Companies exploit live-streaming apps Periscope, Meerkat
Companies have learned to use Facebook, Instagram and other social media to drum up business and now they’re finding ways to exploit two new apps, Periscope and Meerkat. The apps allow users to stream...
View ArticlePush for higher minimum wage ignites worry about enforcement
As a campaign to raise the minimum wage as high as $15 has achieved victories in such places as Seattle, Los Angeles and New York, it has bumped up against a harsh reality: Plenty of scofflaw...
View ArticleGoogle forms a new holding company, ‘Alphabet’
Google is creating a new company to oversee its highly lucrative Internet business and a growing flock of other ventures, including some — like building self-driving cars and researching ways to...
View ArticleRdio enables saving of tracks from 500 live radio stations
Rdio, the music subscription service backed by Skype co-founder Janus Friis, is partnering to bring simulcasts of 500 traditional radio stations to its app in the U.S. The move is the next step in its...
View ArticleUS home sales soar in July to fastest pace since early 2007
Americans stepped up their home-buying for a third straight month in July, as sales accelerated to the strongest pace in eight years. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that sales of...
View ArticleSurvey: Most economists say Fed will raise rates in 2015
The vast majority of business economists expect the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates before the end of the year, according to a survey released Monday. Minutes from the Fed’s meeting in late...
View ArticleFederal court backs patent protecting Eli Lilly cancer drug
Shares of Eli Lilly rose Wednesday after the drugmaker said a federal court upheld a patent protecting one of its top-selling drugs, the cancer treatment Alimta. The Indianapolis company said Tuesday...
View ArticleSBA opens local centers for disaster loan applicants
The Small Business Administration says business owners affected by the summer’s severe storms and flooding will have access to low-interest federal disaster loans through. Through Thursday, Sept. 10,...
View ArticleConsumer agency hears about student loan servicing problems
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says borrowers are reporting widespread problems with the companies servicing their student loans. In a report released Tuesday, the bureau found servicing...
View ArticleBill would protect Missouri from financial court penalties
The state of Missouri no longer would face financial punishment for wrongdoing in some civil lawsuits under legislation debated this week in the state Senate. The proposal would give the state what’s...
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