Business

Facebook Probes How Posts And Comments Express Laughter

8:17am August 11, 2015

The company looked specifically at haha, hehe, LOL and of course some kind of happy emoji. The winner: Haha is used most frequently. The emoji is in second place followed by hehe.

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Nick Symmonds will not be going to the world championships with the U.S. team in Beijing this month.

Runner Nick Symmonds Out Of World Championships In Sponsorship Dispute

8:22pm August 10, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

Symmonds has a deal to wear Brooks Running products, while the U.S. world championships team is sponsored by Nike.

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Google Announces New Parent Company Called 'Alphabet'

7:36pm August 10, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

Google announced a broad restructuring Monday in a blog post by CEO Larry Page. Under the new structure, Alphabet becomes the parent company atop of Google's ventures.

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Prince onstage during the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in February.

Prince Compares Record Contracts To Slavery In Rare Meeting With Media

7:14am August 10, 2015

by Eric Deggans

Music icon Prince is worried about the future of the music business for artists, and his top priority can be summed up in one word: freedom.

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Housing Bounces Back In Most, But Not All, Of Atlanta

12:52pm August 08, 2015

by Molly Samuel

At the height of the housing bubble, Atlanta was adding tens of thousands of homes a year, but then the bottom fell out. Now, there's building once again, but some residents are feeling left out.

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Netflix's Parental Leave Plan Is Groundbreaking — And Unlikely To Spread

11:58am August 08, 2015

by Steve Henn

Netflix decision to offer unlimited paid leave to new parents grew out of a culture that already offered unlimited vacation. It's part of a plan to attract the most talented employees possible.

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Brenda Hummel and her 7-year-old daughter Andrea in their home near Des Moines, Iowa. Andrea was born with severe epilepsy and gets her health care through Medicaid.

Patients In Iowa Worry About Private Management Of Medicaid

5:37pm August 07, 2015

by Clay Masters

The way one fifth of Iowa's residents get health care is about to change. The governor is putting Medicaid in the hands of private insurance companies, and 11 firms are vying for that business.

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Sam's Meat Market was looted and vandalized at least three times during the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., last year.

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Ferguson Businesses Struggle To Rebuild Post-Riots

5:37pm August 07, 2015

by Cheryl Corley

Last year, many businesses in Ferguson, Mo., were looted and vandalized in unrest that gripped the city. Customers are starting to return, but some owners don't feel positive about staying here.

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Nursing attendant Tracie Bell helps manage patients at the ophthalmology clinic at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The clinic created a color-coded system to reduce wait times for patients.

Hospitals Turn To Toyota To Make Care Safer And Swifter

3:16pm August 07, 2015

by Anna Gorman

Public hospitals are adapting the automaker's production system to health care, with the goal of making tasks like scheduling surgeries more safe and efficient.

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C. The Fed's next meeting is set for Sept. 16-17.

You're The Judge: Can The Job Market Stand Interest Rate Hikes?

2:46pm August 07, 2015

by Marilyn Geewax

On Friday, the Labor Department said the July unemployment rate held steady at 5.3 percent. If you had to choose, would you take that to mean the economy is too cool or too hot? Weigh the evidence.