SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s minimum wage will rise to the highest in the nation on Jan. 1. The Seattle Times reports (http://bit.ly/1dcGPu6) that the minimum...
MATTHEWS, N.C. (AP) — Family Dollar says it has delayed a shareholder vote on its proposed acquisition by Dollar Tree until Jan. 22. The Matthews, North...
(Reuters) – Takata Corp (7312.T), the auto supplier embroiled in a global safety crisis, said Wednesday its president, Stefan Stocker, would step down and its...
(Los Angeles Times) – A five-day vacation in Florida turned into a travel nightmare for Chris Sullivan and his wife, Bonnie, when the first leg...
Black Baltimore Based Meridian Management Group, Inc. Provided Financing by James Wright Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper A Black-owned Prince George’s County firm...
MAE ANDERSON, AP Technology Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Sony hacking attack continues to deliver more dramatic plotlines than any fictional movie, but meanwhile the movie...
MAE ANDERSON, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday season, it’s almost as simple to shop on the other side of the world as...
Lucia Mutikani, REUTERS (Reuters)—U.S. home resales tumbled to a six-month low in November after two straight months of strong increases, underscoring the uneven nature of...
Erika Rawes, USA TODAY (USA Today)—The end of the year is a busy time: People have the holiday season to prepare for, the New Year,...
Marcy Gordon, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — T-Mobile US will pay up to $90 million, mostly in refunds, for billing customers for cellphone text services...
Joan Lowy and Jennifer Agiesta, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans broadly back tight regulations on commercial drone operators, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll,...
(Business Week) – During the economy’s slow crawl back from recession, many companies have cut out lavish holiday parties. But with the Nasdaq up 11 percent...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — When they met at the J. W. Marriott Hotel two blocks from the White House, Linda Singer, a former attorney general...
(The Washington Post) – In the wake of President Obama’s historic decision to mend diplomatic ties with Cuba, U.S. businesses and potential tourists scrambled to...
(Business Week) – The first thing you notice about the Mirai, Toyota’s new $62,000, four-door family sedan, is that it’s no Camry, an international symbol...
(Forbes) – Last month, President Obama released a statement directed at the FCC in favor of net neutrality. In it, he threw his support behind reclassifying Internet...
BERNARD CONDON, Associated Press ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press MAE ANDERSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The unprecedented hack of Sony Pictures which a U.S. official...
(New York Times) – The $41 billion valuation for the ride-sharing service Uber may or may not be a bubblicious number, but it certainly shows that...
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a major new challenge after a catastrophic fall in the...
ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Only small fries with that? McDonald’s in Japan is limiting the serving size of fries as stocks run...
(International Business Times) – Amir Hekmati, a former U.S. Marine, who is imprisoned in Iran for more than three years for allegedly spying for the...
(Black Enterprise) – By now most people have hear of crowdfunding, the method of raising capital through the collective effort of friends, family, customers, and...
BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A low-budget anti-Muslim film that sparked violence in the Middle East and death threats to the actors involved...
(Business Week) – Amazon (AMZN) is now taking bids. Venders who sell on Amazon can enable a “make an offer” feature that allows customers to offer a lower...
(The Root) – Analyses that evaluate the success of HBCUs by observing their six-year graduation rates often miss the mark. On the surface, graduation rates tell us...
