Atlantic City profits fall 15% in 2018's expanded casino market

Casino profits fell by more than 15% in Atlantic City in 2018, a year in which the downsized market reopened two shuttered gambling halls, according to figures released Monday.

Tim Hardaway endorses new device that lets you dribble a basketball quietly indoors

Do you have a young basketball player with hoop dreams, bounding that basketball all hours of the day and night in your home or apartment? Or are you like Queens natives Dylan Kaufmann and Eric Braunstein who just wanted to play basketball as kids?

Australia enacts tough new social media law in response to livestreamed massacre

Australia hopes its new laws that threaten prison and major fines for social media executives who fail to quickly remove violent livestreaming from their platforms will become a model for other countries.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos finalize divorce

Amazon said Thursday that founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has finalized his divorce with wife MacKenzie, who will get a stake in the online shopping giant worth more than $35 billion.

Motel 6 agrees to pay $12 million to settle lawsuit

The national chain Motel 6 agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Washington state claiming names of hotel guests were improperly provided to immigration officials for two years, the state attorney general said.

Target raises minimum wage to $13 an hour

Target is raising the minimum hourly wage for its workers for the third time in less than two years.

Applications for US unemployment aid fall to 49-year low

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level since late 1969, a sign that employers are holding onto their workers despite signs of a slowing economy.  

Target's car seat trade-in program is back

Hey parents: if your baby's car seat is looking a bit rough, Target wants to swap with you.

Whole Foods Market slashes prices starting April 3

Amazon is planning to cut prices on hundreds of items at Whole Foods Market stores this week in a bid to dissolve the "whole paycheck" image the healthy grocer has been known for, Fox Business reported.

Google+ social network shuts down for good

Google permanently shut down its Google+ social network, sometimes referred to as Google Plus or G+, on Tuesday several months after revealing security bugs that exposed the private data of millions of users.

Chick-fil-A banned from second airport in less than 2 weeks

Chick-fil-A has been banned from opening a location in a second airport. Buffalo, New York, is now the second city after San Antonio, Texas, to block the national chicken-based fast-food chain's plans to open locations in airport food courts over the company's reported anti-LGBTQ stance.

Class-action lawsuit against Poland Spring gets new life

A judge has given new life to a class-action lawsuit accusing Poland Spring of selling water that's sourced from wells, not springs.