MasterCard faces $18.6 billion lawsuit over excessive fees
MasterCard faces an $18.6 billion lawsuit in Britain, charged with applying excessive fees on millions of transactions between 1992 and 2008.
Donald Trump proposes $20 billion school voucher education plan
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a new $20 billion initiative to enable children from poor families to choose which school they will attend.
Wells Fargo fined $185M for employee bonus scam
Federal regulators on Thursday fined Wells FargoBank nearly $200 million for a widespread scam run by some employees to open millions of bogus accounts to meet quotas and generate sales bonuses, officials said.
Scientists attempt to teach robots human values
A pair of artificial intelligence experts from Cornell University have joined a nationwide effort to ensure the nightmare science fiction scenarios -- the ones involving corrupted human-killing computers -- don't become a reality.
Payrolls down for shale-rich Texas
Manufacturing, an economic backstop in shale-rich Texas, is witnessing a drop in payrolls in an otherwise mixed bag, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said.
Energy sector job losses mount for Norway
The government of Norway said Thursday the number of jobs tied to the production of oil and natural gas declined during the second quarter.
New iPhone 7 features slew of upgrades — but literally doesn’t have jack
Lucky number 7? Maybe -- Maybe not.
White House: No change in fracking stance since Oklahoma quake
Federal policies and positions on hydraulic fracturing have not changed in response to a weekend earthquake in Oklahoma, a White House spokesman said.
Tribe not satisfied with brief halt to Dakota Access pipeline
A tribal group protesting a pipeline that is to carry oil from North Dakota said it was disappointed the project was still going forward despite a temporary delay.
Lockheed receives $21.6 million F-22 display contract modification
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has received a $21.6 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for work on the F-22 Raptor heads-up display.
Loss of Russian market has cost Ukraine $15 billion, Poroshenko says
Ukraine's exit from the Russian market meant the loss of $15 billion in exports, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told parliament.
Oil starts lower after Monday’s massive spike
Slower second quarter growth in the European economy, coupled with a more measured look at production rumors, brought oil prices lower early Tuesday.
G20 world leaders pledge global economic cooperation
The G20 summit wrapped up Monday with the world leaders pledging to boost a sluggish economy with global cooperation.
Survey: U.S. reads more print than e-books
A Pew Research Center report found that 65 percent of Americans read a print book in the last year, more than double the number who read e-books or listened to audio books.