Business Stories from August 29, 2015 (Change date)
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Geneva woman turns to crowdfunding to fund divorceAug 29, 2015 11:00 pm - Stacey Schnaitman pushed herself as far back into the corner of her L-shaped couch as she could and stared at the little hallway that led to the master bedroom. The cou...
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Six money milestones to hit while you're in your 30sAug 29, 2015 11:00 pm - There's something about being in your 30s that feels more adult. You've probably been on your own for a little while and you're starting to get the hang of it (life, tha...
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A growing push to document surgeries with cameras in operating roomsAug 29, 2015 11:00 pm - Chris Nowakoski's wife died in Wisconsin during what should have been a routine procedure on her pacemaker. Danny Long's wife in North Carolina suffered catastrophic neu...
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Suburban health care continues to transform with mergers, hospital expansionsAug 29, 2015 8:00 am - Despite some difficult economic times, the health care industry has continued to expand and flourish across the region. The Illinois Hospital Association says the econom...
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State of the suburbs: Governments making up for lost timeAug 29, 2015 8:00 am - The Great Recession took a huge toll not only on the viability and growth of for-profit businesses, but also the local governments that depend on the sales taxes and pro...
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Inside the high-stakes quest to design a computer program that 'gets' sarcasm onlineAug 29, 2015 7:35 am - Sarcasm on the Internet, the old Web adage goes, is kind of like winking on the phone. It's pointless. It's invisible. It's almost always misunderstood. And for linguist...
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YouTube's video-game streaming challengeAug 29, 2015 7:34 am - YouTube stepped into the world of game-streaming Wednesday with the official launch of YouTube Gaming - its answer to Amazon's popular Twitch. The new section of YouTube...
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Review: Facetune allows users to remove imperfections, reshape their featuresAug 29, 2015 7:33 am - The social media arms race is ever-escalating. First you had to post about what you were doing (Finally visiting the Grand Canyon!). Then you had to include a picture fr...
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How the Internet actually makes you happierAug 29, 2015 7:31 am - According to a strain of trend piece popular in certain circles these days, the Web is some kind of social parasite, eating our decency and confidence and good humor awa...
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Twitter, Facebook shooting clips enflame media violence debateAug 29, 2015 7:00 am - Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. became the unwitting conduits of video of a shooting on live TV that killed a Virginia news reporter and a cameraman, inflaming debate ove...
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