The Enbridge oil slick never reached Lake Michigan, but it slid as far down river as the delta of Morrow Lake, not too far from the city of Kalamazoo.

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Bill Masterson Jr. named vice president of BH Media's Southwest Group

By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer

Bill Masterson Jr. has been named vice president of BH Media Group's Southwest Group, which includes the Tulsa World.

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John Stancavage
Business Columnist

John Stancavage: Rules of etiquette needed for electronic devices

How often are you in meetings these days where most of the participants are busy typing messages into their smartphones, checking email, scrolling the Web, or - maybe worst - using an app to watch some big sporting event?

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Phil Mulkins
Action Line Editor

Spray foam insulation can lead to big savings

Dear Action Line: As spray polyurethane foam helps homeowners qualify for energy saving tax credits and rebates, what are its attributes and applications? - M.K., Tulsa.

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LinkedIn looks to improve on impressive growth

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer

LinkedIn and Facebook will celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But their experiences as publicly traded companies couldn't be more different.

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Business-owning boomers begin to sell out

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG Associated Press

Baby boomers preparing for retirement are driving a surge in small business sales, as they find more and more buyers confident enough in the improving economy to expand their own businesses through acquisitions.

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McClendon development plan raises dispute in Michigan community

By ROD WALTON World Business Editor

The windswept dunes lining Lake Michigan's western shoreline seem to invite peace and serenity.

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Bits and bytes: Google Fiber making an impact

By ROBERT EVATT World Staff Writer

Google is known for wacky experiments - the self-driving car or the odd Google Glasses.

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Whistleblowers should know laws

By ANNA KATES SMITH Money Power

New and enhanced laws make it harder to retaliate against an employee who reveals wrongdoing at work, whether the boss is Uncle Sam or the company CEO, and bounty programs are starting to pay off for tipsters exposing tax cheats and shareholder rip-offs.

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Chromebook comes in several models

By JEFF BERTOLUCCI Money Power

The Chromebook from Google is specifically designed to run Google’s free Web-based apps, including Gmail, Google Drive (word-processing, spreadsheet and other office applications), Calendar and Picasa (for managing photos).

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Kim Komando
Tech Columnist

Google keeps history on where you've been

Do you know every Google search you've ever performed is stored on the search giant's servers?

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Harvey Mackay
Business Columnist

Salespeople are change agents

The only constant in life is change.

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FYI: Business

By LAURIE WINSLOW World Staff Writer

Pure Barre, a women's fitness facility, will open a new franchise studio at 8921 S. Yale Ave. in the Tuscana shopping center on May 28.

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Week in Review

By STAFF REPORTS AND Associated Press

Unions currently in control at American Airlines and US Airways hope to share bargaining power when the two companies merge at the end of the summer.

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Business People

By Staff Reports

Taylor Operations promoted Cheryl Majors vice president.

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For the Record

By Staff Reports

Listed by owner, tenant or building name.

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TCC STARTUP CUP

TCC StartUp Cup features Aaron Deaton up against father Brady Deaton

By LAURIE WINSLOW World Staff Writer

Entrepreneurship evidently courses through the veins of the Deaton family - 19-year-old Aaron Deaton plans to follow in his dad's footsteps and enter this year's TCC StartUp Cup competition.

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EMPLOYMENT

Oklahoma unemployment rate drops below 5 percent

By LAURIE WINSLOW World Staff Writer

April's unemployment rate was down from 5 percent in March and February. The state's rate also stood at 5 percent in April 2012.

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ENERGY

LNG export terminal plan gets Energy Department's tentative go-ahead

By Staff and Wire reports

Four months after a group of U.S. mayors urged faster approval of liquefied natural gas export facilities, the Energy Department gave its conditional thumbs-up to a Gulf Coast LNG project Friday.

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MANUFACTURING

Walvoil Fluid Power shifts toward manufacturing with new Tulsa facility

By JERRY WOFFORD World Staff Writer

With more than twice the space and double the employees, Walvoil Fluid Power Corp. is ready to grow.

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Fracking study in Arkansas finds no pollution

By KEVIN BEGOS Associated Press

Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas hasn't contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas, according to a new study, but researchers said the geology there may be more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas where shale gas drilling takes place.

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Money Power: Creative housing for seniors Money Power: Cohousing combines private homes, community living

By JANE BENNETT CLARK Money Power

Lately, I've been considering downsizing, not only to save on mortgage payments and maintenance but also to get a jump on my next phase of life.

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AEP-PSO haze plan due state hearing May 20

By PAUL MONIES NewsOK.com

State Attorney General Scott Pruitt has asked the state's environmental agency to delay a hearing Monday on a new plan to deal with regional haze by Tulsa-based utility American Electric Power-Public Service Company of Oklahoma.

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Arvest branch relocating for reconstruction project

By Staff and Wire reports

Arvest Bank says its branch at 6560 E. 71st St. will close Saturday for demolition and reconstruction, and a temporary facility will open next door at 6550 E. 71st St. on Monday.

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