Save-a-lot Stores Expand Throughout South Florida

In brief Love's to give $3 million Love's Travel Stops will donate $3 million to support the immediate and long-term relief efforts in Oklahoma after tornadoes slammed Moore, Shawnee and surrounding areas.

Window shopping Best Buy provides free charging MOORE — Best Buy is providing free charging stations at its Moore location, 2700 S Service Rd.

BY JENNIFER PALMER jpalmer@opubco.comBottled water, socks and underwear, baby diapers, toothbrushes — even ponchos, bandages and flip-flops — have been in high demand at the retailers near Moore as people shop to help those affected by Monday's tornado. Major retailers such as Target and Walmart are working to ensure what is needed by volunteers, emergency crews and victims is stocked on store shelves.

BY BRIANNA BAILEY bbailey@opubco.comDENVER — A panel of eight federal appellate court judges will hear oral arguments Thursday on whether Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.

By CHRISTINA REXRODECEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up. The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm. CEO pay, which fell two years straight during the Great Recession, but rose 24 percent in 2010 and 6 percent in 2011, has never been higher. Companies say they need to pay CEOs well so they can attract the best talent, and that this is ultimately in the interest of shareholders.