Middle class share of US income shrinks to lowest level in decades

HP’s $8.9B loss biggest ever

T-Mobile brings back unlimited data plan

Rise in US home sales reflects steady improvement

PayPal to offer in-store payments thru Discover

SAN JOSE (AP) - PayPal is expanding its brick-and-mortar payment services to more than 7 million stores across the U.S. in a partnership with Discover Financial Services. EBay Inc.'s payments unit said Wednesday that retailers that take Discover cards will be able to process PayPal payments beginning next year. People will be able to pay using PayPal cards and later, mobile devices. ...

33M Americans plan to travel over Labor Day

Patent trial over iPhone technology wraps up

Best Buy 2Q profit drops 90 pct, misses estimates

Feds, university test cars that can communicate in bid for safer roads

Wal-Mart brings back holiday layaway

Apple sets record for value at $624B; new iPhone5 near

Thiel among early Facebook investors selling their stock

Epic patent trial over iPhone technology wraps up; jury next

Summertime blues for drivers: Gas at record

LOS ANGELES (AP) - You may pay more than ever for a late-summer drive.

Reflecting on delaying benefits for a few dimes

Microsoft hypes next-gen Xbox One games at E3

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S&P BOOSTS OUTLOOK FOR US GOV'T'S LONG-TERM DEBT: WASHINGTON (AP) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded its outlook Monday for the U.S. government's long-term debt. S&P cited the government's strengthened finances, a recovering U.S. economy and some easing of Washington's political gridlock.

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Economy adds 175K jobs, jobless climbs to 7.6 %

Microsoft says used games will work on Xbox One

NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft's upcoming Xbox One gaming console will be able to play used games, clearing up a worry among gamers and video game retailers such as GameStop, which trade in used games. That means video games discs users buy will not be limited to one Xbox One device, and players can share or trade in the games they have bought for other used games, just as they have been able to do ...

J.C. Penney launches new home department

Consumer borrow $11.1B in April

Bill to legalize web poker introduced

PG&E to pay $50.5 million because of wildfires

SACRAMENTO (AP) - PG&E and its contractors have agreed to pay $50.5 million to settle Department of Justice allegations that the utility was responsible for two wildfires that scorched 18,000 acres of national forest land in Northern California. The U.S. Attorney's office in Sacramento announced the settlement Thursday. DOJ alleged in a lawsuit that a dropped cigarette lit by a work crew hired by a PG&E contractor ignited a 2004 fire that burned 13,000 acres ...

Did Whole Foods fire workers for speaking Spanish at work?

FDA favors easing safety limits on Avandia

Nestle Purina to purchase Petfinder

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Microsoft to add Outlook to Windows system on RT tablets

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft will add its popular Outlook email program to more tablets running on a lightweight version of its Windows operating system as part of a free software update this year. The Outlook 2013 app will be given to owners of Microsoft's Surface tablet and similar devices running Windows RT. That's a slimmed down version of Windows 8, a radical overhaul of the ubiquitous operating system used on most personal computers. Microsoft ...

Some morning-after OTC pill sales allowed

Long-awaited keyboard BlackBerrys hit stores