Community Health Building

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Weekly U.S. jobless claims tick upward

The number of new jobless claims filed by Americans unexpectedly ticked upward last week, CNBC reports. Initial claims for state unemployment rose by 4,000 to 277,000, seasonally adjusted, for the week that ended Aug. 15, the U.S. Department of Labor reported early Thursday. Still, the general trend is toward momentum in the labor market, and if that continues, the Fed could raise interest rates later this year. The four-week moving average of claims, which is considered a less volatile yardstick…
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Comcast vs. YouTube? Media giant working on video platform, report claims

Comcast will soon launch a video platform to compete with YouTube, according to a Business Insider report. The platform would be called Watchable. Its impending launch would go hand-in-hand with Comcast NBCUniversal's recent $200 million investment in Vox Media, appearing on websites such as Vox.com, SB Nation and Re/code. The Business Insider article cites anonymous sources, and Comcast declined comment. Comcast's X1 cable platform is what would make Watchable so enticing. The Philadelphia mass…
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Guess who just overtook Google as news sites’ top referrer?

A surprising source has surpassed Google Inc. as the top traffic generator for news sites, according to the latest data from a Web analytics firm. The Silicon Valley Business Journal reports that Facebook Inc. now steers more readers to news sites, driving 40 percent of the traffic compared with Google’s 38 percent in the May-July data. The trend started in October but has picked up momentum. In fact, as recently as the spring of 2012, Facebook accounted for just 10 percent.
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Sprint, T-Mobile CEOs trade profane Twitter barbs ... again

In a role reversal of sorts, this time Sprint Corp. CEO Marcelo Claure took after antagonist T-Mobile US Inc. CEO John Legere on Twitter, poking his rival for a recent RootMetrics report, FierceWireless reports. First, Claure pointed that T-Mobile came in fourth in a recent RootMetrics performance report, with Sprint nipping at Atlanta-based AT&T Mobility’s heels for the No. 2 spot. He followed that with an Internet meme pegged to the “Straight Outta Compton” movie, FierceWireless reports. The…
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​Facebook still No. 1 among online adults, but Pinterest and Instagram on the rise

Where’s the conversation happening online? Facebook is the most popular, but if you aren’t on Pinterest, Instagram or Kik, you may be missing out. Facebook is still the social network, but Pinterest and Instagram usage has almost doubled in the last three years, according to a new study out from the Pew Research Center. The popularity of mobile messaging apps is also increasing, especially the ones that delete texts once they’re sent. So what are the new trends in social media? Facebook’s…
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FedEx Leasing More Land At MEM

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