Nearly 7 in 10 of the Japanese-badged cars, trucks and crossovers sold in the U.S. last year were produced on a North American assembly line, according to a new report.

Negative ads are prevailing. An estimated $5.8 million was spent on television advertising in Iowa through Dec. 30, with $3.7 million financing negative ads, according to most recent data available from New York-based Kantar Media's CMAG, a company that tracks advertising.

Google made its first push into advertising with a Super Bowl ad in 2010 about a young couple falling in love, then went on to run other advertising and hosting Google-themed conferences in an effort to extend its brand to the offline world.

After a flood of backlash from customers and reports of an FCC investigation, Verizon has decided to cancel its policy of charging a $2 "convenience fee" for bill payments made over the phone and online. The policy was supposed to go into effect on Jan. 15 and was designed as a sort of tax to encourage customers to sign up for automatic payments.