Business

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says the global economy is relying too heavily on just the United States for growth.

As U.S. Leads Growth, It Wants Others To Step Up

6:41pm November 12, 2014

by Marilyn Geewax

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has a message for the leaders of other advanced economies: You have to shape up! The global economy is relying too heavily on just the United States for growth.

In its first earnings report since Ferguson, Taser International said bookings for camera and digital evidence storage nearly tripled from the same period last year.

National

After Ferguson, Police Body Cameras Catching On

5:46pm November 12, 2014

by Bram Sable-Smith

The Columbia, Mo., police department gave its officers body cameras in July, saying they could help exonerate officers from claims of abuse of force. After Ferguson, the demand for cameras surged.

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Banking Giants Settle Currency Manipulation Charges

5:45pm November 12, 2014

by John Ydstie

Six banks, including Citigroup, Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase, will pay regulators more than $4 billion to settle charges they manipulated the currency exchange market to boost profits.

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Treasury Secretary: Boosting World Economy Requires 'Tough Decisions'

5:36pm November 12, 2014

Robert Siegel talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew ahead of the G-20 summit in Australia. If Asia and Europe don't pick up some economic steam, Lew says, it could spell trouble for the U.S.

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'Washington Post' To Add Editor's Notes To Fareed Zakaria Columns

5:15pm November 12, 2014

by David Folkenflik

The editorial page editor of The Washington Post says he will append editor's notes to four columns by Fareed Zakaria, saying the columns failed to credit sources sufficiently.

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Jay Ruskey grows coffee next to avocados on his farm, Good Land Organics, in Goleta, Calif. The two crops are often grown together in Central America, partly because they can share fertilizer and water.

National

Golden State Joe: California Makes A Play For Coffee's Future

3:29pm November 12, 2014

California's coffee crop is new and small, but farmers are optimistic about its potential. Scientists hope that by growing coffee here they can learn more about how to help the crop resist disease.

Big Banks Will Pay $4.25 Billion In Fines Over Currency Manipulation Charges

3:19pm November 12, 2014

by Bill Chappell

U.S. firms Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase will pay the largest fines, around $1 billion each, to settle civil charges that they colluded to manipulate the foreign exchange market.

Andy Warhol's Triple Elvis [Ferus Type] is set to be auctioned at Christie's, and expectations are high — but Warhol's estate won't see any of the money.

Arts
Economy

Famous Paintings Sell For Millions At Auction, But The Artist Gets Zero

2:02pm November 12, 2014

by Eric Molinsky

Unlike novelists and musicians, visual artists don't get royalties for their work. New legislation aims to fix this by taxing public sales, but auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's oppose the idea.

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Ello is a new, invitation-only social network that aims to thrive and survive on a business model that does not include selling user data or advertising.

'Ello' Aims For A Return To Ad-Free Social Networking

1:55pm November 12, 2014

by Nishat Kurwa

Ello is the viral social network of the moment. Ad-free, invitation-only and with the option of anonymity, it's generating tons of chatter as the latest alternative to Facebook.

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Jean Jennings (left) and Frances Bilas set up the ENIAC in 1946. Bilas is arranging the program settings on the Master Programmer.

The Forgotten Female Programmers Who Created Modern Tech

12:35pm November 12, 2014

by Laura Sydell

The Innovators, Walter Isaacson's new book, tells the stories of the people who created modern computers. Women, who are now a minority in computer science, played an outsize role in that history.

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