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AP Top Business News At 4:49 p.m. EDT 04/23/2015 04:49pm • Nasdaq Record: Then and Now Nasdaq sets record high, 15 years after dot-com bubble Strong dollar squeezes company earnings Milestones for the Nasdaq composite Google posts mixed 1Q results amid new threats to company US new-home sales collapse in March Reports say Comcast plans to drop $45B Time War AP Top Technology News At 4:41 p.m. EDT 04/23/2015 04:41pm • Google posts mixed 1Q results amid new threats to company Carter: Pentagon must do more to find insider cyber threats Reports say Comcast plans to drop $45B Time Warner Cable bid Q&A: What's listeria and how is it traced to ice cream? As PayPal split looms, eBay plans to think small Study: Self- AP-Daybook-Fri-Agencies 04/23/2015 10:31am • --------------------- AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Friday, April 24 AGENCIES --------------------- AGENCIES Listings are taken primarily from the Federal Register. Agency activities may also be found elsewhere in the daybook. April 23 - 24. ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS ADMINISTRATION ��� First meeting of Comm GM's new driverless car has futuristic style (Video) 04/23/2015 06:58am • WASHINGTON -- General Motors has unveiled a driverless concept car so stylish that it looks as if it's��from the pages of science fiction. The Chevy FNR (for Find New Roads) is not the imagining of an artist; it's a real concept car. Blue crystal laser headlights peer out from beneath��the bac Column: How 'Mobilegeddon' could kill traffic to your website 04/23/2015 05:49am • WASHINGTON ��� Q: Can you explain what I need to know about ���Mobilegeddon��� for my website? A: It���s not hard to understand the impact that smartphones have had on our online behaviors and Google is addressing this shift for those using search on a smartphone. The catchword ���Mobilegeddon Portfolio Analysis: a Subpar-Performing $850,613 Investment Account 04/22/2015 08:00pm • Your investment portfolio is nothing more than a reflection of who you are. In other words, it's a personal statement about how you approach financial risk, investment cost, diversification and taxes. If you're disorderly when it comes to these aspects of your investment plan, the unwelcome consequ Google's Earth Day quiz connects you with your animal equal (Photos) 04/22/2015 06:12pm • WASHINGTON ��� Happy Earth Day! On April 22, everyone comes together to remember the importance of caring for the planet. It's also the time to discover if you're a woolly mammoth or a mantis shrimp. Google's newest Doodle for the special day offers users a quick quiz to discover what type of Wearable technology coming to the office, but when? 04/22/2015 08:56am • WASHINGTON ��� Wearable technology is getting smarter and smarter. But will items such as smartwatches and Google Glass become office staples? Chief Information Officers think so, but they disagree on when it���ll happen. CBS News reports that a recent survey of CIOs finds that 81 percent think w Everything I Know About Health, Fitness and Gratitude I Learned From Pole 04/21/2015 08:00pm • This past weekend, I was privileged enough to compete in a professional pole dancing competition here in Herndon, Virginia. I'm not talking "pole dance" in the traditional sense, but in the acrobatic and artistic sense. If you haven't heard of the pole fitness craze that has been gaining momentum a Lost your phone? Google it 04/16/2015 06:21pm • WASHINGTON ��� We all lose our phones from time to time, but if yours is an Android, it just got easier than ever to find. The website for NBC���s TODAY��reports that you can now type ���find my phone��� into Google, and a map with your phone���s location will come up. And you can sound the ringt 5 Reasons to Enlist an Expert 04/15/2015 08:00pm • What do you do when you don't know the answer to something? The majority of people nowadays would say, "I Google it." While this makes sense for certain topics, such as currency conversion or the name of an author, more complex issues may warrant enlisting the help of an expert. The best leaders r 10 MBA Programs With the Most Employed Graduates 04/15/2015 08:00pm • B-Schools Where Grads Get JobsStudents in business school are usually laser-focused on finding a job. The sooner they can secure a full-time job, the better -- especially because many MBAs take on considerable debt for graduate school.These are the top 10 schools where full-time students found work The Most Nefarious Fitness Killer of Them All 04/14/2015 08:00pm • The first two installments of this series covered the pitfalls of doing too much and doing too little, and the ways that these tendencies may be wreaking havoc on your gym routine. As much as I hate to say it, I'm guilty of the final gym sin, too. Let's take a look at the most nefarious culprit of Follow 5 Steps to Write a Successful U.S. College Application Essay 04/13/2015 08:00pm • Every year, many international students get into their dream U.S. schools or are accepted to colleges and offered decent financial aid packages. This is not solely because of their academic performance or the extracurricular activities they have participated in, but also because of the way they pres Iconic Jennifer Lopez dress and the creation of Google Image Search (Photos) 04/09/2015 09:33am • WASHINGTON ��� It has been 15 years since Jennifer Lopez donned that revealing Versace dress at the 2000 Grammy Awards, catching the world���s��attention. Now, we know it was that dress that helped inspire the creation of Google Image Search. Google���s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, explained