses and buses that provide service between cities must be equipped with seat belts starting in late 2016 under a federal rule issued Wednesday, a safety measure sought by accident investigators for nearly a half century.

Gates chokes up at Ballmer's shareholder goodbye

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates choked up while reading from prepared remarks during Steve Ballmer's final shareholders meeting as chief executive.

$2.5B to settle hip replacement suits

$2.5B to settle hip replacement suits

What did Narcissus say to Instagram?

NEW YORK (AP) - In these hyper-connected, over-shared times dwell two kinds of people: those preoccupied with taking and uploading photos of themselves and those who have never heard of the selfie.

Best Buy posts 3Q profit, sales flat

NEW YORK (AP) - Best Buy says it Is committed to "winning" the holiday season with price matching, doorbusters and deals as well as its earliest ever opening hours on Thanksgiving - even if that means profit pressure for the electronics retailer in the fourth quarter.

Probe opened into Tesla fires

FREMONT (AP) - The U.S. government's auto safety watchdog is investigating whether Tesla's Model S electric car is vulnerable to fires because roadway debris can pierce the car's underbody and battery.

Yahoo vows to encrypt all its users' personal data

Google to pay $17M to settle Safari privacy case