Business Stories from August 20, 2016 (Change date)
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Essay: I drove 8 hours on Tesla Autopilot and lived to tell the taleAug 20, 2016 7:15 am - I knew Tesla had a problem when everyone started telling me to "be safe." I was getting ready to embark on a 550-mile road trip in a $145,000 Tesla Model S. I'd be drivi...
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Putting a computer in your brain is no longer science fictionAug 20, 2016 7:15 am - VENICE BEACH, Calif. - Like many in Silicon Valley, technology entrepreneur Bryan Johnson sees a future in which intelligent machines can do things like drive cars on th...
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Apple's numbers under Cook's guidanceAug 20, 2016 7:15 am - Apple: The numbers $10.3 million The value of Tim Cook's compensation in 2015 - - - $376 million The value of restricted stock grant awarded to Tim Cook in 2011 (to ve...
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The biggest 'gift' Steve Jobs gave Apple CEO Tim Cook before he diedAug 20, 2016 7:14 am - Since he was officially named Apple's CEO in 2011, Tim Cook has often told the story of the advice Steve Jobs gave him just before he died. In the memorial service at Ap...
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Can 'accelerated learning' help you land the next job? This CEO thinks soAug 20, 2016 7:11 am - Who's in charge of your education? Jake Schwartz would like to be in the vanguard. The 38-year-old graduate of Yale and Wharton is co-founder and chief executive officer...
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Analysis: The copyright case that should worry internet providersAug 20, 2016 7:11 am - Will internet providers have to start cracking down harder on their own customers for suspected copyright infringement? That's one of the big questions being raised in t...
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You think you're using your smartphone - but it also uses youAug 20, 2016 7:10 am - You touch your phone an average of 2,617 times per day - more, if you're a heavy user. That's 18,000 times a week. Nearly one million times a year. Enough that all those...
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Christie faces decision on raising minimum wage to $15Aug 20, 2016 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Chris Christie is facing a deadline to act on raising New Jersey's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour in the next year and to at least $15 over the...
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Most limits on US-Mexico flights are about to be liftedAug 20, 2016 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Most restrictions on flights between the U.S. and Mexico will lift on Sunday, a change expected to bring more options and possibly lower prices for travele...
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Bulldozers and hard hats helped bring Trump family togetherAug 20, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - There's something about bulldozers and hard hats that brings a family together. It worked for Donald Trump and his father. And it worked for Donald Tru...