Are you a hack waiting to happen? Your boss wants to know
By BARBARA ORTUTAY Are you a hack waiting to happen? Your boss wants to find out. High-profile hacks have companies on the defensive, trying to prevent becoming the next Sony…
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Oregon focus of effort to expand background checks for guns
By JEFF BARNARD Fresh off a victory in Washington state, a leading gun control group backed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg is hoping to make Oregon its next prize in a…
More room for chickens likely means costlier eggs
By SCOTT SMITH The new year is expected to bring rising chicken egg prices across the U.S. as California starts requiring farmers to house hens in cages with enough space…
5 Instagram tips for small businesses
By The Associated Press In this undated image provided by Miranda Jade Plater and posted in April 2014 to the Instagram account of her company, Limelight Extensions, Plater poses wearing…
LEGAL RECREATIONAL POT INDUSTRY OPENS IN COLORADO
By KRISTEN WYATT Partygoers smoke marijuana, left, and cigarettes during a Prohibition-era themed New Year’s Eve party celebrating the start of retail pot sales, at a bar in Denver, late…
LACK OF CUSTOMERS DOOMS MANY CUBAN BUSINESSES
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and ANNE-MARIE GARCIA People talk as they stand in a street blocked by a broken down classic car in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. The Associated…
CHRISTIE: OBAMA ‘KEPT EVERY PROMISE’ ON STORM AID
By WAYNE PARRY FILE – In a Thursday, March 21, 2013 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks to a large gathering in Manasquan, N.J., during a town hall…