European stocks rebound after Wall Street inspired sell-off

LONDON — European markets rebounded strongly Wednesday from a big sell-off when investors fretted over a looming U.S. interest rate hike. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, Germany's DAX was up 1.7 percent at 11,697 while the CAC-40 in France rose 1.8 percent...

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FTC takes DirecTV to court, alleges deceptive advertising

WASHINGTON — The government is taking the nation's biggest satellite TV provider to court, accusing DirecTV of misleading millions of consumers about the cost of its programming. The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that its complaint charges...

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Flying cars, robot petting zoo: It's South by Southwest time

Flying cars and a robot petting zoo. Mobile wallets and net neutrality. The most outlandish ideas of the future and tech trends shaping the world today will be in focus as the freewheeling South by Southwest Interactive Festival kicks off Friday. The...

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Scammers target over-50 set

Impostor scams topped the list of consumer complaints in Massachusetts last year, and people 50 or older were among the most common victims, according to a new report. Con artists posing as other people led the list, accounting for 5,250, or 14 percent,...

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Suit: Scratch sales to minors

A public health advocacy group has sued Star Market, claiming the supermarket chain makes it easy for minors to buy scratch tickets, after a Cambridge youth was able to buy two tickets. "Encouraging or facilitating youth gambling is oppressive and unconscionable,...

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AP sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state. The legal action comes after repeated...

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Selfie stick bans go into effect at French, UK attractions

PARIS — "Selfie sticks" have now been banned at a French palace and a British museum, joining a growing list of global tourist attractions to take such measures. The devices are used to improve snapshots, but critics say they are obnoxious and potentially...

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Apple iTunes, App stores unavailable

NEW YORK — Apple's iTunes and app stores are suffering outages for all users on Wednesday. A system status notification page showed the iTunes store, iBooks Store Mac App store and App store services were offline as of 11 a.m. E.T. The problems appear...

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Catalog retailer L.L. Bean to triple stores by 2020

FREEPORT, Maine — L.L. Bean, known for selling its trademark boots via catalog for more than a century, plans to make a bigger push into brick-and-mortar retail by more than tripling the number of locations over the next five years, officials said Wednesday....

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3 workers killed in West Texas oil field rig explosion

RANKIN, Texas — An oil field rig has exploded in West Texas, killing three workers. Investigator Dusty Kilgore of the Upton County Sheriff's Office said the accident happened Tuesday morning near Rankin, about 40 miles south of Midland. Kilgore says...

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