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At $5 billion, the fine the FTC is about to levy on Facebook is by far the largest it’s given to a technology company, easily eclipsing the second largest, $22 million for Google in 2012. The long-expected punishment,...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has defended the proposed purchase of $2.2 billion in arms from the U.S., following a Chinese announcement that it would sanction any American companies involved in the deal. The defense ministry...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast majority of the nation’s 10,000 election jurisdictions are using Windows 7 or an older operating system to create ballots, program voting machines, tally votes and report counts. That from an...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he wants to move the nation’s most populous state away from hydraulic fracturing, a day after he fired the state’s top oil and gas regulator for...

___ Report: FTC approves roughly $5B fine for Facebook SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Wall Street Journal report says that the FTC has voted this week to approve a fine of about $5 billion for Facebook over privacy violations. The...

Major U.S. stock indexes closed at record highs on Friday, with the S&P 500 ending above 3,000 for the first time. The market was driven higher by technology, consumer discretionary and industrial company stocks, which more...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Friday: Ford Motor Co., up 30 cents to $10.49. Volkswagen and Ford said they would share the cost of developing self-driving and electric cars. Illumina Inc.,...