Business

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Stocks took a beating, with key indexes falling more than 2 percent before bouncing back slightly.

Turmoil Continues In Financial Markets As Dow Plunges

7:54pm October 15, 2014

by Jim Zarroli

Stocks took a beating on Wednesday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 falling more than 2 percent before bouncing back slightly. Money flowed into safe haven investments such as U.S. Treasuries.

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Corn farmer Jerry McCulley sprays the weedkiller glyphosate across his cornfield in Auburn, Ill., in 2010. An increasing number of weeds have now evolved resistance to the chemical.

New GMOs Get A Regulatory Green Light, With A Hint Of Yellow

7:01pm October 15, 2014

by Dan Charles

Farmers will be able to plant types of corn and soybeans that can tolerate doses of two weedkillers. It may be one of the most significant developments the world of weedkilling in more than a decade.

Snapchat And Dropbox Breaches Are Really Third-Party-App Breaches

5:33pm October 15, 2014

by Elise Hu

While troves of data from the ephemeral messaging app Snapchat and the cloud storage provider Dropbox were leaked, the companies put the blame elsewhere.

Lena Dunham and Allison Williams star in Girls, one of several popular HBO shows that stand-alone streaming could include.

Arts

HBO Without Cable, Coming In 2015

12:28pm October 15, 2014

by Linda Holmes

HBO has announced that beginning in 2015, it will offer what many have long wanted: access to HBO without having cable.

Economy

The Holidays Bring A New Season For Credit Card Breaches

8:18pm October 14, 2014

by Charles Lane

Shoppers are heading into the heavy-spending season with no new credit safeguards in place. Experts say it'll be at least another year before the U.S. system moves beyond technology from the 1970s.

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Microsoft Windows Flaw Let Russian Hackers Spy On NATO, Report Says

6:41pm October 14, 2014

by Aarti Shahani

A weakness in Microsoft Windows has been exploited by Russian hackers to spy on Western governments, NATO, European energy companies and an academic organization in the U.S., according to a report.

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A handful of restaurants across the U.S. are experimenting with no-tipping models, opting instead to charge higher set prices for menu items and give their servers higher hourly pay.

Customers Can Keep The Tip — Which Might Please Restaurant Workers

3:45pm October 14, 2014

by Alan Greenblatt

A handful of restaurants are experimenting with no-tipping models, guaranteeing their servers a base level of pay. So far, satisfaction is up and turnover is down.

Theaters that call themselves 4-D use lights, moving seats, fog and even sprays of water and air to give moviegoers a unique experience — one they hope audiences will consider worthy of higher ticket prices.

Arts

Movie Theaters Hope To Add Another Dimension To Their Profits

2:10pm October 14, 2014

by Sam Sanders

Domestic movie ticket sales seem to have topped out. Now, cinema owners are trying to lure customers — and justify higher ticket prices — with innovations like panoramic screens and so-called 4-D.

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