Business Stories from October 31, 2015 (Change date)
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What is 5G and why should lawmakers care?Oct 31, 2015 6:33 am - WASHINGTON - A decision last week by the FCC to open large swathes of high-frequency radio spectrum for use in next generation wireless networks marks a turning point in...
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GIFs are for everybody nowOct 31, 2015 6:25 am - Instagram's new Boomerang feature isn't a GIF-maker, but it thinks like one: The tool makes one-second videos out of a burst of photos. The Boomerang videos loop indefin...
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CEO sticks with dream to kill 1-800 numbersOct 31, 2015 6:12 am - NEW YORK - When Rob LoCascio stopped by the Nasdaq stock exchange last week to mark the 15th anniversary of his company, LivePerson, going public, he hoped to see the sh...
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Comcast's weapon to take on wireless giants: Wi-Fi hotspotsOct 31, 2015 6:03 am - After a history of missteps and failures, Comcast Corp. once again wants to enter the wireless business. This time, the largest U.S. cable company has a better chance to...
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Groupon founder invests in Skokie biopharmaceuticalOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - Eric Lefkofsky, CEO and co-founder of Groupon, and his wife Liz have invested in Exicure, a Skokie-based biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of immune-modul...
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Season-long fantasy sports now a question in NevadaOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - LAS VEGAS - Nevada has already decided daily fantasy sports are gambling and that people can't put their dollars down on DraftKings and FanDuel until those sites obtain ...
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Astronaut Sloth conquered the Internet; now he's going to the moonOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - We've sent monkeys to space, cats and dogs to space, rabbits and jellyfish and fruit flies to space. Now, thanks to Reddit and Lunar Mission One, a sloth in a spacesuit ...
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Nontenured faculty at University of Chicago files to unionizeOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - Nontenure-track faculty at the University of Chicago have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. They a...
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Grayslake chamber hosts annual Business Trick or TreatOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - More than 40 businesses participated in the Grayslake Chamber of Commerce and Industry's annual Business Trick or Treat event on Saturday. The Halloween-themed event tha...
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