Business

Amazon To Open Convenience Store With No Lines

5:59pm December 06, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Instead, the company envisions customers at the store picking up whatever they want off the shelves — then simply walking out with it. The items are automatically billed to their Amazon accounts.

Trump Criticizes Boeing Deal To Develop New Air Force One

5:55pm December 06, 2016

by David Schaper

President-elect Donald Trump called for the U.S. government to cancel a deal with Boeing to develop a new Air Force One due to cost concerns.

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A billboard for the Trump Tower Mumbai luxury residential apartment complex is seen next to a busy road in Mumbai in June.

In India, Trump's Business Interests Raise Anticipation And Questions

5:55pm December 06, 2016

by Julie McCarthy

The Trump Organization maintains more real estate interests in India than anywhere outside North America. But property development in India is prone to political entanglement.

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President Obama boards Air Force One during a refueling stop Nov. 18 in the Portuguese islands of Azores.

Air Force None? Trump Threatens To Cancel New Presidential Plane Over Cost

5:15pm December 06, 2016

by Scott Horsley

The president-elect complained about possible cost overruns of a new version of Air Force One, picking a fight with Boeing, the American aircraft-maker.

Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., as seen in 2015.

National

Tech Companies Create Shared Database To Track, Remove 'Violent Terrorist Imagery'

4:48pm December 06, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube announced they are cooperating to keep track of terrorist recruitment videos and violent images in order to remove them from search results and social media.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media in the lobby at Trump Tower on Tuesday after transition officials announced Trump has sold all of his stock holdings.

Trump Sold Stocks In June, Lifting Some But Not All Conflicts Of Interest

4:41pm December 06, 2016

by Scott Horsley

But stocks represented a tiny fraction of Trump's personal fortune, most of which is tied up in real estate and brand licensing deals.

CBS Entertainment President Glenn Geller addresses the executive session of the TCA presentations in Los Angeles on Aug. 10.

A Case For Why TV Execs Should Face Critics

4:21pm December 06, 2016

by Eric Deggans

Press tours with networks and cable companies give TV critics an opportunity to have Q&A sessions with top executives. In January, many executives will skip a big one in LA, and that concerns critics.

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A banner for State Farm insurance in in D`Iberville, Miss., tells property owners the number to call after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.

National

Supreme Court Upholds Hurricane Katrina Fraud Verdict Against State Farm

4:06pm December 06, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

After the storm hit in 2005, the insurance company ordered claims adjusters to misclassify wind damage as flood damage to shift liability to the U.S. government and spare State Farm's coffers.

A Samsung and an Apple smartphone are displayed on Aug. 6, 2014, in London.

National

Supreme Court Sides With Samsung, Against Apple In Patent Infringement Fight

12:18pm December 06, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The unanimous decision means that if Samsung swiped the design for one part of a phone from Apple, it may not need to hand over profits from the entire device. The case goes back to a lower court.

The Nest thermostat is an Internet-connected device. Security technologist Bruce Schneier says that while Internet-enabled devices have immense promise, they are vulnerable to hacking.

Despite Its Promise, The Internet Of Things Remains Vulnerable

7:27pm December 05, 2016

by NPR Staff

There is currently no government regulation around the Internet of things, and Security technologist Bruce Schneier fears it will take a disaster for that to change.

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