Mid-day Update

Internet companies are racing to patch their Heartbleed vulnerabilities, at great cost. And legal pot shops are discovering the joys of tax season.

Congress is out for recess, but not to play. And a look at France's proposed new rules for workplace messaging after hours.

Why are investors suddenly fleeing from stocks? Some at the Fed are worried the inflation rate, around 1 percent, is too low. When it comes to wellbeing, Costa Rica tops the list of countries in Latin America.

Will China interfere with efforts to isolate Russia? And, teens are now spending as much on food as clothes

We look at what the proposed Time-Warner Cable and Comcast merger will mean for internet users. And a challenger appears in the single-serve coffeemaker market.

Banco Popular is shifting eastward from Los Angeles and Chicago. And looking at giving and taking in the workplace.

We look at the best and worst states on closing the gender pay gap. And The University of Baltimore is offering a free semester for finishing within four years.

A new economic indicator seeks to give the GDP some competition in measuring economic health.

Microsoft is expected to announce a digital personal assistant akin to Apple's Siri. And Alan Sloan from Fortune Magazine talks tax code.