WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators are expected to vote next month on rules to govern how Internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast deal with the flow of content on their high-speed networks.
Stocks ended the day mixed on the first day of trading in the New Year. The stock market gave up early gains after a report showed that growth in factory output fell to its slowest pace in six months in December, weakened by declines in orders and production.
WASHINGTON (AP) - For years, the government has been issuing guidelines about healthy eating choices. Now, a panel that advises the Agriculture Department is ready to recommend that you be told not only what foods are better for your own health, but for the environment as well.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - As a Mexican-American woman who started her own consulting firm in Los Angeles, accountant Sonia Luna has taken advantage of programs aimed at helping minority- and women-owned businesses compete for government and corporate contracts. But increasingly, the fact that Luna also is a lesbian entrepreneur hasn't hurt either.
President Barack Obama has ordered sanctions on North Korea in retaliation for the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. The Treasury Department said the targets are three state-controlled entities and 10 North Korean officials, including:
BRINDISI, Italy (AP) - Wearing gas masks against the smoke, Italian firefighters and investigators boarded the charred Norman Atlantic ferry on Friday and retrieved a data recorder they hope will help them discover what caused a deadly blaze.
President Barack Obama has ordered sanctions on North Korea in retaliation for the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. The Treasury Department said the targets are three state-controlled entities and 10 North Korean officials, including:
HONOLULU (AP) - The United States imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea on Friday in its first public act of retribution for a crippling cyberattack against Sony.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Matthew Franjola (fran-JOE'-lah), a reporter and photographer for The Associated Press who was among the last Americans in Saigon before it fell to the North Vietnamese in 1975, has died. He was 72.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The former Greek prime minister, George Papandreou, revealed plans Friday to create a new political party - a development that further complicates the landscape in Greece ahead of a snap general election later this month.
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - The greatest threat that Tunisia faces is coming from neighboring Libya, where militias are fighting each other, Tunisia's outgoing prime minister said Friday.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The stunning collapse in oil prices over the past several months won't derail the railroads' profit engine even if it does slow the tremendous growth in crude shipments seen in recent years.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration approved 41 first-of-a-kind drugs in 2014, including a record number of medicines for rare diseases, pushing the agency's annual tally of drug approvals to its highest level in 18 years.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A collapse in oil prices won't derail the railroads' profit engine even if it does slow the tremendous growth in crude shipments seen in recent years.
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. factory activity grew at the slowest pace in six months in December, weakened by declines in orders and production. Yet growth remained healthy, a sign manufacturing may help drive the economy's expansion in 2015 as it did last year.
MOSCOW (AP) - The Eurasian Economic Union, a trade bloc of former Soviet states, expanded to four nations Friday when Armenia formally joined, a day after the union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan began. The Russian-dominated bloc has been politically controversial and its early days are being overshadowed by the sharp deterioration of Russia's economy in recent months.
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) - If AirAsia bounces back from its first fatal disaster, much of the credit will go to its effusive founder Tony Fernandes and a well-oiled communications machine.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration approved 41 first-of-a-kind drugs in 2014, including a record number of medicines for rare diseases, pushing the agency's annual tally of drug approvals to its highest level in 18 years.
BRINDISI, Italy (AP) - Firefighters boarded the charred Norman Atlantic ferry in the Italian port of Brindisi on Friday to put out residual fires and allow a search for possible dead.
DENVER (AP) - To see the tax implications of legalizing marijuana in Colorado, there's no better place to start than an empty plot of land on a busy thoroughfare near downtown Denver.
LONDON (AP) - The euro fell Friday to a 4 ½-year low against the dollar after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi indicated the bank could soon back a government bond-buying program to deal with alarmingly low inflation across the 19-country eurozone.
LONDON (AP) - The euro has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar since the middle of 2010 after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi indicated the bank could soon buy government bonds.
BEIRUT (AP) - Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon are set to protect their rights under a trade union - the first such syndicate in the Arab world where more than 2.4 million foreign domestic workers labor under often harsh conditions.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. are forecasting their weakest growth in yearly car sales in more than a decade as competition intensifies and the global economy slows.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. are forecasting their weakest growth in car sales in more than a decade as competition intensifies and the global economy slows.
BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) - The number of stores dedicated to selling pianos is dwindling across the country as fewer people take up the instrument and those who do often opt for a used piano or a less expensive electronic keyboard.
Asian stock markets started 2015 on a positive note Friday as investors waited for cues from new economic data and central bank meetings in coming weeks.
SEATTLE (AP) - A year into the nation's experiment with legal, taxed marijuana sales, Washington and Colorado find themselves wrestling not with the federal interference many feared, but with competition from medical marijuana or even outright black market sales.
DENVER (AP) - To see the tax implications of legalizing marijuana in Colorado, there's no better place to start than an empty plot of land on a busy thoroughfare near downtown Denver.
DENVER (AP) - Don't worry about a federal lawsuit. But do worry tax rates. Those are among the many lessons Colorado and Washington have to share from the front lines of America's marijuana experiment.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics Co. said its Internet-connected televisions will this year use its internally developed operating system known as Tizen, in the company's latest attempt to boost its software power.
SEATTLE (AP) - A year into the nation's experiment with legal, taxed marijuana sales, Washington and Colorado find themselves wrestling not with the federal interference many feared, but with competition from medical marijuana or even outright black market sales.
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) - More ships arrived Friday with sensitive equipment to hunt for the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501 and the more than 145 people still missing since it crashed into the sea five days ago.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics Co. says all of its Internet-connected televisions will this year use its internally developed operating system known as Tizen.
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) - Fans looking to watch the Rose Bowl on their tablets or computers got an error message during the first half instead of the WatchESPN stream.
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors is recalling 92,221 full-size trucks and SUVs for a defect in ignition lock systems that can cause safety problems in hot conditions.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Governors across the political spectrum are hitting a roadblock in their bids to expand Medicaid with federal funds: Republican legislators who adamantly oppose "Obamacare."
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - More than five dozen giant turbines erected on a remote mesa in western New Mexico began churning out power for the state's largest electric provider on New Year's Day.
MOSCOW (AP) - At the vast skating rink in Moscow's Gorky Park, Russians say they're looking forward to a 2015 that will be as smooth as the ice, despite the country's economic and political difficulties. The ruble has sunk, tensions with the West are up, but the troubles seem to have produced a surge in national pride.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The new year is expected to bring rising chicken egg prices across the U.S. as California starts requiring farmers to house hens in cages with enough space to move around and stretch their wings.
NEW YORK (AP) - Uber, Facebook, Instagram - sure, they've been all the rage, but as 2014 winds down we're all ready for something fresh. From ride-hailing to photo sharing, here are a few up-and coming apps and startups to watch in in 2015. Which will be the breakout hit of the new year?
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) - A passenger aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 became the first victim of the crash to be returned to her family Thursday, one of many painful reunions to come, as search crews struggled against wind and heavy rain to find more than 150 people still missing.
BRUSSELS (AP) - Beset by critics and buffeted by economic woes, European Union chiefs might have been forgiven for thinking that at least Pope Francis would apply some balm for the New Year in his address to the EU parliament.
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) - Searchers were racing "against time and weather" Thursday to recover the dead from the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501, with a window of good conditions slammed shut by another onslaught of wind and heavy rain.
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) - Searchers were racing "against time and weather" Thursday to recover the dead from the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501, with a window of good conditions slammed shut by another onslaught of wind and heavy rain.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jeb Bush has resigned all of his board memberships - both nonprofit and business - in a move that signals growing interest in a 2016 presidential run.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jeb Bush has resigned all of his board memberships - both nonprofit and business - in a move that helps clear a path toward a 2016 presidential campaign.
Most Columbus CEO readers get their work done at a desk. As this is the time for making New Year's resolutions, how about adding a Stir Kinetic Desk to your list?
Can your business survive this sudden scandal? Author Eric Dezenhall says yes, but you need to proceed with caution. In his new book "Glass Jaw" he explains.
In the new book "Darling, You Can't Do Both" by Janet Kestin & Nancy Vonk, the authors say women in business still have work to do to overcome gender bias.
During the first three quarters of 2014, Columbus 2020 worked out 74 deals with companies resulting in the creation of 6,330 jobs. As of early December, the economic development engine had announced another seven commitments.
The striking new James tower welcomes its first patients as this issue of Columbus CEO delivers. I hope our story on Pollock's research sheds new light on a cancer unknown to many.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sony Pictures Entertainment says it is expanding the digital availability of "The Interview" to top cable, satellite and telecom services, beginning Wednesday and increasing through the weekend.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday they were seeking answers from the Obama administration about federal law enforcement's use of surveillance technology that sweeps up basic cellphone data.
U.S. stocks ended a strong 2014 with moderate declines Wednesday. There was no major catalyst for Wednesday's selling. Trading has been slow all week because of the holidays and most fund managers have closed their books for the year. Energy companies fell as the price of oil declined yet again.
NEW YORK (AP) - The NHL board of governors has approved IceArizona's sale of 51 percent of the Arizona Coyotes to Philadelphia hedge fund manager Andrew Barroway.
The plunging price of oil helped create 2014's biggest winners and losers on the stock market. The price of U.S. crude lost half its value in the second half of the year. That made life good for major consumers of fuel such as airlines, and bad for energy companies such as offshore drillers. The three worst-performing stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index were energy companies.
NEW YORK (AP) - This year showed how sheltered the U.S. economy is from geopolitical and health crises around the world. The global economy sputtered, but the U.S. powered ahead. Employers are finally hiring enough to lower unemployment. A plunge in gas prices and a rising stock market has Americans feeling richer and spending a bit more.
BUENOS AIRES (AP) - The Argentine government and a holdout group of bond creditors led by billionaire Paul Singer will soon have a chance to renegotiate a longstanding debt dispute that U.S. courts and the United Nations have wrestled with and that ultimately could impact debt restructuring worldwide.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sony Pictures Entertainment says it is expanding the digital availability of "The Interview" to top cable, satellite and telecom services, beginning Wednesday and increasing through the weekend.
NEW YORK (AP) - As Americans trimmed the tree last week and hung their stockings with care, many viewers turned away from TV screens. During a week of mostly reruns, total prime-time viewership of the Big Four networks dipped by 25 percent from the week before.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - It was an embarrassing Christmas for Nivea Cabrera after she was accused by her fiance's mother of giving her 5-year-old granddaughter a sex toy. A mortified Carbrera asked the child where she got the penis-shaped plastic cylinder.
NEW YORK (AP) - Verso Paper said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell two paper mills in order to gain U.S. approval for its $1.4 billion acquisition of privately held specialty paper maker NewPage Holdings.
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago driver accused of sexually assaulting an Uber passenger was not authorized to drive for the ride-sharing company and used an account created in his wife's name to pick up customers, the company said Wednesday.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Facing criticism from some parents over a Play-Doh toy that looks similar to a penis, Hasbro is says it will replace the offending implement with a different tool.
NEW YORK (AP) - New Year's Eve: the day to overpay for everything from that glass of flat Champagne to the impossibly-high heels you'll wear just once, to, once again, that ride home from Uber.
LONDON (AP) - Administrators of City Link, the collapsed British parcel delivery firm, say more than 2,300 people are losing their jobs after a bid to buy the business fell through.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus' president says reunification talks can restart, if Turkey respects the ethnically divided island's sovereign right to exploit its offshore gas reserves.
The plunging price of oil helped create 2014's biggest winners and losers on the stock market. The price of U.S. crude lost half its value in the second half of the year. That made life good for major consumers of fuel such as airlines, and bad for energy companies such as offshore drillers. The three worst-performing stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index were energy companies.
NEW YORK (AP) - New Year's Eve: the day to overpay for everything from that glass of flat Champagne to the impossibly-high heels you'll wear just once, to, once again, that ride home from Uber.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The contractor that runs the federal government's underground nuclear waste repository is being denied millions of dollars in performance bonuses and fees in financial fallout from a radiation leak.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans signing contracts to buy homes rose modestly in November as a strengthening economy helped nudge some would-be homebuyers.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans signing contracts to buy homes rose modestly in November as a strengthening economy helped nudge some would-be homebuyers.
NEW YORK (AP) - New Year's Eve: the day to overpay for everything from that glass of flat Champagne to the impossibly-high heels you'll wear just once, to, once again, that ride home from Uber.
WASHINGTON (AP) - More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but the number of applications continues to be at historically low levels that suggest solid economic growth will continue.
WASHINGTON (AP) - More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but the number of applications continues to be at historically low levels that suggest solid economic growth will continue.
NEW YORK (AP) - New Year's Eve: It's the day to overpay for everything from that glass of flat Champagne to the impossibly high heels you'll wear just once, to - once again - that ride from Uber.
DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Tripp Foy's sing-song chant rang out like a sentimental oldie for die-hard farmers clinging to the old way of selling tobacco in Kentucky. A small procession of buyers shadowed the tobacco auctioneer down long rows of reddish-brown leaf piled in bales.
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than half of Americans say they already have enough information at restaurants to decide whether they are making a healthy purchase. But they want even more.
BEIJING (AP) - 2014 was the Year of the Bull in China's stock market as the main index surged 54 percent, buoyed by hopes Beijing will do more to reverse a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.
PARIS (AP) - It was supposed to force millionaires to pay tax rates of up to 75 percent: "Cuba without the sun," as described by a critic from the banking industry. Socialist President Francois Hollande's super tax was rejected by a court, rewritten and ultimately netted just a sliver of its projected proceeds. It ends on Wednesday and will not be renewed.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - New state laws taking effect Thursday give livestock in California more living room, approve direct-to-consumer wine shipments in Massachusetts and levy the ultimate punishment on wannabe teen drivers in Nevada by denying them licenses if they skip too much school.
The first 50-state report on the latest sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health care law shows that more than 4 million people selected plans for the first time or re-enrolled.
More than 4 million people signed up for the first time or re-enrolled in health plans in the first month of the latest sign-up period under the Affordable Care Act, according to a report released Tuesday. A look at how many people in each state enrolled in a marketplace health plan for 2015:
NEW YORK (AP) - As city officials work to soften the New York Police Department's image and change how officers engage with citizens through reforms and training, part of the effort is happening online.
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - When Antanas Zubavicius turns the light on in his run-down house, it's the only light for miles. He is the last man in Dumbliuneliai, a once busy farmers' village in Lithuania that has gradually been abandoned as its residents emigrated in search of better jobs.
The handful of Asian stock markets open for trading on the last day of 2014 mostly rose modestly, led by China which is nearing a 52 percent gain for the year.
HONG KONG (AP) - Authorities in Hong Kong began destroying 15,000 chickens at a poultry market Wednesday and suspended imports from mainland China after some birds were found to be infected with bird flu.
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) - A massive hunt for the 162 victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 resumed in the Java Sea on Wednesday, with the recovery of six bodies, including a flight attendant identified by her trademark red uniform. But wind, strong currents and high surf hampered recovery efforts as distraught family members anxiously waited to identify their loved ones.
HONG KONG (AP) - Authorities in Hong Kong have begun destroying 15,000 chickens at a poultry market and suspended imports from mainland China after bird flu was found in some birds.
