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NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has become the second publicly traded company to be worth $1 trillion, hot on the heels of iPhone maker Apple. Amazon has revolutionized how people shop online and is the world’s dominant internet...

New York (AP) — Amazon becomes second publicly traded US company to reach $1 trillion in market value.

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon becomes second publicly traded US company to reach $1 trillion in market value; Apple was first.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A court battle is shaping up in North Carolina to decide whether the world’s largest pork producer will keep paying for environmental projects as it promised 18 years ago or if the millions should go...

“Small Fry: A Memoir” (Grove Press), by Lisa Brennan-Jobs The ghost of Steve Jobs haunts “Small Fry,” the memoir by his first daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs. He looms larger than life even on the pages where...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) — A parachute system that’s designed to land spacecraft on Mars will be tested this week off Virginia’s coast. Friday’s scheduled launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. factories grew at a faster pace in August as American industry continues to show robust health. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, said Tuesday that its...

NEW YORK (AP) — Although small business owners are upbeat about the economy’s prospects, they aren’t as optimistic about their own revenue. That’s the finding of a survey of 1,000 owners conducted during June...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Spending on U.S. construction projects ticked up 0.1 percent in July, led by an increase in homebuilding and the publicly funded building of schools and highways. The Commerce Department says the slight July...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. U.S. stocks are opening lower as technology companies take losses. Facebook lost 2.8 percent Monday morning and Microsoft lost 1.7...