The headquarters of Monsanto, near St. Louis, Mo. Monsanto is the world's largest seed supplier. Juliette Michel /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
It's partly because of bookshelves like these — and their digital equivalents — that publishers have had a positive open to 2014. Blackred/iStockphoto hide caption
Storyful is making a business out of verifying material on social media for journalists and news organizations. Storyful hide caption
Fans cheer during the 2014 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals at AT&T Park. Rob Carr/Getty Images hide caption
Actor Chadwick Boseman attends the Sept. 14 world premiere of Get On Up at the Ham Yard Hotel in central London. Boseman will portray Black Panther in the upcoming Marvel Studios film. John Phillips/Invision/AP hide caption
A Citi Bike user pedals off from a bicycle station. The company that owns the service in New York and other cities has been sold, after suffering problems tied to its supply chain and the weather. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
People working on the assembly line in April 2012 at Huajian shoe factory in Dukem, Ethiopia. Jenny Vaughan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud as the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, listens before a meeting at the Royal Palace in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 11. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Nearly 90 percent of companies do formal evaluations at least once a year, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. Zack Blanton/iStockphoto hide caption
Proponents of the taxes say that if the measures pass, the money would be directed, in San Francisco, toward childhood nutrition and recreation and, in Berkeley, into the city's general fund. Joel Saget /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A customer makes a purchase using Apple Pay on her iPhone 6 at a Walgreens store in Times Square last Monday. The mobile payment service has now been blocked by CVS and Rite Aid. John Minchillo/AP Images for MasterCard hide caption
Chiquita, whose bananas are found in markets around the U.S., has agreed to sell itself to a coalition of two Brazilian companies. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
The author's mother, Reba Roy (far left), dancing on stage in a sari as a young woman. Courtesy of Sandip Roy hide caption
Pandora founder Tim Westergren is a former touring musician himself, but some say the music streaming service he leads is hurting musicians more than helping. Larry Busacca/Getty Images hide caption