Business Highlights

MARANELLO, Italy (AP) — In the streets of Maranello, the hometown of Ferrari, the roar of the famed sports car is no longer the occasional bragging right of a proud new owner, but a constant backdrop as a number of test-drive businesses give would-be Schumachers the chance to rev up and peel out.

The howl of engines is disturbing residents' tranquility — including the afternoon siestas — and the risk of speeding cars is a safety concern, say city officials, who have started cracking down on the businesses.

Authorities have detained securities executives, an investment fund manager, government employees and a reporter for a business magazine following the collapse in prices that began in early June.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal officials say a business is recalling a vegetable mix believed to be the source of E.coli in Costco chicken salad that has been linked to an outbreak that has sickened 19 people in seven states.

Taylor Farms Pacific Inc. of Tracy, California, has recalled a mix of diced celery and onion used in Costco chicken salad and other foods containing celery "out of an abundance of caution," the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement Thursday.

The idea of free community college has been touted as all these, by President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidates, and some Republicans.

[...] thousands of high school graduates have just started community college for free, with the first batch enrolled in independent first-year programs in Tennessee, Chicago and soon Oregon doing so under different price tags and philosophies — offering templates of how a federal program might look and potential glitches.

TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ordered Cabinet ministers to prepare an extra spending package, including cash handouts for the poorest pensioners, seeking to breathe fresh life into Japan's stalling recovery.

GfK says consumers' willingness to buy rose, but t