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Five Android apps that prolong your smartphone’s battery life
By Scott Webster Have you found yourself wishing that your Android’s battery would last longer? Don’t answer that, I already know. Be it poor app design, ever-larger display sizes, or our constant desire to play mobile games, we’re eating up battery … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, App, battery, cellular, Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD, Samsung Galaxy S4, smartphone, technology
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Mom’s work is never done – and now it’s worth less, too
By Allison Linn If moms earned wages for the work they do around the house and with the kids, they’d be getting a pay cut this year.The take-home pay that a mother would earn for everything from cooking to handling … Continue reading
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Tagged Bureau of Labor Statistics, economy, equal value, middle class, money, Mother, motherhood, parenting, Wage
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Meet the new pot entrepreneurs
By Jose Pagliery Washington State’s budding marijuana industry has drawn entrepreneurs from all careers and backgrounds. The professional investors Entrepreneur: Brendan Kennedy and Michael Blue Background: Finance, bank executive Weed-related job: Private equity To those in Washington, these two are … Continue reading
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Tagged Brendan Kennedy, business, Cannabis, CNNMoney.com, economy, entrepreneurship, Leafly, marijuana, money, Washington, Washington State
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I Thought Solitary Confinement in Iran Was Bad — Then I Went Inside America’s Prisons
By Shane Bauer Shane Bauer was one of the three American hikers imprisoned in Iran after being apprehended on the Iraqi border in 2009. He spent 26 months in Tehran’s Evin Prison, 4 of them in solitary. Bauer is winner … Continue reading
New York AG: Wells Fargo, BofA Violated National Foreclosure Settlement
By Shahien Nasiripour New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Monday he may sue Wells Fargo and Bank of America for allegedly violating the terms of last year’s multi-state mortgage settlement, despite questions over his authority to do so. The agreement, … Continue reading
What will the online sales tax bill mean for you?
By Anick Jesdanun Congress is considering legislation that would give states the ability to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes. If the measure passes, consumers would lose a loophole that has resulted in years of tax-free online shopping. Out-of-state … Continue reading
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Tagged business, congress, economy, money, online purchases, online shopping, sales tax, state tax
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Box Office: Iron Man 3 Has Second-Highest Opening Ever
By Liz Raftery Iron Man 3 opened with a whopping $175.3 million at the box office this weekend, making it the second-highest opening of all time (behind 2012’s The Avengers) and setting a high standard for the rest of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Wedding, box office, business, entertainment, film, Iron Man 3, movie, Pain & Gain, Place Beyond the Pines
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Where’s Atticus Finch when you need him? Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in legal battle with agent
“To Kill a Mockingbird,” filed a lawsuit against her literary agent Friday claiming he took advantage of her age and ill-health to steal her royalties. By Robert Gearty and Ginger Adams Otis She needs a lawyer like Atticus Finch. Acclaimed … Continue reading
US faces gaps in protecting human rights in business activities – UN experts
Despite progress and innovation in key sectors of the United States’ economy, too many loopholes remain to adequately protect human rights from adverse business practices, a group of United Nations independent experts today warned. While the US Government has committed … Continue reading
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