The sweeping immigration overhaul moving through Congress is creating a bonanza for lobbyists. While the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the AFL-CIO and Silicon Valley companies are making the most noise on immigration reform, a grab bag of other groups and companies are working under the radar to shape the bill. Roughly 500 companies, trade groups and unions, among others, lobbied on immigration this past quarter,

A global effort to tighten corporate tax rules is gaining momentum as politicians in Europe and the United States take aim at American tech giants whose savvy use of international tax laws has provoked a public backlash. A day after a U.S. Senate report slammed Apple’s use of Irish regulations to minimize payments to the U.S. European heads of state said they hoped for quick action from an international effort to change rules that let companies shelter profits.

Danny Maloney, an entrepreneur who founded and leads PinLeague in Oklahoma City, predicts that over the next decade more tech markets will emerge, and Oklahoma City should be one of them.

Public backlash against deadly overseas drone strikes may undermine promising uses of such technology for anything from disaster response to mail delivery, a top U.S. industry group said as it launched a lobbying effort to "demystify" unmanned planes.

A young Nashville entrepreneur is getting $100,000 to focus on his startup — and drop out of college. Mark Daniel, 19, recently won a two-year fellowship from a foundation created by Silicon Valley financier and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. The fellowship gives Daniel $100,000 over two years to focus on his startup, with one caveat: He must not attend college during those two years.

While brick-and-mortar stores increase their online presence and tech companies are increasing their real-world presence, the competition is heating up. During a panel at RECon, the International Council of Shopping Centers’ annual convention, retail experts discussed the industry’s landscape and the effect the big five tech companies, Amazon, Apple, eBay, Facebook and Google, are having on retail. “Right now the bull’s-eye is aimed at retail,” Lori Schafer, executive adviser, retail for SAS Institute, said.