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Microsoft CEO pivots sharply with 18,000 job cut 07/21/2014 05:22pm • RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Microsoft announced the biggest layoffs in its 39-year history Thursday, outlining plans to cut 18,000 jobs in a move that marked the CEO's sharpest pivot yet away from his predecessor's drive for the company to make its own devices.Although some Correction: Apple-Board story 07/21/2014 04:12pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In a story July 17 about the retirement of longtime Apple Inc. director Bill Campbell, The Associated Press reported erroneously that late Apple CEO Steve Jobs had battled prostate cancer. Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.A corrected version of the story is below:Longt Facebook tests 'Buy' button 07/21/2014 11:56am • MAE ANDERSON AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook is testing a "Buy" button in its latest effort to help businesses boost their sales through the world's biggest online social network.The company said in a statement Thursday that the button will let people buy products directly from businesses Google Glass makes its way to the operating room (Video) 07/21/2014 11:35am • Sophie Ho, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON -- In the operating room, plastic surgeon Rich Castellano looks like any other doctor -- scrubs and gloves -- except for the Google Glass that rests on his head. As he works on his patients -- anything from Botox injections to facelifts -- the Glass on Bus becomes shower for homeless in San Francisco 07/20/2014 11:36pm • HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A nonprofit group is taking a novel approach to helping the homeless in San Francisco with a new bus that allows them to take a shower.The former public transit bus has been outfitted with two full private bathrooms and offers hot showers, clean toi Bus becomes shower for homeless in San Francisco 07/20/2014 11:36pm • HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A nonprofit group is taking a novel approach to helping the homeless in San Francisco with a new bus that allows them to take a shower.The former public transit bus has been outfitted with two full private bathrooms and offers hot showers, clean toi Bus becomes shower for homeless in San Francisco 07/20/2014 11:36pm • HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A nonprofit group is taking a novel approach to helping the homeless in San Francisco with a new bus that allows them to take a shower.The former public transit bus has been outfitted with two full private bathrooms and offers hot showers, clean toi FedEx charged with assisting illegal pharmacies 07/20/2014 09:10am • PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Federal authorities on Thursday charged FedEx with assisting illegal pharmacies by knowingly delivering painkillers and dangerous drugs to customers without prescriptions.The indictment filed in federal court in San Francisco alleges that FedEx Corp. Google's 2Q revenue gains eclipse earnings miss 07/19/2014 02:34pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google's earnings rose modestly in the second quarter as the Internet company's expensive ambitions devoured most of a surprisingly strong gain in revenue.The report released Thursday also showed that Google's advertising prices are still dr US stocks mount strong rebound on company earnings 07/19/2014 02:14pm • ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Investors jumped on a wave of strong corporate financial results Friday, propelling stocks higher for the third time in five days.The gains wiped out much of the market's losses from the day before, when the downing of a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet in eastern Ukrai Fewer gas leaks found in cities with new pipes 07/19/2014 02:00pm • SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cities such as Indianapolis that regularly replace old natural gas lines have significantly fewer leaks than older urban areas where they don't, like Boston and New York City's Staten Island, according to a new study by Google and an environmental Stocks end week higher...Oil prices slip... Carmakers sued 07/18/2014 06:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Earnings gains from Google, Honeywell and other big U.S. companies are responsible for driving the stock market to a higher close, wiping out much of its loss from the day before. The Dow Jones industrials rose 123 points, or 0.7 percent, to 17,100. The S&P 500 rose 20 points, or 1 How the Dow Jones industrial average did Friday 07/18/2014 06:01pm • The Associated Press U.S. financial markets finished higher Friday, with earnings from Google, Honeywell and other big companies lifting the market. The gains helped wipe out much of the stock market's losses from the day before, when the downing of a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine and Israel's B&G Foods and Google are big market movers 07/18/2014 05:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEAdvanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), down 74 cents to $3.83The semiconductor maker reported second-quarter financial results below expectations along with lower-than Stronger earnings from Google, others drive stocks 07/18/2014 04:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Earnings gains from Google, Honeywell and other big U.S. companies drive the stock market to a higher close, wiping out much of its loss from the day before.The Dow Jones industrial average rose 123 points, or 0.7 percent, to 17,097 Friday.The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 20 poi