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GM recalls 500K cars, SUVs, stops new truck sales

General Motors Co. said Friday it was recalling 524,384 cars and sport utility vehicles globally and would stop sales of two new truck models with potential air bag defects.

 
T-Mobile phones will tap into Wi-Fi for calls, texts

T-Mobile will sell more than 100 smartphone models with a built-in feature that taps into Wi-Fi networks to make phone calls and send texts when customers can’t connect to the wireless carrier’s cellular network.

 
Burger King strikes $11B deal for Tim Hortons

Burger King struck an $11 billion deal to buy Tim Hortons that would create the world’s third largest fast-food company and could make the Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain more of a household name around the world.

 
Low-cost car has 3 wheels, 2 seats, 1 door

Elio Motors wants to revolutionize U.S. roads with its tiny car, which has two seats and three wheels and gets 84 miles to the gallon.

 
Fire your lawyer, lawmakers tell GM

Lawmakers on Thursday demanded General Motors fire its chief lawyer and open its compensation plan to more potential victims as a Senate subcommittee delved deeper into deadly recalls involving GM small cars.

 
Defective airbags prompt recalls for Honda, Mazda, Nissan

Honda, Mazda and Nissan are recalling millions of vehicles globally for defective airbags manufactured by supplier Takata Corp. that could possibly explode. No accidents have been reported related to Monday’s recalls.

 
Video shows man ‘flipping out’ on NYC-to-Las Vegas flight

A hollering, agitated passenger who ignored pleas to calm down spurred a pilot to divert a New York-to-Las Vegas JetBlue plane to Detroit over the weekend, according to the airline and a passenger’s video.

 
Visa, MasterCard renew push for chips in credit cards

Visa and MasterCard are renewing a push to speed the adoption of microchips into U.S. credit and debit cards in the wake of recent high-profile data breaches, including this week’s revelation that hackers stole consumer data from eBay’s computer systems.

 
AT&T to buy DirecTV for $48.5 billion

AT&T says it views its planned $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV as a way to help redefine the video entertainment industry, giving it opportunities to bundle services and tap into growing Latin American markets.

 
U.S. safety regulators fine GM $35 million in ignition switch case

Federal safety regulators slapped General Motors with a record $35 million fine Friday for taking more than a decade to disclose an ignition-switch defect in millions of cars that has been linked to at least 13 deaths.