Business Stories from April 4, 2015 (Change date)
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All eyes on Wrigley, Pepper Construction for Sunday's debutApr 05, 2015 8:48 pm - Three generations of the Pepper family of Barrington have headed Pepper Construction Group — and they've all been Chicago Cubs fans. Founder Stanley F. Pepper, who has s...
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Why the cable companies you hate may be forced to compete onlineApr 06, 2015 10:06 am - NEW YORK - The largest U.S. cable companies may be approaching a cliff they've long tried to avoid: competition with one another. As a slew of companies, from Dish Netwo...
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Going to Lollapalooza or Coachella? Leave the selfie stick at homeApr 05, 2015 8:28 am - Everyone huddle up, I have an announcement: If you are attending Coachella and/or Lollapalooza this year, you cannot bring your selfie stick. Selfie sticks won't be allo...
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IBM's making a new business unit just for the Internet of ThingsApr 06, 2015 3:27 pm - Weather forecasters get a bad rap for getting things wrong, but what if your insurance company had a forecast so accurate that it could send you an alert to move your ca...
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Review: HTC One M9 is a good but not great smartphoneApr 05, 2015 8:28 am - It's a little hard to know what to say about the HTC One M9, the Taiwanese company's latest flagship smartphone. The phone is already up for pre-order - $650 for an unlo...
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Retailers tailoring websites, promotions for you - just youApr 06, 2015 10:17 am - WASHINGTON - After years of using customer data to fine-tune their marketing efforts to smaller and smaller groups, retailers are now making a massive and expensive effo...
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California joins other states in srutinizing rebates for electric carsApr 05, 2015 8:28 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's incentives to purchase electric vehicles are under attack, as data shows most of the money goes to consumers who earn twice the nation...
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Amazon.Com unveils Dash Button for when you need detergent nowApr 06, 2015 11:20 am - In its quest to connect people and products faster than ever, Amazon.com Inc. is testing a new service that lets customers instantly order household items like laundry d...
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Surge in R&D spending burnishes U.S. image as innovation nationApr 04, 2015 7:30 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. companies are again putting money where their competitive advantage lies: in uncovering the products that will one day change how you work and play. Co...
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Does college pay? Almost always, says San Francisco FedApr 05, 2015 8:28 am - School still pays. The cost of earning a college degree pays off with consistently higher lifetime earnings, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Earn...
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