More than 7 in 10 teens jobless in summer

Verizon to phase out most existing phone plans

Facebook's growth rate is slowing: WSJ

NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook's growth appears to be slowing, particularly in the U.S., according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Unique U.S. visitors to the wildly popular social media site rose 5 percent in April to 158 million, according to data attributed to comScore. ComScore confirmed the data. That's the slowest growth rate since comScore ...

Fed reports how much recession shrank median family wealth back to 1992 levels

New Apple mobile software gets maps, Siri updates

Apple kicks Google Maps off iPhone, adds Facebook as vendetta remains alive

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Steve Jobs' vendetta against Google remains alive, nine months after the Apple co-founder died feeling betrayed by a company he once embraced as an ally.

New Mac OS in July has social-network integration

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Next month, Apple will release its new operating system for Mac computers. Dubbed Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 will cost $19.99 - $10 cheaper than what the current system, Lion, costs. Those buying Mac computers starting on Monday will get the upgrade for free when it's available. Apple Inc. already demonstrated many of ...

Apple expected to show fresh software, new Macs

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to show off new iPhone software, updated Mac computers and provide more details on future releases of Mac software when he kicks off the company's annual conference for software developers on Monday.

How retirement benefits are figured

Kraft Foods spurns NYSE for Nasdaq, citing the costs

Gamemakers flip focus to multiple screens.

Coke official against NYC soda ban

Virgin Mobile gets iPhone for $549, $30 per month

Consumers cut back on credit card use in April

More than half of older teens often text while they’re behind the wheel

A respite for Medicare; Social Security no worse

Microsoft aims to simplify with Windows 8.1

Public-private partnership pushes '3-D printing'

Chicago hotel workers end strike after 10 years

Japan suspends imports after modified wheat found

Amazon to make 2 original comedies, 3 kids shows

Wealthy get most major tax breaks

Sales of bank-owned homes hit 5-year low

Bill would require OT, other benefits for nannies

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Democrats have passed a bill that would provide overtime pay, meal breaks and other labor protections for domestic workers in California. Lawmakers in the Assembly passed AB241 by Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco on a 41-24 vote Wednesday. Ammiano said the bill - called the Domestic Workers of Bill of Rights - seeks to give housekeepers, nannies and caregivers fair pay and safe working conditions. It now moves to the ...

China's Shuanghui in $4.7B deal for Smithfield Foods

Home prices rise percent across nation for biggest gain since 2006

Economic gains boost confidence to 5-year high

Netflix stock sinks on mixed reviews of 'Arrested'

Who gets the cash in Starbucks' tip jars?

Entry fee study sparks northern opposition

SEATTLE (AP) - By Michael Hill's estimation, 90 percent of the people pumping gas at his station just south of the U.S.-Canada border in Washington state are Canadians.