Posts in category Finance

SEATTLE (AP) _ Starbucks will close all of its La Boulange cafes by the end of September. It bought the bakery chain in 2012 to …

Hey small business owners: If you haven’t prepared for the transition to chip-embedded credit and debit cards, you don’t have long. Here are some tips …

MONACA, Pa. (AP) _ Shell Chemicals has bought the western Pennsylvania site of a former zinc smelter although it hasn’t announced a decision on building …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ A federal judge has denied a new trial for Toyota Motor Corp. in a lawsuit resulting from a fatal crash in Minnesota. …

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) _ Detroit-based General Motors Co. is expanding its partnership with Japanese truckmaker Isuzu Motors by collaborating in …

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ South Portland City Council members are agreeing to use $450,000 to defend its Clear Skies ordinance against a lawsuit. The …

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) _ Montana State University researchers may have come up with a solution to a $100-million-a-year problem for the state’s wheat farmers. …

ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ Greece will never accept cuts in pensions and wages or extra taxes on necessities such as electricity, a government official says. …

By ALEX VEIGA AP Real Estate Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Standard Pacific Corp. and Ryland Group Inc. have agreed to merge in an all-stock …

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has signed into law a measure that will gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an …