Business Stories from March 22, 2015 (Change date)
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Arena crowd celebrates Bigfoot's birthdayMar 22, 2015 11:00 pm - A birthday bash was held this past weekend and the delighted 10,000-pound guest of honor celebrated by revving up and crushing some cars. The legendary "Bigfoot" monster...
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Why parking spaces shouldn't always be wasted on carsMar 22, 2015 7:39 am - Conventional wisdom says that businesses need parking spots. If would-be customers can't pull up out front, how will they come inside? This is a powerful idea, and it in...
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The real promise of the 'sharing economy' is what it could do for the poorMar 22, 2015 7:38 am - WASHINGTON - The sharing economy often feels like a place full of well-off millennials, digital natives who have smartphones, credit cards and reliable Internet connecti...
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Black and Latino families twice as likely as others to be low-incomeMar 22, 2015 7:37 am - WASHINGTON - As the U.S. economy has picked up again after the recession, it's become clear that some Americans are getting a bigger share of the recovery than others. A...
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Favorite beers around the worldMar 22, 2015 7:36 am - Travel the world, and you'll find there's quite a bit of disagreement about what the best - or at least preferred - beer looks like. Sure, Americans love Bud Light (and ...
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At current rate, American women won't see equal pay until 2058Mar 22, 2015 7:35 am - WASHINGTON - When it comes to equal pay, the American woman is stuck in a proverbial waiting room. But the number on her ticket - the length of her stay - largely depend...
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If economists were right, you would have a raise by nowMar 22, 2015 7:34 am - Six years into the U.S. expansion, the link between falling unemployment and rising wages - once almost as basic to economic theory as supply and demand - seems to be co...
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In Washington state, selling pot is government businessMar 22, 2015 7:33 am - NORTH BONNEVILLE, Wash. - Deep in the Columbia River Gorge, a short drive from the Bridge of the Gods, the nation's only government-run marijuana shop was running low on...
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Who could win and who could lose if the Fed hikes ratesMar 22, 2015 7:32 am - NEW YORK - Interest rates could soon rise in the U.S. for the first time in almost a decade, and that's shaking up financial markets. If you own stocks of Coca-Cola or ...
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In battle for coffee pod market, it's Keurig vs. recyclablesMar 22, 2015 7:31 am - LINCOLN, Calif. - One measure of how heated the environmental battle has become over coffee giant Keurig Green Mountain's $5 billion-a-year plastic pods is how often the...
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