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As the quasi-mainstream electric car crushes the crushing machine, Elon Musk's PR rolls over the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 21, 2013 at 3:23 am | News Desk

NBC is looking to turn modest ratings of its Barclays Premier League broadcasts into big ad revenue Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 20, 2013 at 10:56 am | News Desk

The death came a week before Moritz Erhardt was to complete an internship at Bank of America in London Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

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One of the companies that shut down its secure e-mail service earlier this month has posted further explanation of the technical issues at play Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 20, 2013 at 3:15 am | News Desk

The songs are definitely similar but easy to tell apart. Listen to the recordings and decide for yourself Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

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Google's new format hasn't led to a big drop yet in the number of people opening promotional e-mails, says one marketing firm Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

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Standard & Poor's says colleges have raised prices so much, they may be shooting themselves in the foot Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 18, 2013 at 3:05 am | News Desk

The songs are definitely similar but easy to tell apart. Listen to the recordings and decide for yourself Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

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A new feature by Mindflash pauses an online course if it senses you’re drifting off Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

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The songs are definitely similar but easy to tell apart. Listen to the recordings and decide for yourself Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 17, 2013 at 4:27 am | News Desk

The burrito chain has settled its claims against Jack in the Box for marketing a “Chipotle Chicken Club Combo” Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

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All three have unveiled major military vessels in an effort to gain the strategic upper hand in territorial disputes Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 17, 2013 at 4:27 am | News Desk

The burrito chain has settled its claims against Jack in the Box for marketing a “Chipotle Chicken Club Combo” Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 16, 2013 at 5:46 am | News Desk

In "Let’s go German", our article on American carmaking on August 3rd, we should have said that GM’s labour costs including pensions are now around $59 (not $78) an hour per worker, compared with about $40 (not $53) at some foreign-owned plants. Our piece in the same issue on "Sin-free ale" misspelled the name of Aujan, a brewer. And last week’s article on cyber-crime, "Firewalls and firefights", misspelled the name of CloudFlare, a technology start-up. Sorry. These have all been corrected online. Business Click here for more information The Economist: Business

August 16, 2013 at 3:24 am | News Desk

IN AVIATION the arrival of privately owned low-cost airlines has shaken up the market and sent the traditional flag carriers into retreat. But in Europe’s railway business there is still little competition in passenger services. Even in freight, where there ought to be more scope for rivalry, the market is still dominated by state-owned incumbents. The European Commission’s “Transport 2050” plan, adopted two years ago, promises to get half of all the continent’s medium-distance goods transport off the roads and on to rail (or water) by 2050. But although some progress has been made in designating cross-border rail “corridors”, the plan will not get far unless there is more choice and competition.N...

August 16, 2013 at 3:24 am | News Desk

Will it fly? FLYING conditions were perfect, it was widely agreed, when American Airlines and US Airways announced in February their intention to take off together. But on August 13th the airlines unexpectedly found themselves fighting severe headwinds as the Department of Justice and six state attorneys-general filed a lawsuit to ground the proposed merger for being anti-competitive. The trustbusters argued that this was a bad deal for passengers who would face “higher air fares, higher fees and fewer choices”.The new airline, to be called American Airlines Group, would be the world’s biggest, with around 187m passengers a year and more than 100,000 workers. After decades of consolidation, this would leave over 80% of ...

August 16, 2013 at 3:24 am | News Desk