Business Stories from December 23, 2017 (Change date)
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Apple's iPhone, iPad, Mac could soon run same appsDec 26, 2017 6:56 am - Apple's iPhone and iPad introduced a novel way of interacting with computers: via easy-to-use applications, accessible in the highly curated App Store. The same approach...
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Kmart to pay $32.3 million to settle prescription drugs caseDec 23, 2017 9:30 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Kmart Corp. has agreed to pay $32.3 million to settle allegations its pharmacies caused federal health programs to overpay for prescription drugs by no...
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One more thing to ask Alexa: Where's Santa on Christmas Eve?Dec 23, 2017 10:30 am - DENVER (AP) - Alexa, where's Santa? Amazon's diligent, computerized know-it-all is the latest technology to enlist in NORAD Tracks Santa, the military-run program that f...
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California's top marijuana regulator talks legalizationDec 23, 2017 3:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - California's legal pot market opens for business on Jan. 1. The day will be a milestone, but what exactly will happen then and, especially, in the wee...
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'Pokemon Go' unleashes its critters in Apple's AR playgroundDec 26, 2017 8:44 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - "Pokemon Go" is moving into a different dimension on the iPhone, thanks to software that allows the game to play new tricks with its menagerie of di...
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Analysis: Slow iPhone? You don't need a new phone, just a new batteryDec 26, 2017 6:56 am - Apple is taking heat for a discovery about old iPhones: As their batteries age, Apple's software slows them down. The phenomenon, discovered by Reddit members and acknow...
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The future of electric cars: Many models, few buyersDec 26, 2017 6:56 am - Automakers with ambitious plans to roll out more than a hundred new battery-powered models in the next five years appear to be forgetting one little thing: Drivers aren'...
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The push to crack down on cable TV password sharingDec 26, 2017 6:56 am - On Twitter, they are openly bartered, donated, even celebrated. "Anyone have a Spectrum user ID & password I can trade for?" one Twitter user wrote last month. Another t...
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Lawsuit: Companies use Facebook ads to exclude older Americans from jobsDec 26, 2017 6:56 am - Three workers and a large union sued T-Mobile, Amazon, Facebook, and other corporations on Wednesday, accusing them of using Facebook's ad targeting tools to exclude old...
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Could Europe's Uber ruling affect the future of the gig economy?Dec 26, 2017 6:56 am - Uber isn't merely a digital middleman linking passengers and drivers, but rather an actual transportation service, the European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday, in a pi...
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