Facebook brings 'chat heads' feature to iPhone app

MENLO PARK (AP) - Facebook has updated its iPhone and iPad applications to let people keep using its chat feature even when they are doing other things, such as reading friends' updates. Facebook Inc. also said Tuesday that it's bringing its "chat heads" feature to its Apple apps. It's called chat heads because friends' profile photos pop up when they send you ...

Intel meets 1Q expectations despite slowdown in PC sales

SANTA CLARA (AP) - Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of chips for PCs, is remaining steadfast amid a drastic slowdown in computer sales.

American cancels all flights for several hours

DALLAS (AP) - A key computer system used to run many daily operations at American Airlines failed Tuesday, forcing the nation's third-largest carrier to ground all flights across the United States for several hours and stranding thousands of frustrated passengers at airports and on planes.

J.C. Penney job No. 1: Calming vendors

Dish Network offering to buy Sprint in $25.5 billion proposal

Board calls for tougher rules on refineries

GM, Ford to collaborate on new transmissions

Seniors who work must pay Social Security payroll taxes

Jury awards $12M to billionaire in wine spat

Financial aid scam revealed at Calif. college

SAN PABLO (AP) - Several people face criminal charges in connection with a financial aid scam at a community college in Northern California, prosecutors said. Those involved in the alleged fraud received federal money to attend Contra Costa College in San Pablo and received passing grades in drama classes they never attended, according to the Contra Costa Times (http://bit.ly/XGh8wE). <p style="line-height: 18pt; ...

Verizon to extend phone-upgrade waiting period

Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers

Upper-income seniors facing Medicare hike

Drought eases in farm belt but not over yet

Air bag recall on 3.4 million vehicles

Amazon reports lower 1Q earnings, higher revenue

Starbucks' profit shows Americans need coffee fix

Man says insurance won't cover bullet damage

Senate advances bill to tax Internet sales

Pot smokers can be fired, even in Colo.

Exxon 1Q earnings rise, production slips again