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AP Top Business News At 10:39 a.m. EDT
Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times....
Stock prices are little changed in early trading NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks were mixed in early trading on Wall Street after investors pushed indexes to record levels Friday....
High court uphold FCC power in cell tower disputes WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers....
Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5B deal NEW YORK (AP) -- Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock transaction valued at about $8.5 billion which would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S....
Chesapeake names Anadarko executive as new CEO OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Chesapeake Energy has named Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO....
Seamless and GrubHub to combine, no terms revealed CHICAGO (AP) -- Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create an online food ordering service covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the U.S....
Economists predict increase in consumer spending WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer spending is likely to pick up this year, while government spending declines at a faster rate, according to a survey of business economists....
United to restart 787 flights on Monday United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air....
China sentences underground bank operator to death BEIJING (AP) -- A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs....
What do we eat? New food map will tell us CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought....
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