A veteran computer scientist hates sitting in his car at stop lights, so he creates software that makes the experience less annoying.

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Dutch nutritional supplements and chemicals company Royal DSM NV says it is laying off between 900 and 1,100 staff worldwide as part of a reorganization of its businesses.

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North Dakota regulators approved the ownership transfer Monday of an unfinished $300 million wind farm project in the southeastern part of the state to a Minneapolis utility.

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MINORITY WOMEN OWNERS LEAD CENSUS COUNT The number of U.S. businesses owned by minority women is soaring, and outstripping U.S. business growth in general.

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Target Corp. has agreed to pay $2.8 million to settle a hiring discrimination claim filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Hundreds of mountain homes remained threatened early Monday as crews increased containment of a wildfire burning through timber near a popular Southern California ski resort.

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State and county officials are expected to announce Monday whether the world’s largest outdoor retail show will stay in Salt Lake City or bolt for another city.

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Lawsuits against the NCAA are asking a core question with multibillion-dollar implications: Can college athletes be paid like the pros? For years, the NCAA has been accused of illegally blocking the sort of competition expected in a free market.

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A Los Angeles judge says free speech rights should allow an anti-abortion group to release secretly recorded videos of discussions with a California company that provides fetal tissue for research.

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California’s jobless rate dropped to 6.2 percent in July, a slight decrease from a month earlier, as the state added 80,600 nonfarm payroll jobs, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.

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