The Associated Press

• Lawsuit: Intel worker subjected to 'Kick Me' prank

  By Russell Contreras  |  May 7, 2013

  Intel workers secretly taped a "Kick Me" sign to the back of a co-worker as a prank, then kicked the confused man a number of times as employees at the Rio Rancho Intel plant laughed hysterically at the episode, according to a federal lawsuit.

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  U.S. hospitals send hundreds of immigrants back home

  By David Pitt  |  April 23, 2013

  Hundreds of immigrants in the U.S. illegally have been "medically repatriated" to their homelands through a little-known removal system run by hospitals seeking to curb high costs.

• North Carolina official argues against MetLife tax breaks

  By Emery P. Dalesio  |  April 17, 2013

  North Carolina business recruiters say a historically outsized package of about $100 million in state and local incentives to get MetLife Inc. to move 2,600 jobs from other states to North Carolina could stall benefits to other companies or force lawmakers to loosen up the rules.

• 'Seeds of hope' seen in Obama budget

  By Associated Press  |  April 15, 2013

  Deficit hawk Erskine Bowles, who chaired President Barack Obama's deficit commission three years ago, said Monday that Obama's recent budget plan offers the "seeds of hope" for a Washington budget deal.

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  Obama’s IOUs start coming due

  By Calvin Woodward  |  April 15, 2013

  Presidential campaigns are long in the making, quick to be forgotten. But one part of them lives on for years: the victor's promises.

• Macy’s CEO take big pay cut

  By Sarah Skidmore  |  April 5, 2013

  Macy’s gave its chief executive Terry Lundgren pay package worth $11.3 million in 2012. That's down 22 percent from 2011 as he failed to meet all of Macy's financial performance goals.

• Intel CEO gets $18.9 million in final year

  By Michael Liedtke  |  April 3, 2013

  Intel CEO Paul Otellini received a pay package valued at $18.9 million last year as he prepared to retire, bowing out from a challenge posed by the growing popularity of mobile devices that have curtailed the demand for the company's personal computer chips.

• Outgoing WellPoint CEO made more than $20 million last year

  By The Associated Press  |  April 3, 2013

  The compensation paid to outgoing Wellpoint Inc. CEO Angela Braly last year rose 56 percent, even as the company's shares slid on lower enrollment in its Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans.

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  Canary in a coal mine

  By Denis Storey  |  April 2, 2013

  All those single people who voted for the president again might want to reconsider. They also might want to stay the hell away from Vermont.

• PepsiCo CEO’s pay drops

  By Candice Choi  |  March 25, 2013

  PepsiCo gave CEO Indra Nooyi a pay package worth $12.6 million last year, which is down 11 percent from the previous year, as the soda-and-snack food giant changed the way it awards long-term incentive compensation.