Business Stories from April 19, 2014 (Change date)
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Study: Samsung phone durable, but iPhone has edgeApr 19, 2014 7:03 am - NEW YORK - Samsung's new Galaxy S5 smartphone is more durable than last year's model and other leading Android phones, but the iPhone 5s outperformed all of them in part...
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Review: Siri-like Cortana fills Windows phone gapApr 19, 2014 7:03 am - NEW YORK - "Yay, it's Nick! How can I help?" Thanks for asking, Cortana. And thanks for making the Windows phone software better, Microsoft. With the new Cortana virtual...
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Review: S5 features useful, less about gimmicksApr 19, 2014 7:03 am - NEW YORK - There's a lot to like about Samsung's new Galaxy S5 smartphone - among them, its relative lack of features. Don't get me wrong. The company's new flagship sma...
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Fox executive fired over Flight 370 charity emailApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - A veteran Fox executive who used her company email account to plan aid for loved ones of the missing Malaysian airplane's passengers has been fired. Darlene T...
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Puppy mill protesters picket in BataviaApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - Bolstered by recent "puppy mill" bans in Chicago and suburban Cook County, protesters from The Puppy Mill Project picketed along Randall Road in Batavia Saturday. Organi...
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National energy boom blurs political battle linesApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - DENVER - The U.S. energy boom is blurring the traditional political battle lines across the country. Democrats are split between environmentalists and business and labo...
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Confrontation looms between Peru gold miners, armyApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) - The clock has run out for an estimated 40,000 illegal gold miners who had until Saturday to legalize their status in a region of south...
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Hawaii is genetically engineered crop flash pointApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - WAIALUA, Hawaii - You can trace the genetic makeup of most corn grown in the U.S., and in many other places around the world, to Hawaii. The tiny island state 2,500 mil...
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Ford to make SUV with Jiangling Motors in ChinaApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - Ford Motor Co., the fastest-growing major foreign automaker in China, will unveil a prototype of a seven-seater off-road SUV that will preview a model sold for the first...
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Documents detail another delayed GM recallApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - DETROIT - General Motors waited years to recall nearly 335,000 Saturn Ions for power steering failures despite getting thousands of consumer complaints and more than 30,...