MILWAUKEE – The next phase in data collection is right under your feet. Online clicks give retailers valuable insight into consumer behavior, but what can they learn from footsteps? It’s a question Milwaukee-based startup Scanalytics is helping businesses explore with…

In late 2015, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was asked why the technology giant continued to leave a mountain of cash overseas rather than return it to the United States. “I’d love to bring it home,” Cook said of…

LOS ANGELES – Robert Iger, the chief executive of Walt Disney Co., saw his total compensation decline 17 percent in the recently concluded fiscal year to $36.3 million, according to the company’s latest proxy statement filed Friday to the Securities…

DETROIT – Ford plans to increase its investment in electrification to $11 billion by 2022, Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. said Sunday at the Detroit auto show. The company previously announced it would spend $4.5 billion by 2020. “We’re going…

PARIS (AP) — Airbus said Monday it will stop making the costly A380 superjumbo if it can’t strike a long-term deal with the airline Emirates for a steady supply of the planes. Abandoning the A380 would be a disappointing defeat…

DETROIT (AP) — If customers don’t buy electric and more efficient cars and trucks, then Mercedes may not be able to meet government-imposed carbon dioxide emissions standards across the globe, its top executive says. Dieter Zetsche, CEO of German automaker…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Global stock markets were mostly lower on Monday as the dollar weakened across the board, pinching the outlook for export-driven regions like Europe. The U.S. was due to remain closed for a holiday. KEEPING SCORE:…

STORRS (AP) — The University of Connecticut is reviewing plans by a Republican student group to bring in a well-known conservative speaker, two months after a speech by another right-wing pundit led to the arrests of him and a protester….

HARTFORD (AP) — Bird enthusiasts have traversed eastern Connecticut looking for eagles. Local media reports the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection counts eagles across the state annually. A nonprofit, The Last Green Valley, is responsible for counting in the…

MERIDEN (AP) — Connecticut Latinos are learning firsthand from the state’s congressional delegation about government and how the advocacy process works. Seventeen residents were selected to participate in second Latino Leadership Academy, organized by the delegation and the Connecticut Hispanic…

ATLANTA (AP) — Though his voice was silenced nearly 50 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of nonviolence still resonates and inspires. Decades ago, the famed civil rights leader – also regarded as one of America’s greatest orators…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When truck driver Chris Gromek wants to know what’s really going on in Washington, he scans the internet and satellite radio. He no longer flips TV channels because networks such as Fox News and MSNBC deliver…

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities announced plans to boost aid to the needy in a bid to placate protesters whose demonstrations over price hikes degenerated into days of unrest across the North African nation, which is marking seven years…

ISTANBUL (AP) — A commercial airplane that skidded off a runway after landing in northern Turkey dangled precariously off a muddy cliff with its nose only a few feet from the sea. Images show the Boeing 737-800 on its belly…

NEW YORK – When the temperature in New York plunged, so did revenue at Tanya Lim’s dog-walking service. Many of Lim’s clients were among the people who decided to work from home because of the cold, so they didn’t need…

NEW YORK – In liberal bastions like metro New York and California, the Trump tax overhaul has been criticized as economic warfare. But as elements of the plan come into focus, tax experts are concluding that some of the most…

WASHINGTON – Few people look forward to a trip to the doctor or dentist, especially if they’re not sure how they will pay for it. Some choose to use a special kind of credit card offered by medical professionals to…

Keith Jackson, whose signature phrases like “Whoa, Nelly!” made him the down-home voice of college football during more than five decades as a sportscaster, has died. He was 89. Jackson died Friday, according to a statement Saturday by ESPN, which…

HONOLULU (AP) — A push alert that warned of an incoming ballistic missile to Hawaii and sent residents into a full-blown panic Saturday was a mistake, state emergency officials said. The emergency alert, which was sent to cellphones, said in…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Department of Public Health is inviting Connecticut grocery stores and pharmacies to apply to participate in the state’s food assistance program for women and children. Grocery stores must meet certain criteria to take part in…