All Stories from February 15, 2013 (Change date)
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NYC livery cab owners sue over ‘e-hail’ appsFeb 15, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — New York City livery cab owners are fighting new rules that would let riders use their smartphones to “e-hail” yellow cabs. The Wall Street Journal (http://on...
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Boston fines Walgreens for poor snow removalFeb 15, 2013 5:58 am - BOSTON — Boston has fined five Walgreens pharmacies a total of $2,000 for failing to clear their sidewalks after last weekend’s snow storm. Sgt. Chris Stockbridge of the...
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Airbus to drop lithium-ion batteries in A350Feb 15, 2013 5:57 am - PARIS — Airbus abandoned its plans to use lithium-ion batteries for its new A350 airplanes due to the uncertainty surrounding the technology following the grounding of B...
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Facebook wins German court fight on fake names banFeb 15, 2013 5:56 am - BERLIN — Facebook has won a court battle against a German privacy watchdog that challenged the social networking site’s policy requiring users to register with their rea...
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Pope approves German lawyer to head embattled bankFeb 15, 2013 5:55 am - VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI signed off on one of the last major appointments of his papacy Friday, approving a German lawyer and financier to head the Vatican’s emb...
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Kraft Foods expects 4Q adj. profit to top StreetFeb 15, 2013 5:54 am - Associated Press Northfield-based Kraft Foods expects fourth-quarter adjusted earnings above analysts’ current estimates, but foresees lower revenue than a year ago. Th...
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Burger King 4Q results top analysts’ estimatesFeb 15, 2013 5:54 am - Associated Press MIAMI — Burger King’s fourth-quarter net income nearly doubled thanks in part to lower expenses and strengthening results in the U.S. and Canada. Its ad...
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Nikkei falters as yen rises ahead of G-20 meetingFeb 15, 2013 5:53 am - LONDON — Japanese stocks underperformed Friday as the yen strengthened ahead of a Group of 20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Moscow, where the curre...
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Victim calls off search for carjacker in SchaumburgFeb 15, 2013 5:41 am - A woman who said she was carjacked and kidnapped early Friday from downtown Chicago to Schaumburg later told police to call off their search for her attacker. The 26-yea...
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Meteor explodes over Russia, nearly 1,000 injuredFeb 15, 2013 5:09 am - MOSCOW — A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless window...