All Stories from March 13, 2013 (Change date)
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Google pays $7M fine to settle Wi-Fi privacy caseMar 13, 2013 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Google will pay a $7 million fine to settle a multistate investigation into a snoopy software program that enabled the Internet search leader to intercep...
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Dell rejects request for info leading to buyoutMar 13, 2013 6:47 am - ROUND ROCK, Texas — Dell has rejected a request from a shareholder rights group seeking to review the internal information that led to a proposed $24.4 billion sale of t...
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In Asia, wealth buys access to clean waterMar 13, 2013 6:46 am - MANILA, Philippines — Ninety-one percent of people living in Asia have improved access to clean water, a remarkable achievement over the last two decades in the world’s ...
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Analysis: ‘Grand bargain’ a tough sell in CongressMar 13, 2013 6:45 am - WASHINGTON) — For all the talk of a presidential “charm offensive” and possible thaw in partisanship, ample signs show that Congress is far from reaching a “grand bargai...
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World stocks down on bleak UK factory productionMar 13, 2013 6:43 am - BANGKOK — World stock markets ran out of steam Wednesday after a sharp drop in Britain’s industrial production and a warning from the head of Germany’s central bank that...
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House to vote on bill preventing welfare waiversMar 13, 2013 6:36 am - WASHINGTON — The House is taking up a politically charged bill that would block the Obama administration from waiving any work requirements in the 1996 welfare reform la...
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Eurozone industrial production dips 0.4 pctMar 13, 2013 6:35 am - Official figures show that industrial production across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro fell by 0.4 percent in January. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics o...
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GOP stakes out budget differences with ObamaMar 13, 2013 6:34 am - WASHINGTON — House Republicans are staking out stark differences with Democrats as they prepare to meet with President Barack Obama for talks over the budget impasse, wh...
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Oil up for 5th day as traders await U.S. supply dataMar 13, 2013 6:33 am - BANGKOK — Oil prices rose for a fifth straight trading session Wednesday despite expectations a report on weekly U.S. crude stocks will show ample inventories. Benchmark...
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Applying for Obama health care plan not easyMar 13, 2013 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes. The government's draft application runs ...