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Apple is making a big change to the iPhone's software this year.  iOS 7, the software that powers the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, will be flatter. Instead of heavily shaded icons, with highlights and depth, the new lo...

Jon Flora, the president of Fry's Food Stores in Arizona and a well-known figure through area ads and in-store promotions, has died, the company announced in a statement. He was…

A reader responds to "A Dearth of Investment in Young Workers (Economic View, Sept. 8).     

Japan launched a new rocket Saturday that it hopes will be a cheaper and more efficient way of sending satellites into space.

A giant molasses spill in Honolulu on Monday leaked 233,000 gallons of the sticky stuff into the harbor.  The spill is being called the worst environmental disaster in Hawaii's history. The cracked pipe that caused the ...

Robert R. Taylor, an entrepreneur of hygiene who made hand-washing a tidier, less slippery job by introducing Softsoap, the first mass-market pumpable liquid soap that rendered the traditional bar obsolete, died Aug. 29 ...

At the urging of Gov. Gary Herbert and U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, exploratory drilling for oil and natural gas in a roadless section of eastern Utah known for its wildlife has been put on hold until 2016.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission denied Saturday that the commission had rejected a proposed settlement with managers of a large money market fund that "broke the buck" during the 2008 financial cr...

At the urging of Gov. Gary Herbert and U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, exploratory drilling for oil and natural gas in a roadless section of eastern Utah known for its wildlife…

United Airlines mistakenly offered fares for $0 for several hours, many tickets costing a total of $5 to $10. United?s booking engine applied the Sept. 11 federal security fee, but didn't even add taxes. Who can resist a...

Notable quotes from business articles that appeared in The New York Times last week.     

When Apple announced the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C there were almost no surprises.  Just about everything (other than the price of the iPhone 5C) was expected.  A big reason Apple failed to surprise was that KGI Secu...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Polish labor union members threw smoke grenades and blew whistles during a march through Warsaw on Saturday to vent their anger against the government's labor and wage policies...

On Thursday night, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) joked to CNN's Jake Tapper that he would love to write an op-ed for Pravda, a Russian publication, to respond to Russian President Vladimir Putin's op-ed in the New York Ti...

TREBOROUGH, England -- At dusk these days, the crackle of gunfire echoes through this normally tranquil patch of countryside. It is the sound calling Jay Tiernan once more unto the breach in Britain's raging Badger Wars....

Even though we're just in week two of the NFL season, this is the biggest weekend of the season, at least when it comes to ticket prices.  Based on the average price on the secondary ticket market, the two most expensiv...

Recent research from EY suggests that Generation Y workers, the "Millennials," feel "entitled" and are not seen as hardworking team players. While this research may accurately represent what some Gen Xers and baby boome...

I never had a mentor, so have always wondered what it is like. But no doubt, it can be a very humorous situation.

The op-ed wailing about the growing disparity between the 1% and the other 99% of American wealth-holders have no pragmatic solutions, no concrete ideas about how to reverse the trend by which the 1% gets richer and the ...

Two new iPhones, three different amounts of memory, eight color choices. It means Apple is now providing a bewildering 19 new models of iPhones for you to choose from. While choosing between red and yellow or silver and ...

Amid the hubbub of Fashion Week, up-and-coming designers served up some peculiar advice during the panel discussion, "The Big Business of Small Merchant Fashion Brands," sponsored by American Express.

Is the Powerball Lottery all chance? Just pick five numbers between 1 and 59, plus a Powerball number from 1 to 35. Still, there are things you can do to improve your take-home odds. For example, avoid entering into a de...