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Indiana changed state under 8 years of Daniels
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels will leave Indiana a state modeled after the businessman's conservatism he practiced and studied for decades, with all the successes and mistakes that came of his bold vision. He leased the Indiana Toll...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Pension and Welfare, Finance, Republican Party, Politics
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Cyber Monday likely to be busiest online sales day
NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday is a distant memory. Small Business Saturday is long gone. Now, it's Cyber Monday's turn. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving...
Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Thanksgiving, Black Friday (shopping), Maytag Corp., Cyber Monday
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Judge: Indiana can't collect on IBM welfare lawsuit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Wednesday spurned Indiana's efforts to recoup roughly $170 million from IBM Corp. over its failed effort to overhaul the state's welfare system as part of a broader privatization push that was an early hallmark of...Tags: Company Privatization, Career and Workplace, Finance, Pension and Welfare, Politics
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South Bend achieves tech distinction
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- City leaders turned to new technology and private-sector partners a few years ago to reduce the amount of sewage that ends up in the St. Joseph River. They worked with University of Notre Dame engineers and scientists who designed a network...Tags: Sports, Science and Technology, Sports Organizations, University of Notre Dame
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South Bend Economic Summit draws a crowd
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- As it turns out, contrary to widespread perceptions, South Bend is a pretty low-cost place to do business. Unfortunately, site selectors say they don't know whom to call when they have questions about development opportunities. Some good...Tags: Business, Economic Policy, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Marketing
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Obama, Romney say admit women to Augusta golf club
WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House spokesman said Thursday that President Barack Obama believes women should be admitted as members to the all-male Augusta National, home of the Masters golf tournament. White House press secretary Jay Carney told...Tags: Barack Obama, Masters Tournament, Golf, Jay Carney, Sports
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Daniels legacy on line with Ind.'s $205M tax error
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels has built a national image as a persnickety fiscal manager with an eye for detail, but two massive accounting errors that have tilted Indiana's books by more than half-a-billion dollars threaten to tarnish that...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Regional Authority, Finance, Republican Party, Politics
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Court: Indiana can't deny welfare without reason
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court said Thursday that the state Family and Social Services Administration can't deny Medicaid, food stamps or welfare to people without first doing a better job of telling them why. The unanimous ruling...Tags: Trials, Pension and Welfare, Health, Politics, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Why you should care about nanotechnology
A battery that holds a cellphone charge forever and a test that detects dangerous infections found at hospitals in just 30 minutes – neither one of those is on the market yet, but both could be because of work being done right here in St. Joseph...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Health, Nanotechnology
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Indiana seeks order shielding governor from IBM suits
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels is seeking a protective order that would shield him from "burdensome depositions" in two lawsuits over the state's cancellation of a $1.37 billion contract IBM received to modernize Indiana's welfare system....Tags: Lawyers, Trials, Regional Authority, Indianapolis, Politics
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Congressman tops Watson, the 'Jeopardy' computer
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Turns out all it took to top Watson, the Jeopardy-winning computer, was a real-life rocket scientist. Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey is just such a scientist. The congressman topped the IBM computer Monday night in a "Jeopardy"...Tags: New Jersey, Washington (U.S. state), Rush Holt, Science and Technology, Politics
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IBM computer taking on 'Jeopardy!' champs for $1M
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. (AP) — An IBM computer is about to show the world how quickly it can come up with an answer in the form of a question. A hardware and software system named Watson is playing a "Jeopardy!" practice round Thursday against...Tags: Human Interest, New York City, Culver City
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