Business Stories from July 29, 2017 (Change date)
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Editorial: Cook County overreaches with unfair beverage taxJul 29, 2017 2:00 pm - Here's the problem we have with the beverage tax that Cook County is trying to impose on all of us who stop at the supermarket or drive through a fast-food restaurant. W...
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How fans convinced Microsoft to save MS PaintJul 31, 2017 10:38 am - Microsoft Paint isn't going anywhere after all. After an outcry of longtime aspiring digital artists, Microsoft had a change of, umm, art, and said it would not disconti...
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Can Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson get you to love Siri?Jul 31, 2017 10:38 am - Apple wants everyone to like Siri. Everyone - it seems - likes Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson. Therefore, it makes sense to show the Rock liking Siri. That at least seems to ...
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How the latest trend in app coding could be a hacker's dreamJul 31, 2017 10:38 am - Every time you search for something on Google, hail an Uber or log into a bank account, your personal data likely flow behind the scenes through a series of separate, fr...
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This app tells you when you're depressed, but who else does it tell?Jul 31, 2017 10:38 am - A Facebook message pops up on my phone screen. "What's going on in your world?" It's from a robot named Woebot, the brainchild of Stanford University psychologist Alison...
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Could your office furniture soon be replaced with 3D holograms?Jul 31, 2017 10:38 am - One recent morning, Stephanie Rosenburg arrived at work to find her PC monitor had vanished. She looked around the office and saw that members of her team were wearing h...
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Worker dilemma: Do you let your employer microchip you?Jul 31, 2017 10:38 am - Melissa Timmins has a week to decide: Does she keep her hand to herself, or does she let her employer microchip it? The implant is the size of a grain of rice. It would ...
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New Schaumburg development rivals Loop in land areaAug 01, 2017 1:03 pm - A developer is aiming to transform Schaumburg's former Motorola Solutions campus into a self-contained community of offices, homes, stores, restaurants, hotels and enter...
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R+K promotes Oakland, hires McClendon, SikorskiJul 29, 2017 1:00 am - Rhea + Kaiser in Naperville has promoted Chris Oakland to Account Manager, AMP. and hired Sara McClendon and Sarah Sikorski. Oakland, who joined the agency in December 2...
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With Chain O' Lakes closed for boating, waterfront businesses losing millionsAug 01, 2017 1:03 pm - Floodwaters along the Chain O' Lakes and Fox River are not only damaging residents' homes and property in places such as Fox Lake and Antioch, they're costing businesses...
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