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  • GAO: Fraud in gov't contracts for disabled vets

    Companies fraudulently collected at least $100 million in federal contracts from a $4 billion government program designated for disabled military veterans who run small businesses, congressional investigators charge.

  • Virgin America expands to Florida

    Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd. founder and billionaire Richard Branson.

  • Discounts offered to lure people to airport

    An airline is pitching in with a new discount offer to help lure more passengers to a western Kentucky airport striving to qualify for extra funding from the Federal Aviation Administration.

  • Study: CT scans rule out heart attacks faster

    A CT scan - a kind of super X-ray - provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests.

  • Sony Ericsson closes NC, other sites as HQ moves

    Cell phone handset maker Sony Ericsson will move its North American headquarters from North Carolina to Atlanta and close a half-dozen sites worldwide as it retrenches against what it expects will be a tighter market and cuts about 1,600 jobs globally.

  • Urban League and partner to offer small biz loans

    The National Urban League is teaming with a small-business financial specialist to offer loans to companies unable to get approved by banks.

  • Madoff yacht, boats sold at auction in Fla.

    Bernard Madoff's yacht "Bull," two smaller boats and a Mercedes-Benz convertible have been auctioned in Florida for over $1 million combined.

  • BK franchisees: Management's ideas 'ill-conceived'

    Burger King Corp.'s franchisees are taking aim at the fast-food chain's management, complaining to the restaurant's board about a series of decisions they say are "ill-conceived" and put the burger joint's business in "deep trouble."

  • AirTran to put ads on seatback tray tables

    It soon will be harder to avoid advertising if you fly on one major carrier.

  • Penn National aims to buy Fontainebleau Las Vegas

    Penn National Gaming Inc. has offered $50 million for the unfinished Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip.


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