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October 16, 2019 at 12:14 pm

The FCC approves T-Mobile-Sprint deal in party-line vote

The Federal Communications Commission has approved the $26.5 billion combination of Sprint and T-Mobile on a 3-2 party-line vote. The wireless merger still faces opposition...

Business

October 3, 2019 at 3:24 pm

Sports Illustrated, under new management, cuts staff jobs

NEW YORK (AP) — Sports Illustrated’s new manager said Thursday that the 65-year-old sports magazine is cutting more than 40 jobs out of a staff...

Business

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket with a payload of 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Thursday, May 23, 2019. A 149 second time exposure of the launch Thursday night is viewed from the end of Minutemen Causeway in Cocoa Beach, Fla. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)

September 23, 2019 at 8:39 am

Can a new space race connect the world to the internet?

NEW YORK (AP) — It's a 21st century space race: Amazon, SpaceX and others are competing to get into orbit and provide internet to the...

Business

September 17, 2019 at 7:24 am

NBC’s ‘Peacock’ to join the streaming fray in April

NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast's NBCUniversal said Tuesday that its upcoming streaming service will be called Peacock, in an homage to NBC's logo. It will...

Business

September 15, 2019 at 5:56 pm

Oil prices leap as attack on Saudi facility disrupts output

Oil prices surged Monday after an attack on Saudi Arabia's largest oil processing plant halted output of more than 5.7 million barrels of crude a...

Business

August 23, 2019 at 2:02 pm

As Gannett, GateHouse merge, newspaper cost-cutting persists

NEW YORK (AP) — Just a week after announcing its $1.4 billion acquisition of Gannett , GateHouse Media was again laying off journalists and other...

Business

August 22, 2019 at 11:23 am

Major carriers, state AGs will work to combat robocalls

NEW YORK (AP) — Major phone companies have pledged to do more to fight robocalls plaguing Americans, the country's state attorneys general say. It's the...

Business

In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. With suicides on the rise, the government wants to make the national crisis hotline easier to reach. Once implemented, people will just need to dial 988 to seek help. Currently, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline uses a 10-digit number, 800-273-TALK (8255). Callers are routed to one of 163 crisis centers, where counselors answered 2.2 million calls last year. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) NYJK404 NYJK404

August 15, 2019 at 9:54 am

Federal government plans one number — 988 — for national suicide prevention hotline

NEW YORK (AP) — With suicides on the rise , the U.S. government wants to make the national crisis hotline easier to reach. Once implemented,...

Nation & World

August 12, 2019 at 2:01 pm

Verizon sells early social-media darling Tumblr

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon is selling Tumblr, a darling of early social media, to the owner of blogging platform WordPress. Tumblr is known for...

Business

August 8, 2019 at 2:24 pm

Report: Facebook offering ‘millions’ to publishers for news

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is reportedly in talks with news publishers to offer "millions of dollars" for the rights to publish their material on...

Business