State Attorney General Kamala Harris Wednesday announced a sweeping privacy agreement with the six largest mobile Web providers, declaring that the state would enforce existing privacy laws against mobile app developers for the first time.

The share of small-business owners planning to boost spending on machinery, equipment and other physical capital is the highest in four years and has improved since October, a survey out Wednesday from Wells Fargo and Gallup found.

Kathleen Dennison spends her days helping clients with disabilities. On Wednesday, the shoe was on the other foot as Dennison was experiencing first-hand some the challenges disabled people encounter every day.[...]