Business News
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By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are accusing Sprint Corp. of illegally billing its wireless customers hundreds of millions of dollars in charges for text message alerts and other services…
December 18, 2014 -
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal jury decided Tuesday that Apple didn’t compete unfairly when it sold music players and songs with copy-protection software that was incompatible with rival…
December 17, 2014 -
By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The blow that the hacking attack has dealt Sony is spreading beyond the entertainment corporation itself to theater chains and movie goers alike. And the…
December 17, 2014 -
By ANTHONY MCCARTNEY AND BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sony Pictures Entertainment now faces two lawsuits from four former employees who claim the company did not do enough to prevent hackers from…
December 17, 2014 -
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carmike Cinemas has decided to cancel its planned showings of “The Interview” in the wake of threats against theatergoers by the Sony hackers. Sony Pictures…
December 17, 2014 -
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Private equity firm Thoma Bravo and a Canadian teacher pension will pay about $3.6 billion to take Riverbed Technology private a couple months after the computer networking equipment maker promised a…
December 16, 2014 -
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit by a Seattle artist who says she was cheated out of millions of dollars when the company that sold…
December 16, 2014 -
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As soon as Mark Kim found out his personal information was compromised in a data breach at Target last year, the 36-year-old tech worker signed…
December 16, 2014 -
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscar-winning producer Scott Rudin apologized Thursday for calling Angelina Jolie a “spoiled brat” and making racially offensive jokes about President Obama’s presumed taste in movies.…
December 14, 2014 -
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The growth of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft so far has not been hindered by limits from government regulators and campaigns…
December 14, 2014 -
By YOUKYUNG LEE AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The uber-trendy Seoul neighborhood made famous by the “Gangnam Style” K-pop hit is known for status-conscious people, plastic surgery clinics and Ivy League prep…
December 12, 2014 -
By DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Swapping crisis for compromise, the House narrowly approved $1.1 trillion in government-wide spending Thursday night after President Barack Obama and Republicans joined forces to…
December 12, 2014 -
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — In a story Dec. 10 about people trying to diversify the technology industry, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the computer coding camp co-founded by Gregorio Rojas and Liliana…
December 11, 2014 -
By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California prosecutors sued Uber over the ride-booking company’s driver background checks and other allegations, adding to the popular startup’s legal woes in the U.S. and around…
December 11, 2014 -
BY BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, California (AP) — A billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against Apple will likely continue, after a 65-year-old Massachusetts business consultant read about the plaintiffs’ floundering case online and volunteered to…
December 10, 2014