Business Stories from September 29, 2018 (Change date)
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Should you hand over your Fitbit data to your insurance company?Sep 29, 2018 1:15 am - Life insurance company John Hancock made a splash recently with the news that soon all of its policies would come bundled with the option to let the company track your f...
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The much-mocked minivan: driverless car of the future?Sep 29, 2018 1:15 am - But can someone please come up with a cooler name? For the past 15 years, the Knoche family minivan has been frozen in traffic half a mile from the White House. The Dodg...
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Essay: Strong encryption saved me when my phone was stolen. Don't let the government weaken itSep 29, 2018 1:07 am - I had just left a meeting at the Justice Department, and stopped at a nearby coffee shop with colleagues for a debrief and to gab. As I was gathering my things to leave,...
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Instagram has a drug problem. Its algorithms make it worse.Sep 29, 2018 1:06 am - Instagram is known for its celebrity posts and photos of enviable vacations. But it has also become a sizable open marketplace for advertising illegal drugs. The company...
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The latest tools for sexual assault victims: Smartphone appsSep 29, 2018 1:00 am - In her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Christine Blasey Ford detailed the agony involved in deciding to step forward with allegations of sex...
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Naperville's old Nichols Library could soon be a restaurant attached to condos, storesSep 29, 2018 1:00 am - A second round of unanimous approval gave the owners of the landmark old Nichols Library in downtown Naperville nearly the final permission they need to turn the structu...
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Blockchain hype may finally turn into reality in pharmaceuticalsSep 29, 2018 1:00 am - Blockchain believers have delivered little more than hype, mostly failing to get it deployed outside the cryptocurrency space where the technology was developed. But a l...
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Assurance makes donation to support veteransSep 29, 2018 1:00 am - Assurance makes donation to support veterans
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Veterans learn job skills renovating Des Plaines American Legion postSep 29, 2018 1:00 am - Twenty veterans in the Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce's Back to Work Boot Camp program spent Friday and Saturday renovating the city's American Legion building with sup...
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What's coming to Microsoft Office, Teams, WindowsSep 29, 2018 1:00 am - Microsoft Corp. is unveiling a raft of product updates and new services in security, artificial intelligence and other areas as the company tries to sustain the growth o...
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