Business and Finance

Published on May 31, 2015 - Page 28
Dear Mr. Berko: A friend with impressive political connections in Washington believes that the next president will ask Congress for a value-added tax...
Published on May 30, 2015 - Page 6
CHICAGO — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert paid hush money to conceal claims that the Illinois Republican sexually molested someone decades ago, a...
Published on May 30, 2015 - Page 6
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s latest plan on ethanol, the corn-based renewable fuel, probably will not have a major effect on pump prices,...
Published on May 30, 2015 - Page 22
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) —A record crop of apples, coupled with the West Coast port slowdown earlier this year, is taking a toll on apple growers in the...
Published on May 29, 2015 - Page 7
NEW YORK — For those not satisfied with just a premium phone, Samsung and LG are offering two models best described as the Lamborghinis of...
Published on May 29, 2015 - Page 13
NEW YORK (AP) — General Motors may need to consider big strategic changes like a merger or partnership with a competitor, a Morgan Stanley analyst...
Published on May 28, 2015 - Page 12
NEW YORK (AP) — Imagine a world where David and Goliath are best buds. Well it’s becoming reality more frequently in the business world. Boston Beer...
Published on May 27, 2015 - Page 16
NEW YORK (AP) — As TV watchers increasingly look online for their fix, cable companies are bulking up. In the latest round, Charter Communications is...
Published on May 27, 2015 - Page 16
NEW YORK (AP) —Here are the 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2014, as calculated by the Associated Press and Equilar, an executive pay data firm: 1. David...
Published on May 26, 2015 - Page 5
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) —As President Barack Obama pushes for a federal law to get paid leave to care for a new baby or an ailing relative, residents...
Published on May 26, 2015 - Page 6
DETROIT (AP) — The death toll from faulty ignition switches in small cars made by General Motors has reached 107. Victims’ families are being...
Published on May 26, 2015 - Page 12
MOUNT DESERT, Maine (AP) — David Rockefeller made a rare public appearance ahead of his 100th birthday to formally announce the donation of 1,000...
Published on May 25, 2015 - Page 11
CHICAGO (AP) —Young adults have a reputation for being connected to one another and disconnected from the news. But a survey has found that mobile...
Published on May 24, 2015 - Page 8
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Drenching rains that recently soaked the Great Plains have brought welcomed moisture to areas still recovering from droughts,...
Published on May 24, 2015 - Page 8
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury awarded $13 million to a 73-year-old woman who contracted a deadly disease from using asbestos-containing...
Published on May 24, 2015 - Page 28
Dear Mr. Berko: Do you know the name of a large drug company that is supposed to have a cure for deafness? I have profound hearing loss, and I’m...
Published on May 24, 2015 - Page 28
Dear Mr. Berko: My wife and I are 56, and together, our two individual retirement accounts, which own the same stocks, are worth $146,000. Why was...
Published on May 23, 2015 - Page 28
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart’s push to get its suppliers to give farm animals fewer antibiotics and more room to roam is expected to have a big impact on...
Published on May 22, 2015 - Page 6
Bigger, faster and more extreme are what count when it comes to roller coasters. So what’s an amusement park to do with aging coasters when those...
Published on May 22, 2015 - Page 7
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The cookies may be smiling, but the restaurants are not. A Pennsylvania chain says in a lawsuit that the smiley face cookies made...
Published on May 22, 2015 - Page 8
NEW YORK (AP) — Dollar Tree expects to reach a deal in the coming days to sell about 330 Family Dollar stores in order to receive approval of its $8....
Published on May 21, 2015 - Page 9
NEW YORK — You probably already use Facebook on your phone, along with its Messenger app for chatting with Facebook friends. You might also have...
Published on May 21, 2015 - Page 15
Nearly a quarter of U.S. adults who were insured all last year lacked adequate protection from big medical bills based on their income, according to...
Published on May 21, 2015 - Page 30
NEW YORK (AP) — Target is beating Wal-Mart in the race to beef up sales. Target Corp. on Wednesday reported a nearly 52 percent surge in its first-...
Published on May 20, 2015 - Page 20
WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure from U.S. safety regulators, Takata Corp. has agreed to declare 33.8 million air bags defective, a move that will...
Published on May 19, 2015 - Page 12
WASHINGTON (AP) —The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in favor of participants in employee retirement plans who object to companies’ investment...
Published on May 18, 2015 - Page 7
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) —Four men have been charged with cruelty to animals after undercover video showed employees at a southern New Mexico dairy...
Published on May 18, 2015 - Page 9
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) —Prices for eggs and turkey meat are rising as an outbreak of bird flu in the Midwest claims an increasing number of chickens...
Published on May 17, 2015 - Page 27
Dear Mr. Berko: In one of your columns, you recommended several health insurance stocks as good investments. You stated that health stocks would...
Published on May 17, 2015 - Page 27
Dear Mr. Berko: I’m a shareholder of Charter Communications, CenturyLink and Comcast. I have big profits in Charter Communications and Comcast and a...