NEW YORK (AP) — You canceled cable long ago. Your TV antenna has trash reception for ABC. But you want to host an Oscars viewing party. What to do? A newish, under-the-radar option is Locast. It’s like an app version of a...
Read MoreLISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Portuguese magistrate is deciding whether there is enough evidence to put a former prime minister and two dozen other once-powerful figures on trial for corruption, money laundering and other crimes....
Read MoreYOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Toshiba Corp. unveiled a remote-controlled robot with tongs on Monday that it hopes will be able to probe the inside of one of the three damaged reactors at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses sold at a record pace in 2018 and are expected to remain a hot commodity this year. BizBuySell.com, an online market for small businesses, counted 10,312 sales transaction reported by brokers in...
Read MoreORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A labor relations board has put the brakes on a decision allowing the Teamsters to represent scores of Lyft drivers who haul passengers around the Walt Disney World property in Florida. A National Labor...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks opened broadly lower after two major U.S. companies dropped after saying that weakness in China’s economy was weighing on their results. Caterpillar, a bellwether for industrial companies, has been...
Read MoreFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank head Mario Draghi says that much of the drag on the eurozone economy would ease if “clarity and peace” were to break out in the trade dispute between the U.S. and...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — After gliding through years where stocks mostly just rose, a generation of investors last year suddenly confronted a hard financial truth: Stocks are risky and can plunge at any moment. For older investors, the...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — From backstop to Brexiteer, Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, now scheduled for March 29, has spawned a host of new and often-confusing words. The AP deciphers some key terms: ARTICLE 50:...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — A new government report says that the U.S. budget deficit is set to hit $897 billion this year and predicts that economic growth will slow as the effects of President Donald Trump’s tax cut on business...
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