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What happened to GoPro?

by Molly Wood
Nov 3, 2016
GoPro is a great brand with a great idea, but it hung on too tight to that idea.
A Gentoo pinguin bites a GoPro camera in Orne Harbour, Antarctic, on March 05, 2016.
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People are already selling ‘bad hombre’ and ‘nasty woman’ merch? Yup.

by Donna Tam
Oct 20, 2016
The latest election memes are already making the rounds as products online.
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What does killing off the Galaxy Note 7 mean for Samsung?

by Donna Tam
Oct 11, 2016
The South Korean electronics giant is permanently halting production on the overheating smartphone.
A woman looks at her mobile phone as she rides past an ad for Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 in the Gangnam district of Seoul on Monday. Samsung said Tuesday that it will no longer manufacturer the phone.
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Even Waffle House is closing up shop with Hurricane Matthew's arrival

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 7, 2016
Waffle House has served has a safe haven for many in the middle of a disaster. But with Hurricane Matthew bearing down, some locations are evacuating.
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Did Trump break the Cuba embargo?

by Donna Tam
Sep 29, 2016
A Newsweek investigation alleges the businessman and presidential candidate’s former company illegally did business in Cuba in the 1990s.
Cubans wave a U.S. and a Cuban flag at the Malecon waterfront as the first US-to-Cuba cruise ship to arrive in the island nation in decades glides into the port of Havana, on May 2, 2016.
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Charlotte's economy is strong but inequality remains

by Reema Khrais
Sep 22, 2016
The unemployment rate for black people is double that for white people.
Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against police brutality in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 21, 2016, following the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott the previous day.
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Fox settles sexual harassment lawsuit, with an apology

by Donna Tam
Sep 6, 2016
Former anchor Gretchen Carlson gets a reported $20 million from the network.
Roger Ailes enters a car outside the News Corp building in July in New York City. Fox will reportedly pay Gretchen Carlson $20 million as part of the settlement after a sexual assault lawsuit against Ailes.  
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In the Amazon age, home improvement chains thrive

by Amy Scott
Aug 16, 2016
Even with online sales, the brick-and-mortar store is often involved.
A Home Depot employee at a store in Miami, Florida. 
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The surprising story behind the rise of flip-flops

by Reema Khrais
Aug 5, 2016
The humblest shoes of summer got their start thousands of years ago
The classic, inexpensive summer shoe got its start centuries ago.
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Presidential elections are bad news for the economy

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 3, 2016
Uncertainty over who the next president will be makes businesses press pause.
"I don’t think there’s nearly as much uncertainty about Clinton" because she's "predictable," says Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University. Above, the Democratic presidential candidate speaks at an event on Friday in Westminster, California. 
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