Business Stories from May 18, 2013 (Change date)
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Retiring boomers driving sales of small businessesMay 21, 2013 9:49 am - NEW YORK — Baby boomers preparing for retirement are driving a surge in small business sales, as they find more and more buyers confident enough in the improving economy...
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GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care lawMay 21, 2013 5:43 am - WASHINGTON — Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative...
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Google highlights: Music, maps, photo, other toolsMay 19, 2013 6:04 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Google used its annual conference for software developers to unveil several new products, services and features. They include enhancements for online gam...
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Investor values Twitter at $10 billion; IPO expectedMay 21, 2013 5:43 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter was valued at almost $10 billion by one of its investors, up about 10 percent from a previous estimate, indicating shares are appreciating before...
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The end of the credit card?May 21, 2013 5:43 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — This week Square announced a new product that took me by surprise: the Square Stand, an iPad holder and credit card reader that’s meant to function a...
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Turning off iPhone essential to pilots reporting interferenceMay 21, 2013 5:43 am - WASHINGTON -- The regional airliner was climbing past 9,000 feet when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several miles off course until a flight attendant persua...
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Research In Motion unveils cheaper BlackBerryMay 21, 2013 5:43 am - ORLANDO, Fla. — Research In Motion unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry aimed at consumers in emerging markets on Tuesday, stepping up its efforts to regain market share los...
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Mobile app loyalty programs gain groundMay 21, 2013 5:43 am - Loyalty programs are moving out of wallets and into smartphones as a new generation of applications seeks to reward consumers for shopping, watching television or snappi...
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Facebook’s like feature faces free-speech test in sheriff firingMay 21, 2013 5:43 am - Danny Carter shocked colleagues when the Hampton, Virginia, jailer posted a picture of his boss’s opponent in the sheriff’s race on his Facebook page along with a link t...
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Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoesMay 21, 2013 5:43 am - BOISE, Idaho — A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This...
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