Business

Fake Climate Change Ads Aim To Point Out Corporate Hypocrisy

6:36pm December 04, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

As the climate change conference opened in Paris, ads appeared around the city, many from sponsors of the conference — or were they? The ads looked genuine, but the messages were a bitingly satirical.

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Yahoo's Board Debates Selling Company's Core Business

2:49pm December 04, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

Yahoo's board is meeting amid reports that the company may sell off its struggling Internet business or a huge stake in the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. Yahoo is the No. 3 search engine.

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Economy

FCC Attorneys Will Be Back In Court To Defend Net Neutrality

12:18pm December 04, 2015

by Joel Rose

The Obama administration's plan to regulate Internet access like a public utility faces a big hurdle on Friday. Major phone and cable companies are challenging the FCC's Open Internet rules in court.

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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the latest challenge to the FCC's attempts to regulate Internet access.

National

5 Things To Know: Net Neutrality Is Back In Court

11:55am December 04, 2015

by Alina Selyukh

Once again, a federal court will decide whether the FCC can keep its Open Internet rules. This time, the challenge centers on the FCC's overhaul of how it regulates Internet providers.

November Jobs Report: Solid Growth

10:57am December 04, 2015

by John Ydstie

Employers added 211,000 jobs to payrolls last month, setting the stage for a Federal Reserve interest rate increase later this month.

U.S. Added 211,000 Jobs In November, Labor Department Says

9:53am December 04, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The agency also revised October's expectations-beating figure even higher, saying that 298,000 jobs had been created — the most in all of 2015.

Science

Federal Jury Hands Down Rare Conviction For Coal Executive

8:07pm December 03, 2015

by Ashton Marra

A federal jury has convicted former Massy Energy CEO Don Blankenship for conspiring to willfully violate mine safety standards at the site of a 2010 explosion that killed 29 people.

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Adan Faudoa landed a job at Pandora, one of the first tech companies to set up shop in Oakland.

As Tech Firms Come To Oakland, So Do Hopes Of Racial Diversity

7:38pm December 03, 2015

by Pendarvis Harshaw

Oakland, Calif., is known for being diverse. The tech industry? Not so much. But there's hope the situation will improve as more tech companies move to Oakland.

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Cars drive past a banner of Saudi Arabia's King Salman that reads,

As Saudi Arabia Battles Its Oil Rivals, Prices Are Expected To Stay Low

6:17pm December 03, 2015

by Jackie Northam

The Saudis could push up world oil prices by cutting their production. But they seem to feel that would mostly help their rivals, like Iran and Russia. So the Saudis are expected to keep pumping away.

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As part of the spectacle of the packinghouses, a worker shackled the leg of a hog onto a revolving wheel known as a Hurford Wheel. The animal was then lifted into the air to begin the slaughtering process.

How Chicago's Slaughterhouse Spectacles Paved The Way For Big Meat

5:03pm December 03, 2015

by Anne Bramley

Opened in 1865, Chicago's Union Stock Yard was the greatest livestock market the world had seen. Tourists watched masses of animals move through kill floors, a sight hailed as a miracle of modernity.