Business Stories from June 14, 2014 (Change date)
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Work Advice: The delicacy of disclosing a disabilityJun 15, 2014 6:29 am - Q: At what point in the job application process should I reveal that I am visually impaired? Last time I was considered for a job, I did not mention my disability in sev...
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Career coach: Job-searching tips for the over-50sJun 16, 2014 8:41 am - There are about 77 million baby boomers (born between 1946-1963) in the United States, and some estimate that 42 percent are delaying retirement and 25 percent say they'...
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Troubled mining industry now resurgent in MidwestJun 16, 2014 8:41 am - WHITE PINE, Mich. — A way of life dating back more than a century appeared over in Michigan's Upper Peninsula when the last copper mine closed in 1995, idling more than ...
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Dunkin' CEO: Our sandwiches are snacks, not lunchJun 16, 2014 8:41 am - NEW YORK — If you're grabbing a sandwich at Dunkin' Donuts, the chain wants you to consider it a snack, not a full lunch. The chain has been expanding its sandwich offer...
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Endangered delicacy: Japan eel on species red listJun 16, 2014 8:41 am - TOKYO — The Japanese eel, a popular summertime delicacy that has become prohibitively expensive due to overfishing, has been put on the international conservation “red l...
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Spain props up soccer amid crushing austerityJun 15, 2014 6:28 am - VALENCIA, Spain — At the height of Spain's crushing economic crisis, the Villarreal soccer club sported an eye-catching logo across its jerseys: Aeroport Castello. The l...
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Auto industry gets serious about lighter materialsJun 16, 2014 8:41 am - DEARBORN, Mich. — Roofs made of carbon fiber. Plastic windshields. Bumpers fashioned out of aluminum foam. What sounds like a science experiment could be your next car. ...
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Taxi drivers fed up with UberJun 15, 2014 6:24 am - It was 1937 when a sudden influx of drivers led authorities in Paris to set a quota of 14,000 taxi licenses. Seventy years later, the population of Paris has grown by 20...
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Buffett ready to double solar, wind bet as Berkshire evolvesJun 14, 2014 9:33 pm - LAS VEGAS - Warren Buffett briefly lost track of how many billions of dollars his Berkshire Hathaway is spending to build wind and solar power in the U.S. That didn't st...
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Review: Samsung fitness products offer the basicsJun 15, 2014 6:35 am - BIG SUR, Calif. - Samsung's latest gadgets try to tap into people's passions for tracking fitness activities. The Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo wristwatches, Gear Fit wristband ...
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