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New York’s Soda Tax Proposal Is Victim of Industry Campaign (Jul-2, 15:50 EDT )-- A proposed tax on sweet drinks that the beverage industry portrayed as a money grab has been abandoned.
Apple Acknowledges Flaw in iPhone Signal Meter (Jul-2, 15:39 EDT )-- In response to complaints, Apple said it would fix the way the signal strength is displayed on the new iPhone.
Beliefs: Religious Web Site Endures, Despite Changing Hands (Jul-2, 15:27 EDT )-- Beliefnet.com, the online magazine that was sold again last week, has survived since 1999 by nurturing every aspect of our conflicted spirituality.
Stocks Close Lower After Subdued Jobs Report (Jul-2, 15:10 EDT )-- A decline in factory orders added to the cloud over the markets.
Hollywood on the Danube (Jul-2, 15:10 EDT )-- Offering low labor costs, experienced crews and a 20 percent rebate on film production, Budapest is luring foreign film companies away from other European capitals.
Wealth Matters: Bypassing Equity Funds, Wealthy Families Try Direct Investing (Jul-2, 15:08 EDT )-- The very rich are exploring direct investments into private companies. Key factors include a desire for more control despite the risks.
Will Sun Valley Yield Any Deals This Year? (Jul-2, 15:06 EDT )-- What will this year's Allen & Company annual media retreat -- a traditional birthplace of headline-grabbing deals -- yield? Perhaps nothing, some industry observers told Reuters.
The Recovery Is Losing Steam (Jul-2, 14:56 EDT )-- Private-sector job growth has slowed. The workweek also shrank in June, and wages fell.
Shortcuts: For the Jobless, Recovery Just Adds to Their Pain (Jul-2, 14:24 EDT )-- Businesses and Wall Street are on the rebound, but people out of work or underemployed continue to suffer as benefits expire and job searches fail.
Patient Money: Joint Replacement? Do It Right the First Time (Jul-2, 14:14 EDT )-- Thousands of patients have discovered they need surgery to fix failed artificial knees and hips, but additional operations can be avoided by adhering to several simple procedures.
Your Money: Looks Like a Bank, Sounds Like a Bank, but No Way (Jul-2, 14:13 EDT )-- Some companies, while offering attractive rewards and interest rates on savings, play up the fact that they aren’t banks. Well, not exactly anyway.
E.U. Plans to Deal With Debt Crisis Run Into Bumps (Jul-2, 14:10 EDT )-- The massive euro-zone safety net is being delayed by a change in government in Slovakia, while some German banks are resisting release of stress test data.
Off the Charts: Poll Finds Blacks More Upbeat on Economy Than Whites (Jul-2, 13:56 EDT )-- Even though they are more likely than whites to be unemployed, black Americans are more likely to see light at the end of the tunnel.
Why Banks Like Lines (Jul-2, 13:22 EDT )-- A line is a marketing opportunity. No, really!
Distrust Of Supplement Ads Runs High, But Believers Buy In (Jul-2, 10:39 EDT )-- Nearly one-third of people say health claims in ads for nutritional supplements can't be trusted. Only about 4 percent find them to be very trustworthy.
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