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Windfall means 'moment of reckoning' for Yahoo CEO 05/09/2014 08:36am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer faces a $10 billion decision in a few months.The pivotal moment will come when the Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba Group completes its initial public offering of stock -- an enormous deal that triggers a provision r Alibaba expands beyond e-commerce 05/09/2014 06:00am • KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) -- China's Alibaba Group, which is readying for a big U.S. initial public offering, is known as an e-commerce titan but it's been busily expanding into other rising industries. Here's a closer look at those businesses, which include cloud computing, mobi Nintendo says no to virtual equality in life game 05/09/2014 05:50am • DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Nintendo isn't allowing gamers to play as gay in an upcoming life simulator game.The publisher of such gaming franchises as "The Legend of Zelda" and "Mario Bros." said Tuesday it wouldn't bow to pressure to allow players to engage in romant Airlines ask Congress to roll back airfare rule 05/09/2014 04:36am • JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Airlines tried and failed to block a federal rule making them tell passengers up front the full cost of airfare, including government taxes and fees. So they're trying another route, asking Congress to do what the Obama administration and the courts refu Review: Pregnancy apps track baby, mom's progress 05/09/2014 02:06am • BREE FOWLER AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- When I became pregnant with my daughter, now 4, I didn't even own a smartphone. I did most of my pregnancy research with my desktop computer and those pregnancy books that nearly every first-time mom reads.Now, baby No. 2 is on the way and times have China's Alibaba seeks blockbuster IPO in US 05/07/2014 06:20pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Alibaba Group, the king of e-commerce in China, is dangling a deal that could turn into one of the biggest IPOs in history.In a long-awaited move Tuesday, Alibaba filed for an initial public offering of stock in the U.S. that could surpass t Local beekeepers grow population as activists target garden centers 05/07/2014 06:01pm • WASHINGTON -- More than 250,000 people have signed an online petition asking major garden centers to stop treating their plants with pesticides that have been shown to contribute to the collapse of honey bee colonies. It's the latest effort in a years-long nationwide effort by a group of acti Edens goes big at Union Market again, proposing 500-plus residential units and retail 05/07/2014 02:41pm • Edens Realty Inc. wants to put another big stamp on the Florida Avenue Market footprint. The developer of Union Market has submitted plans to redevelop another part of the 45-acre warehouse district, 1270 Fourth St. NE, with up to 520 residential units and nearly 40,000 square feet of ground floor r Glance: Alibaba's tentacles into Chinese retail 05/06/2014 10:00pm • The Associated Press Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce powerhouse that filed to offer its shares to U.S. investors Tuesday, has stretched its tentacles deep into China's other major Internet companies.Its mainstay retail businesses, accounting for 83 percent of its $6.51 billion in revenue in t Amazon introduces Twitter service 05/06/2014 05:20pm • MAE ANDERSON AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon wants to make shopping online as easy as a tweet.The online retailer is introducing a service that lets Twitter users add Amazon.com products to their carts without leaving the social media site.The service comes as Amazon seeks to make social me Q&A with Etsy's Chad Dickerson 05/06/2014 04:24pm • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a lot to browse on Etsy. Check out the $2.50 earrings made from the feathers of a "quail raised with love" on a Colorado farm. Or take a look at the $30,000 pub-style bar made to order from pine and cherry.Unique products such as these ar Review: 'Here Lies Love' fun, but superficial 05/06/2014 01:34pm • DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- It's got a good beat, for sure. And you're going to dance to it, or, at the very least, move around. Mainly because it's either that or get smushed by a moving set. "Here Lies Love," David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's musical about the life of Imelda Marcos My Job Chart organizes chores, teaches kids about money 05/06/2014 11:21am • WASHINGTON -- Getting children to do household chores, and teaching them the value of money, can be a challenge for parents. But an online chore chart and reward system called My Job Chart can help parents teach these life lessons. Gregg Murset, founder and CEO of My Job Chart, says he invent Target's CEO is out in wake of big security breach 05/06/2014 06:32am • ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Target's CEO has become the first boss of a major corporation to lose his job over a breach of customer data, showing how responsibility for computer security now reaches right to the top.Gregg Steinhafel, who was also president and chairman, stepp Target's CEO is out in wake of big security breach 05/06/2014 06:32am • ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Target's CEO has become the first boss of a major corporation to lose his job over a breach of customer data, showing how responsibility for computer security now reaches right to the top.Gregg Steinhafel, who was also president and chairman, stepp