Rachel Abrams The New York Times

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Of all the businesses that look to cash in on New Year's Eve, clubs and bars are among the most aggressive, of course. Nightclubs, which already double, triple or even quadruple the price of a bottle of alcohol, often send their prices even higher on Dec. 31.

While the craft beer boom has benefited small breweries around the country, it has also left some scrambling for cans.

LaRosa estimates that medical weight-loss programs, which include those run by hospitals as well as clinics, bring in $1 billion annually and that the market will grow about 5 percent a year through 2019.

A top federal health official and hundreds of environmental scientists voiced new health concerns about a common class of chemicals used in products as varied as pizza boxes and carpet treatments.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has opted not to recall the Fitbit Flex, provided that the company makes some small adjustments to make it safer for consumers.

With help from the FBI and federal prosecutors, the US Marshals Service has arranged an online auction for nearly 30,000 of the Bitcoins it seized.

On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission said that it would allow campaign donations in virtual currency Bitcoin.

Despite cautions and hesitations among regulators, the twins are inching closer to creating the first publicly traded Bitcoin fund.