Business Stories from November 2, 2013 (Change date)
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Climate report sees violent, sicker, poorer futureNov 03, 2013 6:25 am - WASHINGTON — Starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease already lead to human tragedies. They’re likely to worsen as the world warms from man-m...
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HealthCare.gov: How a start-up failed to launchNov 03, 2013 6:25 am - WASHINGTON — In May 2010, two months after the Affordable Care Act squeaked through Congress, President Barack Obama’s top economic aides were getting worried. Larry Sum...
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Travelers will see more police at airportsNov 03, 2013 6:26 am - Local police will increase their presence at U.S. airports, as Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport reopened and air traffic returned to normal the day after ...
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First insurance cancellation, then sticker shockNov 03, 2013 6:25 am - MIAMI — Dean Griffin liked the health insurance he purchased for himself and his wife three years ago and thought he’d be able to keep the plan even after the federal Af...
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Astrodome sale features turf, lockers, space helmetsNov 03, 2013 6:25 am - HOUSTON — Thousands of people lined up Saturday for the chance to take home a piece of the iconic, but dilapidated Houston Astrodome, once dubbed the “eighth wonder of t...
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Waiters Race part of annual Chili Cook Off in WheatonNov 02, 2013 11:42 pm - No one every made navigating orange cones and stepping into tires part of a waiter’s job description, but the exercises aren’t all that different from contending with cr...
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Graduated tax would be 'disaster,' McSweeney tells SummitNov 03, 2013 8:31 am - The adoption of a graduated income tax in Illinois “would be a disaster for the Illinois economy” that would hurt small business and families, State Rep. David McSweeney...
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Pizza via drone? Venture capital funding doublesNov 03, 2013 6:25 am - Commercial drones will soon populate U.S. airspace, and venture capitalists like Tim Draper are placing their bets. Draper, an early investor in Hotmail, Skype and Baidu...
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Smartphone shipments up 39 percentNov 02, 2013 4:42 pm - NEW YORK — Research group IDC says worldwide shipments of smartphones grew 39 percent in the most recent quarter to 258 million as Samsung and Apple maintained their dom...
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Review: Curved phone falls flat, literallyNov 03, 2013 6:25 am - SEOUL, South Korea — The Galaxy Round created some buzz in tech circles when Samsung announced it earlier this month, but no one in the downtown Seoul cafe where I playe...