SWARTHMORE, Pa.-- In an effort to slow the pace of climate change, students at more than 200 colleges are asking their schools to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.
NEW YORK-- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is naming Dan Bartlett, who had been president and CEO of the U.S. arm of global public relations firm Hill & Knowlton, as its new executive vice president of corporate affairs.
TOKYO -- Sony's CEO Kazuo Hirai says the company's board will discuss a proposal by U.S. hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb to spin off up to 20 percent of its movie, TV and music division.
WASHINGTON -- The Senate dragged massively profitable Apple Inc. into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the company avoid billions in U.S. taxes.
REDMOND, Wash.-- Microsoft thinks it has the one.
DETROIT -- General Motors says it will invest $44.5 million at a Lansing, Mich., factory, creating 200 new jobs.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.
CAMARILLO, Calif. -- The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks.
United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air.
FORT WORTH, Texas -- In a quest to speed up the boarding process, American Airlines is letting passengers board sooner if they travel lightly.
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose 32,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the most since late March. The jump comes after applications fell to a five-year low.
NEW YORK -- The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T's "It Can Wait" slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer.
TOKYO -- A U.S. hedge fund has proposed that Sony Corp. sell up to 20 percent of its entertainment business and use the money to strengthen its ailing electronics unit, drawing a quick rejection from the sprawling Japanese consumer conglomerate.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A federal judge approved a $40 million class-action settlement Monday between Skechers USA Inc. and consumers who bought toning shoes after ads made unfounded claims that the footwear would help people lose weight and strengthen muscles.
BERLIN -- A top German court has ordered Google Inc. to act on requests to remove autocomplete entries from the search engine after a suit claimed the feature made defamatory suggestions.
DETROIT -- The first report by Detroit's emergency manager declares that the city is broke and at risk of running completely out of money -- a financial meltdown that could mean no paychecks for workers, no pension benefits and even deeper cuts in services.
NEW YORK -- Coca-Cola says it will work to make lower-calorie drinks and clear nutrition information more widely available around the world.
TOKYO -- Toyota's quarterly profit more than doubled to 313.9 billion yen ($3.2 billion) as cost cuts and better sales worked with a weakening yen to add momentum to the automaker's comeback.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal land managers have cited the toll of environmental litigation -- as well as budget problems and low staffing -- in postponing all oil and gas lease auctions in California until October.
DETROIT -- U.S. auto safety regulators are monitoring about 100,000 Ford and Mercury minivans that were not covered by a recall issued earlier this year for rust problems.
