Business Stories from June 4, 2011 (Change date)
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HP sets sights on rivals with webOS softwareJun 04, 2011 7:00 am - RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard Co. will soon include its webOS system for smartphones on all its PCs, upcoming tablet computers and higher-end printers, p...
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DC Comics relaunching most of its titles at No. 1Jun 04, 2011 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA — DC Comics is going back to the starting point in September, renumbering its entire lineup of DC Universe titles with No. 1 and retooling nearly all of its...
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Airline fuel bills today are anything but peanutsJun 04, 2011 6:30 am - NEW YORK — To fly someone from New York to Los Angeles and back, airlines spend close to $330 these days — just on fuel. That’s a 48 percent increase from last year and ...
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Credit hotlines are open, yet phones are silentJun 04, 2011 6:30 am - NEW YORK — Toll-free numbers for nonprofit credit counselors began appearing on credit card statements more than a year ago. Yet counselors say the phones aren’t ringing...
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Venezuelans battling soaring food pricesJun 04, 2011 6:30 am - EL TIGRE, Venezuela — Soaring food prices are forcing many Venezuelans to change their eating habits, trim their shopping lists and set aside more of their earnings to f...
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Monopoly lost: Atlantic City’s rise and fallJun 04, 2011 6:30 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Four years ago, some Atlantic City casino customers were shelling out $1,000 for a brownie sprinkled with edible gold dust in a Baccarat crystal th...
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Now renting: luxe condos built for the global richJun 04, 2011 6:30 am - The Rental Class has never had it so good. Due to a glut of glitzy condo towers and the need to appease skittish lenders some developers have found a new use for the gil...
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Skid Row shelter charges fees as economy toughensJun 04, 2011 6:08 am - LOS ANGELES — Skid Row resident Dadisi Komolafe points indignantly to the sign reading “Union Rescue Mission,” and grumbles that the name no longer fits since the shelte...
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How much longer can photographic film hold on?Jun 04, 2011 6:00 am - ROCHESTER, N.Y. — At Image City Photography Gallery, Gary Thompson delights in pointing out qualities of light, contrast and clarity in one of his best-selling prints — ...
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DNA computer used Google-like logic for math, scientists sayJun 04, 2011 6:00 am - The most complex DNA computer ever developed used the logic functions “and,” “or,” and “not” to solve math problems, the same process applied by mechanical computers, re...
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