Business Stories from October 13, 2014 (Change date)
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Italy goes on sale to Chinese investors as recession bitesOct 14, 2014 8:11 am - Clotilde Narzisi and Luca Soliman have run the Caffe Orefici, 200 feet from Milan's iconic Duomo Cathedral, for 10 years. Forced to sell their business because of high t...
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Banks record callers' voiceprints to fight fraudOct 14, 2014 8:11 am - LONDON - "This call may be monitored." You hear it every time you phone your bank about a lost credit card or an unexpected charge. You may realize your bank is recordin...
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Game shows gain as viewers yearn for TV 'comfort food'Oct 14, 2014 2:21 pm - In the game-show era, long before reality TV took over, Americans used to watch Bob Barker tell contestants to "Come on Down!" and play "The Price Is Right." It made sma...
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U.S. indexes slide; airlines, energy stocks dropOct 14, 2014 8:11 am - The stock market slumped on Monday, unable to shake off worries of a global economic slowdown and plunging oil prices. Airlines, energy and materials stocks were among t...
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Frenchman Tirole wins Nobel economics prizeOct 14, 2014 9:02 am - STOCKHOLM — French economist Jean Tirole won the Nobel prize for economics Monday for research on market power and regulation. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cite...
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Highest lawyers starting salaries remain at $160,000Oct 14, 2014 9:03 am - The highest starting salaries at the largest U.S. firms with more than 700 lawyers remain unchanged at $160,000, according to the National Association of Law Placement's...
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McDonald's braves social-media watersOct 14, 2014 9:04 am - Oak Brook-based McDonald's Corp., which hasn't always gotten a warm reception on social media, is taking to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube with a Q&A-style ad campaign, a...
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Ebola preparation lags at hospitals with no one in chargeOct 14, 2014 8:59 am - Hospital staff need better training, more funding and sharper oversight to handle Ebola patients, nurses and doctors said after a caregiver in Dallas was confirmed to ha...
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Ford hiring 850 workers for new truckOct 14, 2014 9:02 am - DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford is hiring 850 workers to help build its new F-150 pickup truck. The company says 500 of the workers will go to the Dearborn Truck plant, where th...
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Ebola workers strike over lack of safety equipmentOct 14, 2014 9:00 am - Liberia's health workers walked off the job today demanding hazard pay and more equipment to help fight the worst Ebola outbreak on record. About eight out of 10 workers...