Business Stories from January 12, 2014 (Change date)
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Need a passport? More investors are looking abroadJan 13, 2014 6:07 am - NEW YORK — Go west, investors. Oh, and east too. Stocks are back en vogue five years after the financial crisis, but the interest isn't universal: Investors are piling ...
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Career Coach: New year presents an opportunity to get betterJan 12, 2014 2:32 pm - By Joyce E. Russell No matter what happened in 2013, it is now behind us, and it is time to look ahead to 2014. Hope is the thing that most of us want to feel with a new...
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How to get ahead in business with a short resumeJan 13, 2014 5:44 am - NEW YORK — Hey twentysomethings, dreaming of trading in the safety of a regular paycheck to start your own business? There’s no secret sauce. Instead, founders of three ...
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State budgets to aid U.S. growth amid federal cutsJan 13, 2014 6:11 am - WASHINGTON — State and local governments are poised to increase spending this year, adding to the U.S. economic expansion, even as their federal counterpart cuts back. O...
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Twitter, Internet increasingly popular for blacksJan 12, 2014 5:45 am - WASHINGTON — Young, college-educated and higher-income African Americans are just as likely as their white counterparts to use the Internet, and Twitter seems to be a fa...
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Toyota ups orders for hydrogen-powered car in U.S.Jan 13, 2014 6:07 am - LAS VEGAS — Toyota said Monday that it expects to sell more hydrogen-powered electric cars in the U.S. than previously planned. The car, which Toyota calls FCV for now, ...
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Study: Gender pay gap would lessen with flexible scheduleJan 13, 2014 6:07 am - Bloomberg News Pay differentials between the sexes could be erased if more companies offered a flexible work schedule to their employees, according to results of a study...
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Will surge of older workers take jobs from young?Jan 12, 2014 5:25 am - It’s an assertion that has been accepted as fact by droves of the unemployed: Older people remaining on the job later in life are stealing jobs from young people. One pr...
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4 questions to ask before next health overhaul deadlineJan 12, 2014 5:25 am - More than 2 million Americans met the health care overhaul’s deadline last month to sign up for insurance coverage that started Jan. 1. But the enrollment window hasn’t ...
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Tesla station to bring electric cars to WyomingJan 12, 2014 5:05 am - LUSK, Wyo. — In the least populated county in the least populated state, old Ford and Chevy pickup trucks roam — and rule — the roads. Finding a Tesla, the sleek and pri...