Southwest adds Pittsburgh-LA flightIMPERIAL — Pittsburgh International Airport officials say Southwest Airlines is adding daily nonstop service to Los Angeles starting Aug. 7.The flights will leave Pittsburgh at 7:10 p.m. Eastern time and arrive at Los Angeles International Airport at 9:10 p.m. Pacific time. Flights from Los Angeles will leave at 4:55 p.m. Pacific time and arrive in Pittsburgh at 12:25 a.m. Eastern time.The flights will give Southwest 16 nonstop destinations from Pittsburgh, the most of any carrier.Pittsburgh International now has nonstop service to 53 cities, up from 37 two years ago. The airport will add nonstop service to Hartford, Connecticut with flights by OneJet starting May 9. OneJet plans to add four more nonstop destinations later in the year, which have yet to be determined.

CMU will receive $750M for patentsPITTSBURGH — A Bermuda computer chip manufacturer has agreed to pay Carnegie Mellon University $750 million to settle a 7-year-old patent dispute with the school.Marvell Technology Group and the university announced the settlement Wednesday.A federal jury ruled in 2012 that Marvell infringed on two university patents issued in 2001 and 2002 for accurately reading data from hard drives.University President Subra Suresh says the university will receive about $250 million from the settlement. The rest will go to the inventors and cover the university’s legal fees. The settlement is a one-time payment and the company won’t owe future royalties.Suresh says the university is pleased to honor the work of the two inventors.A Marvell representative couldn’t be reached for comment.

Ore. OKs highest minimum wageSALEM, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers have approved landmark legislation that propels the state’s minimum wage for all workers to the highest rank in the U.S., and does so through an unparalleled tiered system based on geography.The state House of Representatives on Thursday passed Senate Bill 1532, which now heads to Democratic Gov. Kate Brown, who said in a statement she will sign it into law.“I started this conversation last fall, bringing stakeholders together to craft a workable proposal; one that gives working families the much-needed wage boost they need, and addresses challenges for businesses and rural economies presented by the two impending ballot measures,” Brown said.The move makes Oregon a trailblazer in the broader debate about minimum wage unfolding nationwide as the federal threshold remains unchanged from Great Recession levels.