Business Stories from March 21, 2014 (Change date)
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An early gain fades on Wall StreetMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - An early surge on the stock market evaporated Friday, as health care stocks tugged major indexes down. Biotech companies were especially hard-hit after U.S. ...
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Obama signs relief from flood insurance hikeMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has signed a new law that will give hundreds of thousands of homeowners living in flood-prone areas relief from big jumps in insuranc...
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Wendy's rolls out mobile payment optionMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Wendy's is rolling out a program that lets customers pay using their smartphones, following a similar plans unveiled by Burger King this week. The Wendy's Co...
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E-Trade's talking baby goes bye-byeMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The E-Trade baby will finally stop talking. In the investor site's new ad, the baby - who looks like a harmless, adorable tot but talks like a character out o...
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Police phone-tracking contracts often kept secretMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Police across the country may be intercepting phone calls or text messages to find suspects using a technology tool known as Stingray. But they're refusing ...
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Q&A: Am I stuck in my job's costly health plan?Mar 21, 2014 1:01 am - EDITOR'S NOTE - First in a series addressing real-life questions about personal impact of health care law. WASHINGTON - The new health care law helps some people, hurts ...
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Microsoft says it snooped on Hotmail to track leakMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - Microsoft Corp., which has skewered rival Google Inc. for going through customer emails to deliver ads, acknowledged Thursday it had searched emails in a blogger's Hotma...
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Nearly all major US banks pass Fed 'stress tests'Mar 21, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - More than five years after the financial crisis struck, the biggest U.S. banks are better able to withstand a severe recession than at any time since the me...
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Wal-Mart's new tool gives competitors pricesMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The "Every Day Low Price" king is trying to shake up the world of pricing once again. Wal-Mart told The Associated Press that it has rolled out an online too...
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Search for old Atari games to go on in New MexicoMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - Organizers say a planned dig into a New Mexico landfill for a rumored cache of what some consider the worst Atari video game of all time is expected t...