Business Stories from July 21, 2012 (Change date)
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New lab working on security shoe sole to ID peopleJul 23, 2012 6:03 am - PITTSBURGH — High-tech security? Forget those irksome eye scans. Meet the biometric shoe. A new lab at Carnegie Mellon University is working on shoe insoles that monitor...
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Firewalk burns 21 at Robbins eventJul 22, 2012 8:09 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Fire officials said 21 people at an event hosted by motivational speaker Tony Robbins suffered burns while walking across hot coals and three of the inju...
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Manufacturing problem caused Ford Escape recallJul 22, 2012 8:09 am - DETROIT — A manufacturing problem at a company that makes fuel lines forced Ford to recall thousands of its brand-new Escape small SUVs and tell owners to stop driving t...
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California to implement controversial water planJul 22, 2012 8:09 am - FRESNO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown is set to reignite the state’s water wars when he makes the long-awaited announcement next week about plans to build a massi...
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Puerto Rico woos Hollywood with more tax breaksJul 21, 2012 5:58 pm - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor has signed another package of tax breaks aimed at luring more Hollywood film crews to the Caribbean island. Gov. Luis Fort...
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China’s online population rises to 538 millionJul 22, 2012 8:09 am - BEIJING — China’s population of Internet users, already the world’s biggest, has risen to 538 million, driven by rapid growth in wireless Web surfing, an industry group ...
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iPad serves all-you-can-eat magazine banquetJul 23, 2012 6:22 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Movie fans have Netflix. For music lovers, there’s Spotify. So why not an all-you-can-eat service for magazine readers? Now there is one: Next Issue, a n...
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Report: New iPhone to have thinner screenJul 22, 2012 8:09 am - NEW YORK — A published report says the new iPhone will have a thinner screen. That could leave more room for a larger battery. The Wall Street Journal is citing unnamed ...
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Google tries to help stop human traffickers, drug cartelsJul 21, 2012 5:58 pm - Forget videos of cute kittens or good deals on iPads. For the past few months, Google has been quietly turning its search capabilities to something far more challenging:...
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The most common passwords from the Yahoo mail leakJul 22, 2012 9:47 am - We learned last week that about 400,000 Yahoo Mail passwords were apparently leaked. Another annoying bit of news for those who struggle to come up with new secret codes...
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