Business Stories from October 17, 2015 (Change date)
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Facebook tests another tool to get us to embrace social shoppingOct 18, 2015 8:27 am - Social commerce has been something of a buzz phrase in the retail industry recently, and it's not hard to see why: Merchants are trying to get you to buy their goods whe...
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Naperville pub owners expanding to Glen EllynOct 18, 2015 8:25 am - One paints, while the other hauls in the lumber. These restaurateurs and brothers, Kevin and Brian Hahn, don't mind doing the heavy lifting as they prepare to open Main ...
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An unassuming 'fanboy' bought and very briefly owned Google.comOct 18, 2015 8:25 am - For one curious minute, the most popular website in the world was owned by a 29-year-old MBA student in Massachusetts. It was an hour past midnight, and Sanmay Ved was s...
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Pepsi launching mobile phone in ChinaOct 18, 2015 8:25 am - PepsiCo Inc. said this week it plans to launch a line of mobile phones and accessories in China in the next few months, a move that's both a bit of novel marketing and a...
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Behind the scenes of the world's first true Instagram novelOct 18, 2015 8:27 am - Instagram has seen its share of photo essays, profiles and short stories. But no one has used the image-sharing network to publish an entire novel - at least not until M...
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What you watch on your phone might not be privateOct 18, 2015 8:25 am - If you download a free app to your phone or tablet and watch videos without registering, can the service share your viewing preferences with a third party? The answer is...
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Measuring the modern workforce in the 'gig economy'Oct 18, 2015 8:25 am - WASHINGTON - Very often these days, when a tech leader is asked how the government could help people adapt to the "gig economy," the answer is frustratingly basic. "It's...
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Casino project offers hope to NY's struggling Southern TierOct 17, 2015 11:01 am - OWEGO, N.Y. (AP) - Chris White didn't listen to the naysayers, the ones who said it would be foolish to start a business in New York's struggling Southern Tier, where an...
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Former VW boss Winterkorn quits as head of holding companyOct 17, 2015 11:01 am - BERLIN (AP) - Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is stepping down as head of a holding company that technically controls a majority in the German automaker, weeks a...
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VW commercials getting a new view in light of emissions scamOct 17, 2015 3:01 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - "Aren't diesels dirty?" asks the grandmother in the passenger seat of the gleaming new VW Golf SportWagen. "Diesel in Latin means 'dirty,'" chimes in a...