Business Stories from September 10, 2011 (Change date)
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St. Charles tobacco shop can keep indoor loungeSep 12, 2011 6:48 am - In the last week, cigars at the indoor cigar smoking lounge at the Bear & Bull tobacco shop in St. Charles have probably been lit for a taste test as well as a triumph. ...
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Many US schools adding iPads, trimming textbooksSep 12, 2011 4:45 pm - HARTFORD, Conn. — For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut’s suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to ...
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Twitter exceeds 100 million active usersSep 11, 2011 5:02 pm - Twitter Inc., the biggest U.S. microblogging service, said it surpassed 100 million active users worldwide. About 55 percent of active users link to the service through ...
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Review: Seeking a keyboard that enhances the iPadSep 12, 2011 4:45 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — The great thing about using an iPad is that you can tote around a skinny device instead of lugging your laptop. The bad thing is that the iPad’s virtual ...
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Perplexing puzzle: Can Yahoo’s luster be restored?Sep 12, 2011 4:45 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. has gone through three different CEOs in five years. Whoever takes the helm now will face the same challenge: Solve one of the Internet’s most...
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Google says movie rental service on youtube ‘going well’Sep 11, 2011 7:46 am - Google Inc.’s new movie-rental service on its Youtube site is “going well” in the U.S., and the company is seeking to expand the service worldwide, Adam Smith, head of Y...
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Post-it Notes go digitalSep 11, 2011 5:02 pm - Post-it Notes, those sticky slips for quick reminders from 3M, have adorned desks, bathroom mirrors and planners for decades. Now the company has an application to put d...
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Nextag Radar app scans for dealsSep 12, 2011 4:45 pm - Whether you hate shopping or love it, most people probably like to score a good deal. Nextag Radar aims to help you do just that by using image recognition and barcode s...
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Sony’s plump tablet ditches skinny iPad lookSep 12, 2011 4:45 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Sony Corp.’s new Tablet S captures much of what’s good and much of what’s frustrating about the one-time king of consumer electronics. Not content to sta...
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More students forgo classrooms for laptopsSep 12, 2011 4:45 pm - MILWAUKEE — Michael Dieffenbach returned to school recently to listen to teachers explain what would be expected during the term. It was his last first day of high schoo...
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