Business

Supreme Court Rules BP Must Keep Paying For Spill

12:30pm June 10, 2014

Under a legal settlement, BP has been sending money to businesses affected by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill. The company said the terms of the settlement are being misinterpreted. The court disagreed.

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What do you mean Apple is getting rid of the headphone jack? Where's it going?

Music & Culture

Apple Jacks The Headphone Port

10:54am June 10, 2014

Industry folks and Apple fanatics are upset about the company's plan to lose the standard 3.5mm connector in favor of a Lightning port. But the decision might be good for consumers in the long run.

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Stanford Dumps Its Holdings In Coal, With Climate In Mind

9:59am June 10, 2014

by Melissa Block

Stanford says it will its divest holdings in coal companies over climate change concerns. It's the most prominent of the roughly one dozen colleges that have decided to sell off fossil fuel holdings.

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Some universities have stopped investing in coal companies, but many others don't see the point. An aerial view of the Coal Hollow Mine in Utah in 2012.

When Colleges Ditch Coal Investments, It's Barely A Drop In The Bucket

9:59am June 10, 2014

by Yuki Noguchi

Stanford will stop investing in coal companies, but coal is still in demand worldwide and probably will be for many years. As long as that's true, coal companies are likely to find willing buyers.

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Sports

OTB Parlors Criticize Hike In Horse Racing Simulcast Rates

11:09am June 06, 2014

by Charles Lane

Saturday is the Belmont Stakes, the last race in the vaunted Triple Crown series of horse races. But as excitement builds, so does a bitter feud in the business of horse racing.

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Politics & Government

Outside Groups To Spend Even More Ahead Of Miss. GOP Senate Runoff

11:09am June 06, 2014

by Peter Overby

Well-heeled outside groups easily outspent Sen. Thad Cochran and challenger Chris McDaniel before the GOP Senate primary in Mississippi. They're going all in on the runoff election later this month.

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Dean Baquet was named as the executive editor of The New York Times on May 14. He had previously held several executive positions in the Times' newsroom and was the editor of the Los Angeles Times from 2005-2006.

An Old-Fashioned Newspaperman Takes The Helm In A Digital World

9:58am June 06, 2014

by David Folkenflik

Dean Baquet, the new executive editor of The New York Times, is a proud defender of old-school newsroom values. But, he says, he recognizes that both he and the Times need to adapt to the digital era.

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GM CEO Announces Firings In Wake Of Report On Recall Failings

12:40pm June 05, 2014

Mary Barra announced Thursday that 15 employees have been fired and others disciplined over the company's failure to disclose a defect with ignition switches that is linked to at least 13 deaths.

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A member works in the electronics lab at NextFab Studios in Philadelphia. Members pay for access to computers and high-end machines like laser cutters and 3-D printers.

National

High-Tech Maker Spaces: Helping Little Startups Make It Big

5:20pm June 04, 2014

by Jon Kalish

Inventing a new product is hard if you can't afford to build a prototype. Enter maker spaces, workshops boasting shared high-tech tools. Entrepreneurs love them, and big backers are taking notice.

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Books
Arts

Amazon's Pricing Dispute Sets Book Expo Buzzing

12:02pm June 03, 2014

by Lynn Neary

The dispute between retail giant Amazon and publisher Hachette was big news at Book Expo America. Writers, publishers and agents are wondering what the rift could mean for the future of books.

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