Business Stories from November 28, 2015 (Change date)
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Brazil to sue BHP, Vale for $ 5.2 billion for burst damNov 28, 2015 1:31 pm - SAO PAULO (AP) - Federal and state governments in Brazil say they will sue iron ore miner Samarco and its co-owners BHP Billiton and Vale for $ 5.2 billion for the damag...
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Greek political leaders fail to agree on pension reformsNov 28, 2015 2:01 pm - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The leaders of five of the seven parties represented in Greece's Parliament have failed to agree on pension reforms after a six-hour meeting, promp...
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If there's a tech bubble, it's not in EuropeNov 29, 2015 6:23 am - The European tech market is finally coming of age, according to a report published by Atomico, the venture capital company of Skype founder Niklas Zennstroem. The indust...
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How ThredUp could be changing the clothing resale businessDec 01, 2015 5:18 am - James Reinhart built his secondhand clothing e-commerce site, ThredUp, based on a simple thesis: Women don't wear more than 50 percent of the clothes in their closet. An...
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Consumer Reports: These are the best apps for navigationDec 01, 2015 5:12 am - Smartphones have transformed the way we navigate our world. They combine built-in GPS with a cellular data connection so that they know precisely where we are and can in...
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Food packaging gimmicks give consumers lessNov 29, 2015 6:25 am - Few things are more infuriating than tearing into a bag of chips to find that it's mostly filled with air, or digging into a "pint" of ice cream that - on closer inspect...
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How to stretch the life of your tire treadNov 29, 2015 6:23 am - The amount of tread on a tire is critical in determining how well it will vacate water to maintain contact with the road in the rain, according to Consumer Reports. If y...
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QVC: The unlikely juggernaut of mobile shoppingNov 29, 2015 6:23 am - WEST CHESTER, Pa. - In Control Room A at QVC's 58,000-square-foot studios, line producer Sean Hagan is perched behind five computer screens in a setup that looks more a ...
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Drone pilots: The next generationNov 29, 2015 6:23 am - GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Megan Halek could be the best unmanned aircraft pilot coming out of the University of North Dakota's highly regarded aviation program this year: She'...
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Japan to use home-delivery drones within 3 yearsNov 29, 2015 6:23 am - TOKYO - In a bid to nurture new businesses, the government plans to allow the use of drones for home delivery services within three years, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learne...