Amazon partners with Best Buy on smart TVs, a ‘win-win’
NEW YORK — Amazon has cut a deal to sell voice-controlled TVs at Best Buy, the latest attempt by the online retailer to get its burgeoning suite of tech products out where people can see and touch...
View ArticleFor the first time, Facebook spells out what it forbids
NEW YORK — If you’ve ever wondered exactly what sorts of things Facebook would like you not to do on its service, you’re in luck. For the first time, the social network is publishing detailed...
View ArticleSeveral injured after explosion rocks Husky Energy refinery in Wisconsin
SUPERIOR, Wis. — A tank containing crude oil or asphalt exploded at a large refinery in Wisconsin on Thursday, injuring several people and causing a blast that one worker described as sounding like a...
View ArticleEarlier search for California serial killer led to wrong man
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Investigators hunting for the so-called Golden State Killer turned to searching genetic websites in 2017 but misidentified an Oregon man as a potential suspect. A year later, after...
View ArticleGet ready for the most expensive driving season in years
LOS ANGELES — Get ready for a little bit more pain at the pump this summer. Crude oil prices are at the highest level in more than three years and expected to climb higher, pushing up gasoline prices...
View ArticleArmy Corps meeting with tribes on Dakota Access oil pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. — Environmental study of the Dakota Access oil pipeline is likely to continue into the summer as federal officials meet with American Indian tribes who have raised concerns about being...
View ArticleTesla CEO’s peculiar conduct causes angst on Wall Street
DETROIT — Elon Musk’s quirky behaviour has long been chalked up to that of a misunderstood genius. But never have his actions caused so much angst on Wall Street. Investors have for years endured...
View ArticleThe key questions shareholders will be asking Warren Buffett this weekend
OMAHA, Neb. — Tens of thousands of investors will fill an Omaha arena this weekend to spend hours listening to Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger talk about business and life. The two men submit to the...
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Warren Buffett fields question about business successor at Berkshire...
OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett deflected questions about his eventual successor at Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday and instead encouraged the thousands of people at his annual meeting to focus...
View ArticleBegun with big hopes, crowdfund investing proves no bonanza
Begun two years ago with some big hopes, the option for small businesses to court investors through crowdfunding hasn’t turned into the windfall its supporters predicted. “A lot of dollars have been...
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Thick, skunk-like odour invades California town as farmers switch from...
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — This picturesque coastal town cradled by mountains and sandy shores is a scene out of a Southern California postcard. Residents of Carpinteria say they feel lucky to live in what...
View ArticleReport: Goldman looks to partner with Apple on credit card
NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs and Apple are looking to partner together to create a new credit card, the first foray by Goldman Sachs into the $1 trillion credit card market, The Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleSnoopy joining Sony? DHX Media to sell stake in Peanuts for $237 million to...
Snoopy may be joining Sony. Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp.’s music unit said Monday that it is buying a stake in Peanuts Holdings, the company behind Snoopy and Charlie Brown. Sony Music...
View ArticleWarren Buffett will again auction private lunch for charity
OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett is preparing to auction off another private lunch to raise money for a homeless charity in San Francisco. Over the past 18 years, Berkshire Hathaway’s chairman...
View ArticleWorried Hawaii homeowners ask: Am I covered for volcanos?
HONOLULU — Patricia Deter moved from Oregon to Hawaii to be closer to her two daughters, but the Kilauea volcano burned down her home only a month after she bought it. Now Deter and her family, along...
View Article18 acquitted in massive Brussels Airport 2013 diamond heist
BRUSSELS — Five years after a brazen multimillion-dollar diamond heist on the tarmac of Brussels Airport, a Belgian court on Thursday cited a lack of evidence as it acquitted 18 suspects in the case....
View ArticleSony buys most of EMI Music, to spend $9B on image sensors
TOKYO — Electronics and entertainment company Sony Corp. said Tuesday it plans to spend $2.3 billion acquiring an additional 60 per cent stake in EMI Music Publishing, home to the Motown catalogue and...
View ArticleFor the first time in 226 years, woman to lead the NYSE
NEW YORK — The New York Stock Exchange for the first time in its 226-year history will be led by a woman. Stacey Cunningham, who started her career as a floor clerk on the NYSE trading floor, will...
View ArticleTrump says Canada, Mexico ‘spoiled’ and ‘very difficult to deal with’, but...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that U.S. automakers and auto workers would be “very happy” with the outcome of talks over the North American Free Trade Agreement, which have...
View ArticleTrump launches probe into whether auto imports to U.S. pose national security...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday launched an investigation into whether tariffs are needed on the imports of automobiles into the United States, moving swiftly as talks over the North...
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