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Associated Press A man uses the NFC communicate library system on Wednesday at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show, in Barcelona.
Companies struggle to popularize mobile money
BARCELONA, Spain — Mobile money may seem like a hot concept, but consumers aren’t warming to it. At the world’s largest cellphone trade show, here in Barcelona last week, the 70,000 attendees we...
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Best Buy 4th quarter loss narrows
NEW YORK — Best Buy Co. lost less money in the fourth quarter as efforts by new CEO Hubert Joly to make the company more efficient showed glimmers of paying off. The struggling electronics chain...
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Coca-Cola paid CEO $21.6 million for 2012
NEW YORK — Coca-Cola Co. gave Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent a pay package worth $21.6 million last year, as the world’s biggest beverage maker navigated shifting drinking habits in the U.S. and sold...
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Oil falls as spending cuts loom; pump prices dip
NEW YORK — Oil fell Friday to its lowest level of the year on worrisome economic developments in the world’s two largest oil-consuming nations. The price of crude fell 1.5 percent and is down 6 ...
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Associated Press Ron Johnson, CEO of J.C. Penney, arrived at New York Supreme Court on Friday. Johnson itestified in a trial that pits the struggling department store chain against rival Macy's Inc. over a partnership with Martha Stewart.
CEO emails suggest aim at breaking rival deal
NEW YORK — It’s been a tough week to be Ron Johnson. J.C. Penney’s CEO was in the hot seat again on Friday in New York State Supreme Court after facing investors earlier last week over a dismal ...
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Stocks close higher despite looming cuts
NEW YORK — An encouraging manufacturing report nudged the stock market higher Friday, giving it a slight gain for the week, even as a deadline for avoiding sweeping government spending cuts loomed....
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Associated Press Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an event to announce new products Oct. 23 in San Jose, Calif. Cook sought to assure shareholders Wednesday that the company is working on some "great stuff" that may help reverse a sharp decline in its stock price.
Apple CEO promises investors ‘great stuff’
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple CEO Tim Cook sought to reassure shareholders worried about the company’s sagging stock price that the iPhone and iPad maker is on the verge of inventing more breakthrough ...
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Associated Press A woman sits on an eCooltra Connected electric scooters at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show, Tuesday in Barcelona, Spain. The first wave of the wireless revolution was getting people to talk to each other through cellphones.
Wireless connections creep into everyday things
BARCELONA, Spain — A car that tells your insurance company how you’re driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your air conditioner when electric...
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First lady highlights child obesity progress
CLINTON, Miss. — Michelle Obama on Wednesday congratulated this Southern state for a more than 13 percent drop in its child obesity rates, saying its example should inspire the rest of the country....
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun People cheer in front of the new Baptist Health Paducah sign after its unveiling. The hospital officially switched to its new logo and name on Feb. 5.
Brand new brand
It took a year and a half for committees, marketing employees and hospital presidents to settle on the new logo for the Baptist Health system. When the hospital formerly known as Western Baptist...
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