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Small business loan rates sink (Aug-15, 19:28 EDT )-- The Oakland County Business Finance Corp. is offering long-term, fixed-rate financing for the purchase of commercial real estate at one of the lowest rates since the program began through the Small Business Association.
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Your Brain on Computers: Studying the Brain Off the Grid, Professors Find Clarity (Aug-15, 21:53 EDT )-- Five neuroscientists spent a week on a hiking and rafting trip to understand how heavy use of technology changes how we think and behave.
Advertising: HBO Plans Big Campaign for ‘Boardwalk Empire’ (Aug-15, 21:52 EDT )-- HBO plans to spend more than $10 million on the marketing for “Boardwalk Empire,†a series from Martin Scorsese.
Telegram & Gazette to Start Charging Web Readers (Aug-15, 21:48 EDT )-- Once readers surpass 10 free local articles a month, the site will offer options like a $1 day pass or $15 for a month subscription.
News Analysis: Rates Fall as Market Fears Economic Weakness (Aug-15, 21:43 EDT )-- As Labor Day approaches, interest rates have collapsed, plunging along with economic optimism.
‘Expendables’ Tops Weekend Box Office, Enlivening a Studio Takeover Battle (Aug-15, 21:41 EDT )-- “The Expendables,†an ensemble action film starring and directed by Sylvester Stallone, took in an estimated $35 million in ticket sales and beat out “Eat Pray Love.â€
Link by Link: In Google-Verizon Deal, Fears for Privacy (Aug-15, 21:39 EDT )-- Advocates of online privacy say that without Internet neutrality, the Internet becomes more like a mall and less like a public square.
‘Cathy’ Cartoon to End, but Not Her Stresses (Aug-15, 21:37 EDT )-- For 34 years, the creator of “Cathy,†Cathy Guisewite, provided a running social commentary for women who often felt misunderstood and maligned.
Drilling Down: Sufferers of Chronic Illness Have Less Web Access (Aug-15, 21:34 EDT )-- Those who are afflicted with chronic conditions are less likely to have Internet access, but “cyberchondriacs,†those who look for health information online, are an ever-growing group.
Smooth-Stone Aims to Make Low-Power Chip (Aug-15, 21:34 EDT )-- A start-up wants to modify low-power smartphone chips to run servers, the computers in corporate data centers. If successful, it would undermine Intel’s server-chip juggernaut.
Laid-Off Chinese Bank Workers Refuse to Go Quietly (Aug-15, 21:20 EDT )-- Many of the employees who are losing their jobs as state-run banks restructure are organizing and demanding to be rehired or compensated, but they face a daunting task.
The Big Cable Channels Keep Getting Bigger (Aug-15, 21:18 EDT )-- Chalk it up to a competitive environment among programmers and a viewer appetite for new shows year-round.
Dating Site Plans Ad Campaign to Mark 10 Years (Aug-15, 21:18 EDT )-- The eHarmony “Love Begins Here†campaign will include roving pedicabs and a giant billboard in Times Square.
New Satellites Aim to Offer Improved Internet Service (Aug-15, 21:10 EDT )-- Internet access via satellite tends to serve the underserved. With new technology, the providers hope to upgrade their service at lower cost.
China Passes Japan to Become No. 2 Economy (Aug-15, 21:07 EDT )-- Experts say that unseating Japan â€" and in recent years passing Germany, France and Great Britain â€" underscores China’s growing clout.
Google Internet Plan Disillusions Some Allies (Aug-15, 21:01 EDT )-- Groups that saw Google as a top ally in the fight for net neutrality see its proposal with Verizon as a retreat.
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