Business

Blue Bell returns to stores

August 31, 2015 1:16pm EDT

BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — Blue Bell ice cream is back.

USDA to approve genetically engineered potato

August 28, 2015 2:18pm EDT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a potato genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine and that still damages crops.

Phishing scam luring victims with promise of jobs

August 27, 2015 10:44pm EDT

We've all experienced online scams: how many of us have received an email that an uncle in Nigeria just passed away and now you're going to inherit millions?

1 billion used Facebook in 1 day

August 27, 2015 5:16pm EDT

One billion people used Facebook on Monday, according to a (what else) Facebook post by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who founded the social network in 2004 while he was a student at Harvard.

Cascadian Farm frozen green beans recall 2015

August 27, 2015 3:19pm EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — General Mills is recalling about 60,000 packages of its Cascadian Farm frozen green beans after one package tested positive for listeria.

Bimbo Bakeries bread recall 2015

August 27, 2015 2:58pm EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of Sara Lee, Nature's Harvest and other brands is recalling bread sold in 11 states because it may contain fragments of glass from a broken light bulb at a company factory.

StarKist tuna company agrees to lawsuit settlement

August 27, 2015 10:39am EDT

Have you bought StarKist Tuna in the past?

Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons

August 26, 2015 10:52pm EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart will stop selling the AR-15 rifle and other semi-automatic weapons at its stores because fewer people are buying them, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Oscar Mayer turkey bacon recall 2015

August 26, 2015 1:22pm EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

Burger King to McDonald's: Let's make a McWhopper

August 26, 2015 10:54am EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — This probably isn't what the United Nations had in mind when it established the International Day of Peace: Burger King is asking McDonald's to join forces to create a "McWhopper."

Dow closes down 588 points

August 25, 2015 8:49am EDT

U.S. stocks are closing sharply lower, with the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 588 points and the Standard & Poor's 500 index now down more than 10 percent off its recent high.

$Russia bans foreign detergents$

Russia bans foreign detergents

August 25, 2015 8:15am EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have begun to remove foreign brands of detergent and washing powder from stores, claiming that they pose health risks.

$500M Ferris wheel on Staten Island

August 24, 2015 11:13am EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Construction is underway at the site of a $500 million Ferris wheel project along the Staten Island waterfront.

Baseball bats made on Long Island

August 21, 2015 9:44pm EDT

On an industrial lot in Oceanside, Long Island, Peter Curti, 55, stashes some of the most-coveted ash, birch, and maple in the world.

Fears over global slowdown hammer U.S. stocks

August 21, 2015 4:24pm EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average has plunged more than 530 points and is in a correction amid a global sell-off sparked by fears about China's slowing economy.

Mobile payments catch on slowly

August 20, 2015 6:05pm EDT

It's as simple as taking a picture of your credit card with your phone then using your phone to pay, but are people actually using mobile payments like Apple Pay?

Theater chain starts security screenings

August 20, 2015 10:44am EDT

Movie theater chain Regal Entertainment Group has begun to check bags in the wake of numerous shootings at theaters around the country, a procedure it acknowledged on its website was "not without flaws" and would inconvenience guests but provide better security.