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How your smartphone tracks your movements ��� and how to tell it to stop 04/30/2015 09:23am • WASHINGTON ��� Your smartphone goes everywhere with you, but beware ��� it's keeping track. NBC News��� Jeff Rossen calls your phone ���the mother lode of information,��� keeping track of all the places you���ve been, and even how long you���ve been there. On an Android phone, a tech expert te How to Be a Bull in a China Slowdown 04/29/2015 08:00pm • The Chinese economy is shifting gears, and investors, riding shotgun, need to brace for a few jolts. China's growth story to date has been fueled by manufacturing, exports, buying sovereign debt and sourcing commodities, according to analysts and academics who track Chinese trends closely. But no 3 Common Misconceptions About Medical Hypnosis 04/28/2015 08:00pm • When Emily, a 28-year-old music teacher from Orlando, Florida, decided to try medical hypnosis, she had plenty of doubts -- but she also had nothing to lose. Shortly after giving birth to her first son, Emily (who declined to provide her last name), sank into a deep post-partum depression. Her new Spandau Ballet hits 9:30 Club for first DC show 04/28/2015 08:17am • WASHINGTON -- Spandau Ballet. Does the name ring a bell? If you���ve ever heard the 80���s pop hit "True," it should. Riding the wave of London���s New Romantic movement, the band reached global success with the song and toured around the world. But they never played here in Washington D.C Surviving My Digital-Age Miscarriage 04/27/2015 08:00pm • All forms of technology are lucky to have survived recent months in our house. As much as technology has enriched our lives, it has the power to magnify and exacerbate difficult situations. There was no giant "I HAD A MISCARRIAGE" button or emoticon to express how I felt when I lost what we loving The 10 best apps for your fitness journey 04/27/2015 08:00am • With my 40th birthday approaching, I've started to notice how much things have changed. My nephews will never know the frustration (or joy) of trying to figure out song lyrics because all they have to do is Google it. They will never know the sound of a dial up modem. Everything from their favorite Stocks rise...Diet Pepsi switches sweeteners...Harleys recalled 04/24/2015 02:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks are moving higher in afternoon trading on Wall Street, helped by gains in big technology companies. Amazon soared 15 percent after revealing details about its cloud computing service for the first time. Google and Microsoft also rose after reporting quarterly results. The te AP Top Technology News At 1:39 p.m. EDT 04/24/2015 01:39pm • Comcast abandons Time Warner Cable bid after gov't pushback Review: Getting your Apple Watch? Here's how to use it New York begins effort to help startups navigate regulations Google's 1Q reassures investors despite earnings miss Microsoft results show company's shift, but is it enough? Amazon's Web Vatican downplays plot...French open terror probe...Nasdaq moves higher 04/24/2015 09:56am • MILAN (AP) ��� The Vatican is downplaying the significance of an alleged planned attack against it, saying the threat dates from 2010 and therefore is not of particular concern today. A Vatican spokesman issued a statement after prosecutors in Sardinia revealed details of the purported plot today. T How to Spend Less When Apartment Hunting 04/24/2015 08:00am • I signed the lease on a new apartment this morning and I could not be more relieved. After a slow and steady drain on my time, resources and energy these last few weeks, the daunting task of finding a space to call my own is complete. As glamorous as HGTV makes everything from moving to remodelin A Day in the Life of a Retiree 04/23/2015 08:00pm • Before I officially retired, I worried about what I would do to stay busy once I left the working world. I never had a problem entertaining myself during the weekends, because I was catching up on everything I could not get to during the week. But in retirement weekends are seven days long. I was co Nasdaq Record: Then and Now 04/23/2015 05:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Fifteen years after peaking during the dot-com boom, the Nasdaq composite has reached a new all-time high. But this isn't the Nasdaq of Pets.com and Webvan, when companies were valued on "cash burn rates" and "eyeballs." This Nasdaq, while still focused on technology companies, is AP Top Business News At 4:49 p.m. EDT 04/23/2015 04:49pm • Nasdaq Record: Then and Now Nasdaq sets record high, 15 years after dot-com bubble Strong dollar squeezes company earnings Milestones for the Nasdaq composite Google posts mixed 1Q results amid new threats to company US new-home sales collapse in March Reports say Comcast plans to drop $45B Time War AP Top Technology News At 4:41 p.m. EDT 04/23/2015 04:41pm • Google posts mixed 1Q results amid new threats to company Carter: Pentagon must do more to find insider cyber threats Reports say Comcast plans to drop $45B Time Warner Cable bid Q&A: What's listeria and how is it traced to ice cream? As PayPal split looms, eBay plans to think small Study: Self- AP-Daybook-Fri-Agencies 04/23/2015 10:31am • --------------------- AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Friday, April 24 AGENCIES --------------------- AGENCIES Listings are taken primarily from the Federal Register. Agency activities may also be found elsewhere in the daybook. April 23 - 24. ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS ADMINISTRATION ��� First meeting of Comm