WFAA - News - Business http://www.wfaa.com/news/business RSS Feed for WFAA - News - Business en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:30:29 GMT Pepsi and Plano's Frito-Lay to cut 8,700 jobs http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/Pepsi-and-Planos-Frito-Lay-to-cut-8700-jobs-139030314.html PepsiCo will lay off 8,700 employees. That is three percent of the company's workforce. Obama praises Italian leader's economic efforts http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/139051184.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager for Europe to contain its economic troubles, President Barack Obama praised Italian Premier Mario Monti on Thursday for his efforts to lead Italy out of its fiscal quagmire. The president said Monti has boosted confidence in Italy throughout Europe and in the marketplace. US video game sales fall 34 percent in January http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/139055599.html US video game sales fall 34 percent in January due to lack of new titles APNewsBreak: Perelman denied bid on Pa. newspapers http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/139055534.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philanthropist Raymond Perelman has been told he can't challenge a former governor's effort to buy The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News. Judge: Firing for lactation not sex discrimination http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/139044609.html HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge's ruling against a Houston mother who says she was fired after asking for a place to pump breast milk has highlighted a question left unanswered by higher courts: Is firing a woman because she wants to pump at work sexual discrimination? FDA outlines path for lower-priced biotech drugs http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/139022414.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to review the first lower-cost versions of biotech drugs, expensive medications which have never before faced generic competition. Feds require consumer-friendly health plan briefs http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/139019674.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't have the slightest clue what your health insurance covers? Audit clears State Department in Keystone review http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/139022419.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department's internal watchdog cleared the agency Thursday of any impropriety in its review of a permit for a controversial pipeline that that would carry Canadian oil produced from tar sands to refineries along the Texas Gulf coast. NY attorney general ends lawsuit against Intel http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/139051089.html SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Intel says it is paying $6.5 million as part of a deal with New York's attorney general's office to end an antitrust lawsuit filed against the chip maker. Tribe suing beer companies for alcohol problems http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/139027034.html LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.