Donald S Engel, a lawyer who specialized in contract disputes and helped several high-profile pop stars wrest greater control of their careers from their record companies, dies at age 84. Read more..

By BRUCE WEBER - The New York Times

Data shows that rate of core consumer inflation in Japan rose at fastest pace in more than five years in Dec 2013 and job market improved, encouraging signs for country’s central bank as it seeks to vanquish deflation with aggressive money printing. Read more..

By REUTERS - The New York Times

Americans are retiring later in life, on average, but many members of the baby boomer generation say they find the very idea unthinkable. Read more..

By ABBY ELLIN - The New York Times

Commerce Department reports that Americans increased their spending at solid pace for second straight month, even though incomes were flat; consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in Dec 2013, but incomes showed no gain, indicating that employment growth is slowing. Read more..

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - The New York Times

European joblessness remains at 12 percent for Dec 2013, while inflation drops, suggesting central bank will be under pressure to provide more stimulus. Read more..

By DAVID JOLLY - The New York Times

White Lodging, which manages hotel franchises for chains like Marriott, Hilton and Starwood Hotels, is investigating potential security breach involving customers’ payment information; it is latest instance in a spate of security breaches affecting American businesses. Read more..

By NICOLE PERLROTH - The New York Times

The Puppy Bowl, now in its 10th year as counterprogramming to the Super Bowl, is joined this year by the Kitten Bowl and the Fish Bowl. Read more..

By WENDY FRINK - The New York Times

Rising resentment against elite technology firms is manifesting itself in demonstrations at public bus stops in San Francisco, where private shuttle buses ferry engineers to work at campuses of Silicon Valley giants like Google, Apple, Facebook, Yahoo and eBay; buses, which illegally use city stops, have become focus of hostility among residents and an unlikely rallying point for activists. Read more..

By DAVID STREITFELD and MALIA WOLLAN - The New York Times

Ms. Horyn had been with The Times since 1998, and the paper’s chief fashion critic since 1999. Read more..

By LESLIE KAUFMAN - The New York Times