Features By Sabri Ben-Achour
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Mayor Bloomberg's wealth holds lessons for politics
As a multi-billionaire, Michael Bloomberg has governed New York free from debts to special interests. But there's another side to that independence.
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The Statue of Liberty Mutual
The sequester and other coming government cuts have led the federal government to sell naming rights to monuments and national parks.
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Apple joins race for indoor mapping technology
Apple's purchase of an indoor mapping startup shows the competition for technology to help people navigate inside airports and stores -- as well as let marketers track consumers more closely.
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A tax on medical devices that almost nobody likes
You don't often hear about a 79-to-20 vote in the U.S. Senate, but that's exactly what happened last night. The chamber voted overwhelmingly to repeal a tax on medical devices.
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YouTube hits a billion
YouTube announced that it’s reached a billion viewers per month, putting in the same league as its parent company Google and Facebook.
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Federal Reserve meets, considers future of quantitative easing
The Federal Reserve is finishing up a meeting today in Washington, to which many economists and investors are looking for signs of just how long the central bank intends to keep up its aggressive monetary easing.
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Mayor Bloomberg to stores: Hide your cigarettes
New York City Mayor Bloomberg is proposing a ban on cigarette displays in stores. It’s the latest proposal aimed at making New York a little healthier.
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Facade Lift: Midtown Manhattan may get extreme makeover
New York's mayor wants to give a facelift to the area of Midtown Manhattan that surrounds the venerable Grand Central Station. The city says it is needed to remain a globally competitive business district.
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It's Patch Tuesday! Party time!
For IT professionals, Microsoft has invented a holiday -- of sorts. The second Tuesday of every month is the day Microsoft releases the latest batch of security patches for it's software: Patch Tuesday. This week, the company has more than half-dozen security fixes, as cyber threats mount for Microsoft and Apple software.
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Stressed out? Banks get the Fed's diagnosis
As the Federal Reserve issues its annual stress test results for big banks, the question is do they have enough cash to survive a deep recession, a 50 percent stock market fall and 12 percent unemployment?
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