10 banks including Wells Fargo, BofA agree to pay $8.5B for foreclosure abuse

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. banks have taken another step to clear away the wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis by agreeing to ...

New Lego robotics kit talks to iPhones

Gas prices staying down as 2013 starts

Samsung lens flips from 2-D to 3-D

New Dish box sends TV shows 'hopping' to iPad

BofA in $11.6B mortgage claims settlement

Google exec chairman arrives in North Korea

McDonald's expands test flight for chicken wings; no national plans yet

Government to require electric cars to make noise

Lenovo to release giant 27-inch ‘coffee table PC’

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Dismayed that family members are spread out over the house, each with a separate PC or tablet? Lenovo has something it believes will get them back together: a PC the size of a coffee table that works like a gigantic tablet and lets four people use it at once.

Gain pushes S&P 500 to 5-year high

Target ads puts food in spotlight

Bluefin tuna sells for record $1.76M in Tokyo

'McDreamy' says he beat Starbucks for coffee chain

Social Security update for 2013

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

To Roth or not to Roth

Federal move to tax Internet gambling

Gov't finds merit in labor claims against Wal-Mart

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials said Monday they are prepared to file formal complaints against Wal-Mart for allegedly violating the legal rights of protesting workers last year.

Hyundai to market hydrogen vehicle next year

DETROIT (AP) - For years, the joke in the auto industry was that a mass-produced car that runs on hydrogen was always a decade away.

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