Business Stories from August 24, 2013 (Change date)
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Millions spent on water-storage plan that leaksAug 25, 2013 8:25 am - MOORPARK, Calif. — More than two decades ago, two water distributors came up with a tantalizing idea to increase reserves in parched Southern California: Create an under...
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Major financial movers meet at Jackson HoleAug 25, 2013 8:49 am - JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — Ben Bernanke is a no-show. No matter. Despite the absence of the Federal Reserve chairman, this year’s annual economic conference in Jackson Hole ha...
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Review: Haswell laptops deliver on long batteryAug 25, 2013 8:49 am - NEW YORK — Just in time for the back-to-school season, new laptops with extended battery life are hitting store shelves. What these laptops have in common are microproce...
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Mobile-payment startups with zero fees no match for PayPalAug 25, 2013 8:49 am - The market for tools that help consumers buy goods using mobile phones is getting crowded, inundating small businesses, putting off venture capitalists and making it har...
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China in big push against opinion-leading blogsAug 24, 2013 3:15 pm - BEIJING — Best-selling Chinese author Murong Xuecun had nearly 4 million followers on his Twitter-like microblog. One day in May his account disappeared. So did his prof...
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In Britain, grocer Tesco takes aim at Netflix with BlinkboxAug 24, 2013 5:48 pm - FRANKFURT, Germany — As it expands abroad, Netflix, the world’s largest subscription video service, has yet to make a profit from its international operations. Britain’s...
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24 states wage fierce competition for drone-test sitesAug 25, 2013 8:49 am - WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is poised to select six locations to test drone technology, and state leaders across the country are lobbying for the ch...
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A drone of your very own: These aren’t your average remote-controlled aircraftAug 25, 2013 8:49 am - Kevin Good thought there was an 80 percent chance he could successfully deliver his brother’s wedding rings with a tiny drone. “The other 20 percent is that it could go ...
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TiVo refreshes lineup with 6-tuner Roamio DVRsAug 25, 2013 8:49 am - NEW YORK — TiVo Inc. wants to give television viewers more control over what they watch on traditional channels and over the Internet as the pioneer of digital video rec...
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Review: New TiVo delivers for avid TV viewersAug 25, 2013 8:49 am - EDISON, N.J. — When I bought my first TiVo digital video recorder in 2001, I was a real trendsetter. “You can really pause live television?” friends asked with wonder. “...
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