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Cheese! Small businesses get sales off Instagram 06/19/2014 10:32am • JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- A picture is worth thousands of dollars for Limelight Extensions.Phones start ringing at the Farmington Hills, Michigan, salon each time co-owner Miranda Jade Plater posts pictures on photo-sharing app Instagram. Would-be customers call to book appoi Philippines asks Singapore to probe racist blog 06/19/2014 05:30am • SATISH CHENEY Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) -- The Philippines has asked Singapore authorities to take action against a blog author who suggested Singaporeans should shove Filipinos on the street and be rude to Filipino workers, the latest sign of growing intolerance toward migrant workers in the BRAZIL BEAT: Pros playing pickup game on the beach 06/19/2014 02:56am • SANTOS, Brazil (AP) -- If you are in Brazil for the World Cup, the next time you take a stroll on the beach and see one of the traditional football matches played on the sand, you might want to take a closer look. Some major star could be among those young guys kicking balls.On Wednesday afternoon, Amazon ties new 4.7-inch phone to its services 06/19/2014 02:37am • RYAN NAKASHIMA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- Amazon unveiled its first smartphone ever on Wednesday, a device that assists shoppers by using six cameras that can make sense of its user's face and the world around it.The phone's most significant feature, called "Firefly," employs audio and object Stocks edge higher after Fed trims bond purchases 06/18/2014 11:08pm • ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer U.S. stocks are rising for the fourth day in a row. Major indexes shifted higher following the Federal Reserve's latest policy announcement. The central bank said it would cut another $10 billion from its monthly bond purchases, citing an improving U.S. job market.KEEPI Stocks edge higher after Fed trims bond purchases 06/18/2014 05:28pm • The Associated Press Stocks are closing higher after the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy was doing well enough for the central bank to make further reductions to its stimulus program.It was the fourth straight gain for stocks and another record-high close for the Standard & Poor's 500 index.T FedEx 4Q profit rises on growth in ground shipping 06/18/2014 05:00pm • DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) -- The boom in online shopping may be hurting some store-based retailers, but it is doing wonders for FedEx Corp.The package-delivery giant said Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose sharply thanks to the growth in e-commerce, which is boost Amazon is about to jump into smartphones 06/18/2014 01:20pm • MAE ANDERSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon, a company of seemingly boundless ambition, appears to be venturing into yet another market: smartphones.The corporate juggernaut that started out with books and soon moved into music, video, cloud computing and Kindle e-readers is hosting a laun US stocks drift lower ahead of Fed meeting 06/18/2014 12:21pm • The Associated Press U.S. stocks are drifting lower at midday ahead of the Federal Reserve's latest policy update and outlook on the economy.FedEx rose 5 percent after the package delivery service reported that its income rose as growth in online shopping gave its ground-shipping business a lift.La Stocks mixed...Trademark board rules against Redskins name...Current account deficit jumps 06/18/2014 11:48am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are little changed in early trading on Wall Street as investors wait for the latest policy action from the Federal Reserve. The Fed's policy-making committee caps a two-day meeting this afternoon with a statement outlining the central bank's plans and updating its economic fo Stocks waver in early trade ahead of Fed decision 06/18/2014 10:20am • The Associated Press U.S. stocks are little changed in early trading as investors wait for the latest policy action from the Federal Reserve.FedEx rose 5 percent after the package delivery service reported that its income rose as growth in online shopping gave its ground-shipping business a lift.Fo Major retailers agree to list unit prices online 06/17/2014 03:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Shoppers can skip the math. It's about to get easier to compare prices on products from breakfast cereals to toothpaste at some of the nation's major online retailers.New York's attorney general said Tuesday that Costco, CVS, FreshDirect, Wal-Mart and Walgreen have agreed to list un Rental Report: Location, Location, Location 06/17/2014 10:05am • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. In a prev Starbucks clears college degree path for workers 06/17/2014 12:24am • CANDICE CHOI AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Starbucks is giving its baristas a shot at an online college degree, an unusual benefit in an industry where higher education is often out of reach for workers.The coffee chain is partnering with Arizona State University to make an online undergr Air raids kill 27 in Syrian city of Aleppo 06/16/2014 03:31pm • BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian military helicopters dropped barrel bombs on a rebel-held neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo on Monday, cleaving the fronts of apartment buildings and killing at least 27 people, activists said.Government aircraft have pounded districts under opposition control in the