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  • Jeep’s $63,000 Grand Cherokee SRT Outpowers BMW, Tows Too

    Updated 35 minutes ago

    The $63,000 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT is a strange creation. The interior is as nice as you’ll find on many fancy European cars. It can tow up to 7,200 pounds. It has 470 horsepower. It’s capable of speeds up to 160 miles per hour (without towing).

  • Four Colleges Hit With Federal Sexual Assault Policy Complaints

    Students from four universities said they filed federal complaints alleging that their schools failed to address campus sexual assault and harassment.

  • BNY Mellon Increasing Wealth Unit Staff in Revenue Push

    Updated 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

    Bank of New York Mellon Corp., the world’s largest custody bank, is hiring as many as 100 people in its wealth-management unit as it seeks to counter lackluster earnings in other businesses.

  • Cook Defending Apple Puts Loophole-Closing Back on Agenda

    A congressional hearing into Apple Inc.’s use of offshore tax shelters called attention to how U.S. companies lower their taxes, and underscored the difficulty Congress confronts when trying to end the practice.

  • Google Joins Apple Avoiding Taxes With Stateless Income

    Updated 42 minutes ago

    U.S. Senate scrutiny of Apple Inc.’s tax strategies turned the spotlight on a unit with $30 billion in profit since 2009 that’s incorporated in Ireland, controlled by a board in California, and doesn’t pay taxes in either place.

  • California Neighborhood’s Water Contaminated: Desert Sun

    The discovery of contaminated water in samples from a Southern California neighborhood prompted the Indio Water Authority to provide alternative supplies to more than 115 households, the Desert Sun said, citing the utility.

  • LA Votes on Shrinking Medical Pot Shops, Boosting Taxes

    Los Angeles, which has so many medical-marijuana shops that officials have lost count, is asking voters to set limits and raise taxes on cannabis.

  • Sentinel Power Plant Begins Supplying Southern California Grid

    Competitive Power Ventures Holdings LLC said its new 800-megawatts plant in Southern California began providing electricity on the spot market within a week of starting up.

  • San Francisco Gasoline Climbs After Tesoro, Valero Restore Power

    Spot gasoline in San Francisco gained against futures as Tesoro Corp.’s Golden Eagle refinery returned to normal operations after a power failure and Valero Energy Corp.’s Benicia plant restored electricity to its products rack.

  • Obama’s Not Nixon, He’s Harding

    Updated 54 minutes ago

    During President Barack Obama’s May 16 news conference, reporter Jeff Mason asked as part of his question: “And, more broadly, how do you feel about comparisons by some of your critics of this week’s scandals to those that happened under the Nixon administration?” The president responded, “I’ll let you guys engage in those comparisons, and you can go ahead and read the history, I think, and draw your own conclusions.”

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