All Stories from March 23, 2014 (Change date)
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Amazon Prime price shock? Try these cheaper rivalsMar 23, 2014 6:51 am - NEW YORK - Many online shoppers were taken aback when Amazon raised the price of its Prime service. Although Prime offers a streaming video service, many customers have...
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Work Advice: If a dangled promotion goes nowhereMar 23, 2014 6:49 am - Q: During my midyear review, my boss asked, "So, do you want a promotion?" I said yes. He told me I had been doing a good job and he'd love to get me a raise, but added:...
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Burger King to add mobile-phone payment at U.S. locationsMar 23, 2014 6:14 am - Burger King Worldwide Inc., the second-biggest U.S. burger chain by store count, is introducing an application that will allow customers to pay for Whoppers with their s...
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Monitor: Big banks satisfy mortgage settlementMar 23, 2014 6:12 am - WASHINGTON - The nation's four biggest banks slashed billions of dollars from mortgages and other debts, enough to satisfy their obligations under a national mortgage se...
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Emerging-market bonds on sale but not on clearanceMar 23, 2014 6:11 am - NEW YORK - For all the worries about how the Federal Reserve's cutback in bond purchases would hurt the market, the biggest pain is being felt far away. It's in Indonesi...
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Jesse Jackson to take on tech's lack of diversityMar 23, 2014 6:11 am - The Rev. Jesse Jackson lead a delegation to the Hewlett-Packard annual shareholders meeting to bring attention to Silicon Valley's poor record of including blacks and La...
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WhatsApp deal has MagicJack CEO talking billionsMar 23, 2014 6:11 am - Facebook Inc.'s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp Inc. got the attention of executives in magicJack VocalTec Ltd.'s West Palm Beach offices. Three weeks after the Feb....
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Many Midwest landowners still wait for oil pipeline after 10 yearsMar 23, 2014 6:11 am - LINCOLN, Neb. - If the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline ever gains approval, Ronald Weber will watch from his farmhouse as workers lay the line beneath a half-mile of h...
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Wells Fargo keeps pay for CEO flat at $19.3MMar 23, 2014 6:11 am - MINNEAPOLIS - Wells Fargo kept its pay for CEO John Stumpf unchanged at $19.3 million last year, saying he has led the company well and reduced risk. A company filing sh...
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No retirement in sight for Jerry BruckheimerMar 23, 2014 6:01 am - SANTA MONICA, Calif. - On a quiet morning amid the awards-season rush, Jerry Bruckheimer's shaggy golden retriever, Harper, is easily the most animated in the building. ...