Business Stories from May 17, 2014 (Change date)
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AAA: Americans ready to travel after rough winterMay 18, 2014 8:20 am - A strong case of cabin fever and a little more money to spend should inspire a greater number of Americans to hit the road this Memorial Day weekend. That's the forecast...
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Facebook wants to show it's serious about privacyMay 18, 2014 8:20 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook must again face user fraud claims over disclosure of their online activities while an appeals court spared the company from allegations it and Z...
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Google case pits right to be forgotten vs. free speechMay 18, 2014 8:20 am - Tens of millions of people have had the painful experience of cruising the Internet and discovering something mortifying - about themselves. And many have immediately be...
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Net Neutrality an oxymoron as FCC decides winners and losersMay 17, 2014 2:36 pm - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said "the prospect of a gatekeeper choosing winners and losers on the Internet is unacceptable." That's what the F...
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Study: Political TV ads on health law total $445MMay 18, 2014 8:20 am - A new analysis finds the nation's health care overhaul deserves a place in advertising history as the focus of extraordinarily high spending on negative political TV ads...
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Cuba mobile email experiment causes chaosMay 17, 2014 4:57 pm - HAVANA - On an island where most people have no Internet access, the arrival of mobile phone email service was embraced with joy. Tens of thousands of Cubans began email...
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A mom, a printer, and the new digital ease of counterfeitingMay 18, 2014 8:20 am - Tarshema Brice hardly ranks among the world's elite counterfeiters. But with the help of modern consumer technology, she developed an exacting system for crafting fake U...
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Indiana begins adopting 911-texting serviceMay 17, 2014 2:36 pm - INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana residents with Verizon Wireless service can now text 911 dispatchers in nearly a third of the state's counties as part of a push that will benefit...
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FTC says Snapchat deceived customersMay 18, 2014 8:20 am - NEW YORK - Snapchat has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that it deceived customers about the disappearing nature of messages sent through...
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Neighborhood feel the key to new restaurant venture in LibertyvilleMay 19, 2014 2:49 pm - The former tenant moved weeks ago yet a hint of beer lingers in the air as a testament to one of most popular places to meet in Libertyville and among the longest contin...
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