Kim Coon

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals panel is trying to decide whether Apple Inc. or Amazon.com Inc. was the bigger bully when price wars over electronic books heated up a few years ago.

NEW YORK (AP) — A collection of 175 photographs owned by the late CEO of Dreyfus Corp. has brought a total of $21.3 million at auction.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Stern, an award-winning photographer who lugged his camera into combat during World War II and later became known for candid shots of Hollywood stars like Marlon Brando, has died. He was 95.

ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta college is suspending its endowed professorship with Bill Cosby amid allegations by more than two dozen women that the comedian and actor sexually assaulted them.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 15, 2014--Ellen’s Design Challenge, HGTV’s new furniture competition series—conceptualized by television icon and entertainment pioneer Ellen DeGeneres—is set to premiere Monday, January 26, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The six-episode series, Ellen’s first on cable television, will feature six competitors as they tackle ingenious challenges to sketch, design and build extraordinary furniture. Produced by Ellen’s production company, A Very Good Production, and A. Smith & Co. in association with Telepictures, the competition series requires that contestants create inventive furniture designs to avoid elimination. The last competitor standing receives a $100,000 cash prize courtesy of Wayfair.com and gets to see their work featured in HGTV Magazine.

NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC on Monday launched a new online service featuring Web-only fare.