Business Stories from June 22, 2019 (Change date)
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Mercedes-Benz recognizes one of area's oldest dealershipsJun 25, 2019 8:36 am - Knauz Automotive Group, Lake Bluff, was recently recognized by Mercedes-Benz USA for its 60 years as a Mercedes-Benz dealership, a milestone few have achieved. Bill Knau...
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Review: Google Chrome has become surveillance software. It's time to switch.Jun 24, 2019 8:27 am - You open your browser to look at the web. Do you know who is looking back at you? Over a recent week of web surfing, I peered under the hood of Google Chrome and found i...
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Robocalls are overwhelming hospitals, threatening a new kind of health crisisJun 24, 2019 8:27 am - In the heart of Boston, Tufts Medical Center treats scores of health conditions, from administering measles vaccines for children to pioneering next-generation tools tha...
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Wall Street sees big promise in Facebook coin, with a lot of ifsJun 24, 2019 8:27 am - Facebook Inc.'s bid to create a new cryptocurrency has the potential to someday disrupt the global money system, analysts say. That's if the new stablecoin, called Libra...
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What's in the new House bipartisan anti-robocall billJun 24, 2019 8:27 am - House lawmakers on Thursday announced a new bipartisan compromise on a bill to combat robocalls, a proposal that Democrats and Republicans hope will lessen interruptions...
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Survey: Americans lack trust in social networks' judgment to remove offensive postsJun 24, 2019 8:27 am - Most Americans believe social media companies have a responsibility to remove offensive content from their platforms. But how tech firms decide what posts should be take...
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Domino's will start delivering pizzas via an autonomous robot this fallJun 25, 2019 6:38 am - For months now, the robotics company Nuro has been using electric, self-driving vehicles to deliver groceries to Kroger customers in Phoenix and Houston. Now the Silicon...
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Tech salaries grew 15% in Austin, 10% in New York City over 3 yearsJun 24, 2019 8:27 am - Not only do tech workers in Austin, Texas, enjoy a lower cost of living than other major cities, but they are also seeing fattening paychecks. Tech salaries in Austin gr...
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Your phone may have a cure for your fear of flyingJun 25, 2019 6:38 am - After an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed on March 10, killing the 157 people onboard, Nic Johns noticed something uncomfortable. The app he developed, a number-crunchi...
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Constable: In wake of #MeToo, sexual harassment training needed more than everJun 25, 2019 2:47 pm - An old newspaper book on my desk, titled "Gimme Rewrite, Sweetheart," predates the start of my career by only a decade or so. I can't remember when sexual harassment bec...
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