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Dannon reducing amount of sugar in yogurt for kids

NEW YORK – Dannon says it will cut back the amount of sugar in its yogurts intended for children.The move is part of a variety of measures the company is taking to improve the nutritional content of...

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Obama to boost overtime provisions

Danny Felix says he often worked weekends driving a shuttle bus back and forth from a parking lot to Washington’s Union Station, pushing his schedule beyond 60 hours some weeks.Felix, who said he was...

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Company ignored alerts from computer security system Target missed signs of...

Target has acknowledged that its computer security system had alerted it to suspicious activity after hackers infiltrated its network last year, but the company ultimately decided to ignore it,...

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U.S. stocks fall after Thursday’s drop amid tension over Ukraine...

U.S. stocks fell Friday, a day after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lost the most in five weeks, as talks with Russia failed to end a standoff over the Crimea ahead of Sunday’s referendum.Bank of...

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GM challenges findings of more deaths related to ignition defect

As many as 303 deaths could have been caused by a defect that recently prompted General Motors Co. to recall 1.6 million cars, according to a new report commissioned by an independent consumer...

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Quiznos follows Sbarro into bankruptcy as competition grows

Quiznos Corp., the Denver-based toasted-sandwich chain, filed for bankruptcy just days after pizzeria company Sbarro LLC sought protection from creditors, as competition among fast-food restaurants...

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U.S. producer prices fell 0.1% last month

WASHINGTON – The prices companies receive for their goods and services fell slightly in February, the latest sign that inflation is tame.The producer price index, which measures price changes before...

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Google wants email scanning info blocked from public

Google Inc., the world’s largest Internet-search provider, is seeking to black out portions of a transcript from a public court hearing that includes information on how it mines data from personal...

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‘Veronica Mars’ Fans Are Happy to Finance a Reunion

LOS ANGELES – Hardly a week after Cyrus and Ina Chung had moved to Providence, R.I., to start new jobs, this married couple stood here in a parking lot, dressed in formal clothes with the Southern...

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On the Record / March 15, 2014

Hires/Promotions/Honors Angelo Natale, president and CEO of Natale Builders recently earned the Certified Green Professional National Association of Home Builders Award for project of the year, best...

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Niagara County Real Estate Transactions

CAMBRIA• Upper Mountain Road & Subbera Road, Matthew P. Foe; Jeanette S. Kroening to Milleville Brothers Partnership, $305,000.• Saunders Settlement Road, Steven A. Olick Jr.; Marianne E. Olick to...

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Erie County Real Estate Transactions

ALDEN• 11798 Manitou Drive, Carol M. Ressler; Ronald C. Ressler to Allen Austin; Betty J. Austin, $225,000.• 11724 Buckwheat Road, Herbert C. Hoffman; Craig D. Hoffman; Thelma E. Hoffman; Curtis H....

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Thawing job market makes slow progress

There’s no question the Buffalo Niagara job market is getting better.Six years after the Great Recession started battering local employers, we’ve recovered all of the jobs that we lost during the...

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UB engineer has traveled a long distance from humble roots

Cemal Basaran was 25 when he arrived in this country from Turkey, with $500 in his pocket, to begin his graduate studies.Today, he’s a University at Buffalo civil engineering professor who studies how...

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Encouraging entrepreneurs at a new co-working space

When Pat Whalen stands in the middle of an empty, 90-year-old industrial building in downtown Buffalo, he sees a piece of the city’s economic revival.Whalen, who is chief operating officer of the...

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U.S. lags as commercial drones take off around the globe

WASHINGTON – A small, four-rotor drone hovered over Washington Nationals players for a few days during spring training in Florida last month, taking publicity photos impossible for a human...

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7 crucial facts buyers should know about FHA loans

What is an FHA loan? In the wake of the housing bubble’s collapse, FHA loans have taken on renewed importance for today’s mortgage borrowers.Simply stated, an FHA loan is a mortgage insured by the...

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Trashed online? Act quickly to protect your reputation

It can take a long time – if ever – to undo damage caused by comments on the Internet. Scathing posts can tarnish reputations for individuals and businesses, and the snarkiest stuff can go viral...

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Samsung introduces free streaming radio service

Samsung has unveiled a new free music service for its phones that it touts as a significant improvement from the apps already on the market.The South Korean gadget maker’s Milk Music service, which...

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Think twice before buying ID theft protection

With all the news recently about data breaches at major U.S. retailers – Target, Neiman Marcus, Michaels – many consumers might wonder if they should subscribe to an identity theft “protection”...

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