All Stories from January 19, 2014 (Change date)
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Alternative energy powered cars on a rollJan 19, 2014 6:15 am - LAS VEGAS — While autonomous driving is a major theme at the International CES gadget show, cars that use futuristic sources of energy are potentially much closer on the...
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Baum on Money: Defining bubbles and the value of income equalityJan 19, 2014 6:06 am - Good morning, folks. Here are some top reads. One easy way to determine if it’s a bubble. The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Zweig has some sage advice when it comes ...
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Baum on Money: Marginal thinking from Fed, false fiscal choicesJan 19, 2014 6:06 am - Morning, all. Here are some of the stories I’ve flagged you should know. A nuanced discussion of marginal costs and benefits. The marginal costs weren’t deemed suff...
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Baum on Money: In La-La land with consumer inflation forecastsJan 19, 2014 6:06 am - Here are some stories I’m reading on the U.S. economy. Once a stigma, always a stigma. Until the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the Fed made it clear to banks that bor...
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Silicon Valley, Detroit team up to spur U.S. innovationJan 19, 2014 6:00 am - DETROIT — About a decade ago, the computer business seemed to be everything the auto industry was not: fast-growing, cutting-edge and cool. But since the recession, the...
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Work Advice: Surviving the coughy-klatchJan 19, 2014 6:00 am - The inbox has coughed up several letters on the same topic. Reader 1: A co-worker sounds like she has hairballs. She coughs and then sounds like she's throwing up at the...
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Feeling mad? New devices can sense your mood and tell — or even text — othersJan 19, 2014 6:00 am - Cognitive psychologist Mary Czerwinski and her boyfriend were having a vigorous argument as they drove to Vancouver, B.C., from Seattle, where she works at Microsoft Res...
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U.S. consumer expectations of credit improve, New York Fed saysJan 19, 2014 6:00 am - Expectations of credit access among U.S. consumers improved in recent months even as their predictions for inflation held steady, according to a survey by the Federal Re...
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Small business agenda stretches past minimum wageJan 19, 2014 5:35 am - NEW YORK — Minimum wage may be getting most of the headlines, but other issues that affect small businesses will be debated when state legislatures convene around the co...
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Friends at odds over expected privacy levelJan 19, 2014 5:00 am - Q. Recently I was diagnosed with breast cancer at an early stage (but will still require surgery and other treatment). I have told only a very few people. One was a frie...