Description: CNN’s Felicia Taylor explores how Oreo has remained an American favorite for a century.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 03/06/2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/03/06/happy_100_oreo.cnnmoney/
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Description: Social discovery apps like Highlight and Sonar are getting buzzed about but come with privacy concerns.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 03/10/2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/03/10/ts-sxsw-highlight-sonar.cnnmoney/
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Description:  When patients arrive at Woods Pharmacy & Prescription in Mountain View, Ark., pharmacist Dana Woods greets them by name. In a town of 3,000, where Woods has owned the $2 million pharmacy and soda fountain for 26 years, he usually also knows their parents, their children, and their medications.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 03/08/2012
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-08/end-of-days-for-independent-pharmacies
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Description:  Like many other successful entrepreneurs, Brian Wong worked at a startup before branching out on his own. He worked in business development at Digg, and though he was laid off he says he learned a lot from working there.
Source: Sprouter.com
Date: 03/07/2012
Link: http://sprouter.com/blog/hustle-and-hustle-smart-in-startups/
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Description:  Shares in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc (GMCR.O) tumbled 14 percent on Friday, on fears that it may lose its near monopoly in the U.S. single-cup coffee market after partner Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) outlined plans to launch a rival coffee and espresso machine.
Source: Reuters.com
Date: 03/09/2012
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Description: Fuseproject founder Yves Behar shows off the One Laptop Per Child project’s latest invention.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 02/23/2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/02/23/t-ts-nextlist-olpc.cnnmoney/
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Description: Staying home with small children while earning an income is a common dilemma among parents. Amy Bouchard of Garinder, Maine, figured it out, turning her knack for whoopie pies into a profitable business.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 02/22/2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2012/02/22/smb_sbt_wicked_whoopies.cnnmoney/
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Description: CNNMoney’s Aaron Smith tests Aero Shot, the new caffeine inhaler that contains 100 mg of caffeine in one breathable serving.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 02/21/2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/02/20/n_caffeine_inhaler.cnnmoney/
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Description:  Worldwide social network ad revenues are still going strong and set to grow nearly 50% this year, according to eMarketer estimates.
Source: eMarketer.com
Date: 02/24/2012
Link: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008862
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Description:  Entrepreneur Matt Mullenweg recently said that his motivation isn’t to make money, it’s to change the world.
Source: Sprouter.com
Date: 02/22/2012
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