WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. – A Walmart store announcement ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities.
A male voice came over the public-address system Sunday evening at a store in Washington Township, in southern New Jersey, and calmly announced: “Attention, [...]

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $15 billion measure intended to spur job creation by granting payroll tax breaks to businesses that hire new workers, hoping to show voters that Congress was doing something about the dismal employment picture. The vote was 217 to 201.
Democratic backers of the plan wanted to [...]

TOKYO—Japan’s transport authorities are planning to tighten rules related to vehicle recalls, responding to criticism that insufficient government oversight in the nation’s recall process may have contributed to delays in the handling of safety problems at Toyota Motor Corp.
Transport minister Seiji Maehara said Tuesday the government will review several aspects of the recall system with [...]

The World Health Organizations says smoking is considered a high risk factor in six of the eight leading causes of death worldwide. Medical experts have long preached about how smokers can quit. Now a growing number of employers in the United States are refusing to hire them. Some smokers are wondering what kind [...]

A small single-engine airplane crashed into an office building in Austin, Texas Thursday in what may have been a suicide carried out by a disturbed local resident. The pilot is believed to have died and two people in the building were injured.
The plane struck the side of a seven-story building in northwest Austin where many [...]

As time goes on, one of the more interesting trends that continues to happen with surprising regularity is how frequently new business models and ways of doing business are emerging through social media and online tools. In many cases, these trends are helping to reinvent how businesses sell and consumers buy all kinds of products. [...]

by Connie Prater
APR Shocks Many, but Issuer Says They Are Pricing for the Risk
If you have bad credit in the new era of credit card regulation, be prepared to pay — dearly — for the privilege of using credit. That’s the message underlying recent credit card offers that feature jaw-dropping interest rates of up to [...]

Daniel “Danny’’ Dennis Sr., founder and managing partner of an accounting firm in Boston, died of pancreatic cancer at his home on Thursday. The Quincy resident was 67.
Mr. Dennis founded Daniel Dennis & Co. in Boston in 1981. The firm grew from one partner and five or six employees to seven partners and about 30 [...]