Business

Study: Glass Ceiling True For Female White Collar Criminals

7:04am August 06, 2013

A new study suggests female white collar crooks face the same barriers as their law abiding counterparts in the corporate world. A team of researchers from Penn State studied the involvement of women in recent corporate fraud cases. It found women held inferior positions in criminal conspiracies, and profited significantly less from their misdeeds.

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World News

GM Looks To China To Boost Car Sales

6:06am August 06, 2013

by Sonari Glinton

General Motors set a July sales record in China. That country is already the most important auto market in the world. It could be where GM maintains global dominance.

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The U.S. Trade Representative has overturned a ban on the import of the iPhone 4 and the iPad 2.

Trade Case Puts Apple In Washington's Sights

7:08pm August 05, 2013

by Laura Sydell

Apple has been notoriously disinterested in Washington politics. But two recent decisions coming from the Obama administration — one involving iPhones, the other dealing with e-books — indicate that Washington is increasingly interested in Apple.

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Donations Help Detroit Bury Unclaimed Bodies

10:42am August 05, 2013

by Quinn Klinefelter

Scarce funding had forced Detroit's government to delay burying unclaimed bodies for a year or more. But the death of one homeless man has spurred donations from across the country to help bury him and other unclaimed bodies in the Wayne County morgue.

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The offshore wind farm in the North Sea near Borkum, Germany, is nearly complete. The Riffgat facility, seen here on June 23, includes 30 turbines, each with a generating capacity of 3.6 megawatts.

Sold! First Parcels Auctioned For Future Offshore Wind Farms

6:01pm August 02, 2013

by Elizabeth Shogren

The federal government held its first ever auction for the right to build offshore wind farms on Wednesday. After 11 rounds, a Rhode Island company was the highest bidder, at $3.8 million.

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Chris Viehland helps her daughter Jenna try on shoes for the new school year at a Famous Footwear store in Fenton, Mo., Aug. 9, 2012.

As Back-To-School Shopping Begins, Consumers May Turn Frugal

6:01pm August 02, 2013

Most economists say this year's back-to-school sales will be slower than last summer's because consumers have been coping with more expensive gasoline and higher payroll taxes. Still, several states are offering tax-free shopping to encourage purchases.

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A new fund trading on the New York Stock Exchange will allow investors to put money in companies that all call Nashville home. The manager's of the fund hope to expand the project to other cities.

Economy

Firm Hopes 'Owning Nashville' Will Pay Off For Investors

6:01pm August 02, 2013

by Blake Farmer

A new fund on the New York Stock Exchange is a collection of stocks in publicly traded companies that have one thing in common: the city they call home. The fund managers say it will be an opportunity for locals to invest in companies they know. If it succeeds, other cities could be next.

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Jobless Aid Falls To New Low

6:01pm August 02, 2013

The Labor Department announced on Thursday that applications for jobless benefits fell to 326,000 last week — that's the lowest level since January of 2008.

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4 Reasons Why Millions Of Americans Are Leaving The Workforce

11:08am August 02, 2013

by Lisa Chow

The share of adults who are working or looking for a job is lower than it's been in decades. Here's why.

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The Martha's Vineyard beach where Heidi Feldman collects saltwater to make sea salt.

National

Massachusetts Revives The Lost Art Of Making Sea Salt

11:08am August 02, 2013

by Katherine Perry

Farmers are mining the sea for salt on the same shore where the salt industry boomed 170 years ago. Fans of local food are buying up the favorite condiment collected close to home.

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