Business Stories from August 10, 2013 (Change date)
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Ten years after blackout, grid faces new threatsAug 11, 2013 8:08 am - The U.S. electrical grid is better managed and more flexible a decade after its largest blackout but remains vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather, cybersecurity th...
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Fight brews over private stake in a Mexican iconAug 11, 2013 8:08 am - MEXICO CITY — The cornerstone of Mexico’s economy, its state-owned Pemex oil monopoly, is crumbling. An unnoticed gas leak at its flagship Mexico City headquarters cause...
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Blue Cross reaches out over insurance law changesAug 11, 2013 8:08 am - MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Just down from the Target and Gander Mountain big-box stores and between a nail salon and dental office, North Carolina’s largest health insurer open...
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Rare silver dollar sells for $3.88 million in RosemontAug 11, 2013 8:04 pm - An 1804-dated U.S. silver dollar specially made on behalf of President Andrew Jackson sold for $3,877,500 in a public auction Thursday night in Rosemont. The pre-sale es...
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Google’s Moto X phone hugs middle of the roadAug 11, 2013 8:08 am - The screen on Motorola’s new Moto X smartphone doesn’t have the highest resolution. Storage capacity is limited and the processor isn’t the most potent. It doesn’t even ...
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Review: Google photo tools won’t replace humansAug 11, 2013 8:08 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It can take months, even years, for me to share photos from a trip. The more shots I take, the more I dread going through them to delete bad shots and...
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Why Apple, Google are the best of enemiesAug 11, 2013 11:20 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Last week my colleague Matt Yglesias and I took turns playing out a fantastical 10-part shooting war between Apple and Google. We had fun doing it, a...
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App reviews: Papyrus, GridAug 11, 2013 8:08 am - Papyrus For many, digital note-taking, particularly on the fly, has yet to really surpass the traditional notepad. Sure, lots of people type faster than they write,...
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Why you should be using the wallet app VenmoAug 11, 2013 11:20 am - WASHINGTON — I usually find it distasteful to evangelize a smartphone app. But within the past year, I’ve given this spiel to any smartphone owner I go out to eat with: ...
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Twitter buzz helps boost TV-show ratings, Nielsen findsAug 11, 2013 11:20 am - Twitter Inc. users, sending status updates in 140-character bursts on the social-networking site, can increase television ratings by sharing their thoughts while a show ...
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