Business Stories from October 11, 2015 (Change date)
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Algonquin salon's colorful way of helping cancer patientsOct 15, 2015 6:16 am - Salon 37, along Randall Road in Algonquin, started its Pink Hair for Hope Campaign eight years ago. Every October, stylists would put pink hair strands into their custom...
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Fifth annual Takeda Cares Day aids 3 local charitiesOct 14, 2015 3:33 pm - Takeda hosted its fifth annual Takeda Cares Day on Friday, October 2. Since the first Takeda Cares Day in 2011, Takeda has raised over $500,000 to benefit local nonprofi...
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Work advice: Employees left to their own devicesOct 12, 2015 6:43 am - Q: I am a general manager of a store in a large retail chain. Recently, our VP mandated that each store conduct online consumer outreach through its own Facebook and Ins...
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Career Coach: Take a page from the pope. Be humble.Oct 12, 2015 6:43 am - "Humility is not thinking less of yourself; It's thinking of yourself less" C.S. Lewis Pope Francis' visit to the United States brought to light and reinforced the messa...
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The remarkable thing that happens to poor kids when you give their parents a little moneyOct 12, 2015 6:43 am - Twenty years ago, a group of researchers began tracking the personalities of 1,420 low income children in North Carolina. At the time, the goal was simple: to observe th...
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Facebook plunges into home repair matchmaking serviceOct 12, 2015 1:31 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is the latest technology company that wants to connect you with a handyman who can install a ceiling fan or fix a leaky toilet, following Amazon...
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Google is making you more forgetfulOct 13, 2015 6:09 am - Quartz flagged an interesting report with an ominous name on Thursday: According to research by the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, "digital amnesia" is gradually blot...
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Six rules for investing in volatile marketsOct 12, 2015 1:31 pm - The gyrations of U.S. equity markets on Wednesday - the Dow Jones industrial average initially surged almost 200 points, turned negative, then finished the day up 122.10...
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A long road ahead for newly minted Pacific Rim trade agreementOct 12, 2015 6:03 am - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration may have completed the arduous international negotiations needed to seal the 12-nation Pacific Rim trade deal, but there is a long ...
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Toyota's hands-free car impressesOct 12, 2015 6:43 am - TOKYO - Touch a button on the steering wheel and put your hands up - this Toyota will take it from here. That's the gist of the experience Toyota offered to reporters in...
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