By SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that warehouse workers who fill orders for retail giant Amazon don’t have to be paid for time spent waiting to pass through…
By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California prosecutors sued Uber on Tuesday over the ride-booking company’s background checks of drivers and other allegations, adding to the popular startup’s worldwide legal woes. San…
By DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Time running short, Republicans and Democrats agreed Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and delay a politically-charged struggle…
By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling on the government to improve the way it serves the public, President Barack Obama on Tuesday directed top management prospects in the federal bureaucracy to develop…
By DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Key lawmakers weighed legislation to permit a reduction of benefits for up to 1 million retirees at economically distressed multiemployer pension plans, officials said…
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court has ruled in a preliminary judgment that Uber, the ride-sharing service, must stop working with drivers who charge fares but do not possess a taxi license. The Commerical Appeals…
By BERNARD CONDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Can a company that didn’t exist five years ago, an upstart with a knack for angering regulators who could close it down,…
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, California (AP) — More than three years after his death, legendary Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs held a federal courtroom transfixed on Friday as attorneys played a video…
By BRANDON BAILEY and YOUKYUNG LEE Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Some cybersecurity experts say they’ve found striking similarities between the code used in the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment and attacks blamed…
NEW YORK (AP) — Bookseller Barnes & Noble said Thursday it is ending its commercial agreement with Microsoft for its Nook e-book reader ahead of its planned Nook spinoff. The news came as the largest…
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are turning away from live TV on the tube and tuning in to streaming services, a Nielsen report says. That’s bad news for cable and satellite TV providers. Americans are…
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft shareholders gave a lukewarm vote of approval Wednesday for CEO Satya Nadella’s $84 million pay package, after an investor advisory group said the company…
By TOBY STERLING Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Uber, the San Francisco-based ride sharing company, has set up a mobile phone software development team in Amsterdam, its international headquarters. In a telephone interview Conrad Whelan…
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles city attorney filed a lawsuit Tuesday to shut down a mobile phone application that arranges medical marijuana home deliveries. The suit alleges that…
By BRANDON BAILEY & LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press Writers Sony Pictures said Wednesday that the investigation into the cyberattack that crippled its computer systems is continuing and denied a report that it is poised to…