AP National Business

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A name paired with poker and Las Vegas lore now has a place on the neon-lit Strip. Caesars…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and RON TODT Associated Press WEST READING, Pa. (AP) — An explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania on Friday killed…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines said Friday that it will suspend flights between Philadelphia and Madrid for a few weeks this spring…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It was the stuff of novels: For years, a con artist plagued the publishing industry, impersonating…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Almaden Minerals: Q4 Earnings…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer On paper, Utah’s sweeping social media legislation passed this week is an ambitious attempt to shield…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The developer of a planned Nevada geothermal power plant says it intends to sue U.S wildlife…

The Associated Press Stocks shook off a weak start and ended higher on Wall Street even as worries about banks on both sides of the Atlantic continue…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Stifel Financial Corp., down $1.42 to $56.75. The financial…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for May delivery fell 70 cents to $69.26 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for May delivery fell 92 cents to…

CAIRO (AP) — A popular gay social networking application has issued a warning to its users in Egypt, as police impersonate community members to…

PARIS (AP) — France says it’s banning the “recreational″ use of TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and other apps on government employees’…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — ConocoPhillips has detailed reasons and remedies following a natural gas leak last year on the North Slope that caused 300…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state’s new capital gains tax, which was…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press STANTON, Tenn. (AP) — Ford says its new assembly plant under construction in western Tennessee will be able to…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad’s government said it was nationalizing all assets from multinational oil giant,…

LONDON (AP) — British antitrust regulators scrutinizing Microsoft’s blockbuster purchase of videogame maker Activision Blizzard have dropped…

By CORA LEWIS and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Personal finances are a major source of stress for about half of the lower…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish coal miners angered by a European Union directive to reduce methane emissions have protested noisily in front of the…