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Identity theft victims lose more than money 10/29/2014 06:38pm • BY MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Personal data was stolen from 100 million Americans this year in cyber-attacks and thefts from retailers, banks and hospitals. Many of them will become victims of identity theft. While the financial hit to people and companies is real, the emotio Stocks mixed...Traders await results of Fed meeting... 10/29/2014 11:40am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stock indexes are stuck in a tight range in early trading as investors consider a mixed batch of company earnings. Facebook slumped 7 percent after the company warned investors that it will spend significant amounts of money next year on its work force and developing its services. O Correction: Apple Pay-Retail Skirmish story 10/29/2014 11:29am • NEW YORK (AP) -- In a story Oct. 29 about Apple Inc.'s new payment system, The Associated Press misattributed a quotation from an Apple Pay user in Indianapolis. The speaker was Thomas Pritchard, not Ben Heyman.A corrected version of the story is below:Retail skirmish blocks Apple Pay at checkout li Apple CEO Tim Cook says Apple Pay a success 10/29/2014 11:10am • BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook said Apple's new mobile payment system had over 1 million activations in the first three days after it became available, and is now more widely used than any competing payment system."We're already No. 1. We're more 8 Positive Outcomes of the Paleo Trend 10/29/2014 12:00am • Let me get this out of the way right now: I'm not a fan of the paleo diet. I don't support this restrictive, meat-heavy diet that bans so many nutritious foods, such as dairy, grains and beans. It's a diet plan that landed at the bottom of the list in U.S. News Best Diets rankings, scoring only 2 o 10 Tools That Give You a Tailored Estimate of What You'll Pay for College 10/29/2014 12:00am • Unravel the Mystery of College CostsFor many students, what they'll pay to attend college isn't clear. But paying for college doesn't have to remain a mystery. Reputable online tools can guide students based on personal data, such as tax returns, award letters and student loan records. "While they Stocks rally...Oil prices edge higher, boost energy stocks...Facebook beats expectations...AT&T sued 10/28/2014 06:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Earnings gains and growing consumer confidence have sent stocks broadly higher higher. The three major U.S. indexes all gained more than 1 percent today. The S&P 500 rose 23 points, or 1.2 percent, to close at 1,985. All ten industry groups in the index rose. The Dow added 187 point Google Inbox: A new way to manage email 10/28/2014 08:29am • Data Doctors Google exec sets records with leap from near-space 10/27/2014 07:20pm • ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) -- Google executive Alan Eustace broke the sound barrier and set several skydiving records over the southern New Mexico desert early Friday after taking a big leap from the edge of space.Eustace's supersonic jump was part of a project by Paragon Space Development Corp. and its Str Cloud business lifts Microsoft's quarterly results 10/27/2014 05:22pm • BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Microsoft's quarterly profit and revenue sailed past expectations Thursday, as CEO Satya Nadella's push to embrace cloud computing and diversify into mobile devices helped lift sales by 25 percent.Revenue from cloud services, including softwa 2015 Best Global Universities 10/27/2014 12:00am • Best Universities Worldwide Colleges across the world are working to prepare students to compete in a global workforce. Read about some of the international populations and initiatives of the top 20 Best Global Universities, ranked by U.S. News based on their academic reputations and research perfor Financial Advisors vs. Robo-Advisors: Which is Right for You? 10/27/2014 12:00am • One recurring theme of the 21st century has been the ascendance of automation technologies that replace human workers. For example, the travel industry has changed dramatically in the past 15 years, as people bypass a local agent and head for Expedia, Orbitz or Priceline. The financial services ind FCC: Phone companies posted private info online 10/25/2014 11:50am • ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two phone companies -- TerraCom Inc. and YourTel America Inc. -- unwittingly posted the Social Security numbers, driver's licenses and other sensitive data of up to 300,000 clients to the Internet, an investigation found, and federal regulators said Stumped doctor ordered cyanide test on dying woman 10/24/2014 06:40pm • JOE MANDAK Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A physician who treated a 41-year-old neurologist after she suddenly collapsed said Friday that he ordered a test that eventually revealed a lethal amount of cyanide in her blood because he could find no other explanation for her sudden illness.Dr. Jon 'Silicon Beach' brings tech boom to Los Angeles 10/24/2014 04:10am • RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) -- So long Silicon Valley. These days entrepreneurs and engineers are flocking to a place better known for wave surfing than Web surfing. Amid the palm trees and purple sunsets of the Southern California coastline, techies have built "Silicon Beach
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