10:02pm: It's been 50 years since Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act -- the law prohibiting racial discrimination against voters. But there is still a voting problem in the United States. Many people who live in poverty just aren't going to the polls. More
7:19pm: Tesla revised its original estimate of 55,000 car deliveries down to "between 50,000 and 55,000," making investors wary. More 7:16pm: Jon Stewart is having no second thoughts about leaving "The Daily Show," a top executive says. "This is truly Jon going out on his terms." More 6:26pm: Keurig Green Mountain, maker personal instant coffee products, reported dismal sales and a plan to cut staff to save money. More 6:00pm: The news orientated museum announced on Wednesday that it would be getting Stewart's iconic set. More 5:42pm: Media company stocks have performed fantastically well this year, but now Wall Street is demanding a reality check about cable cord-cutting. More 5:11pm: The next city for Google Fiber, the company's ultra fast Internet network, is San Antonio, Texas. More 4:47pm: Eleanor Roosevelt leads in a poll of notable women who could potentially be the face of the new $10 bill. More 4:02pm: Blue Bell reopened its Alabama facility Wednesday after listeria shut down the ice cream maker for months. More 3:49pm: The studio's many hits have helped it set an industry box office record in just seven months. More 3:16pm: Facebook has launched Live, a Periscope-like live-streaming tool for celebrities. More 2:37pm: New moms can now take up to 20 weeks of paid leave, while their partners get 12 weeks of leave. More 2:31pm: A never-before-seen look at what happened when mysterious hackers took down Aramco, the world's wealthiest corporation. More 2:27pm: Puerto Rico, which is now in default, has attracted hundreds of wealthy people from the mainland U.S. with generous tax breaks. At the same time, the island's government badly needs tax money. More 2:09pm: Yelp is working with ProPublica to give users more data on hospitals, nursing homes, and dialysis centers. More 1:20pm: JPMorgan Chase & Co is easing its lending standards for jumbo loans. More 1:19pm: Is HBO's new Internet subscription option cutting into the company's existing cable business in a big way? So far, HBO says, the answer is no. More 1:05pm: The iconic children's magazine "Highlights" announced plans to release a new "hidden pictures" app as part of an upcoming digital push. More 12:37pm: The global diamond industry is in rough shape right now, and China's recent stock market crash is making things even worse. More 12:34pm: McDonald's is fighting and losing a burger war on two fronts. More 12:33pm: On average, female college graduates earn 97 cents for every dollar young men do, but it varies by industry. More 12:18pm: India's government has reversed a ban on 857 porn websites after facing widespread criticism for censorship. More 11:59am: Online travel leader Priceline was left for dead after the dot com bubble burst. But now it's stock trades for nearly $1,400 a share. And it's worth $20 billion more than Uber. Here's why. More 11:35am: The new wheelchair is being created for the U.S. Paralympics team More 10:54am: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered authorities to destroy all banned Western Jurassic World The Game Hack Tool food smuggled into the country. More 10:35am: India is the world's top beef exporter and makes more money from red meat than it does from selling rice. More 10:20am: On Wall Street there's skittishness about the Happiest Place on Earth. More 10:16am: Late in your career with no retirement savings? Try saving more, pushing back your retirement date, working in retirement, or investing differently. More 9:48am: Startup MeterHero looks at your water, energy and gas usage and creates a baseline. Every month that you use less than that amount, you get money back. More 9:27am: A massive cell phone outage that hit the Southeast was likely caused by a cut to AT&T's fiber-optic cable in Kentucky. More 9:27am: Dover Police Department set up a modern-day lost and found on Pinterest to make it easier for people to find and claim their lost items. More 9:20am: Time Warner beat Wall Street expectations in the second quarter, thanks to various sources of revenue like video game licensing and Hulu. More 9:11am: Some investors are concerned that August is a bad month for equities, but history should calm their fears. More 8:40am: Many of the GOP presidential candidates say they'll repeal or greatly revise the Affordable Care Act and they've cited Jurassic World The Game Hack Tool a whole litany of reasons why. Some are true. Many are myths. CNNMoney sets the record straight. More 7:52am: Virgin Atlantic staffers list the most desperate attempts for first class upgrades. More 7:32am: Some believe only a wave of bankruptcies can fix the supply glut depressing oil prices. More 7:16am: Marco Akuzun serves as head chef of the world's only Michelin-starred airport restaurant. More 7:08am: Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the first 8 cities that are part of the What Works Cities program, which is spending $42 million to encourage the use of open data. More 7:01am: Obama stressed the importance of diversity in tech at the first White House Demo Day. More 6:14am: Security researchers have discovered how to use software to make any modern device -- printer, washing machine, air conditioner -- into a radio. More 5:15am: Here's what you need to know about the markets before you start your business day. More 3:25am: RootMetrics ranked the fastest and slowest cities for wireless service among the country's 125 most populated city areas. More 1:20am: Denis Leary came on "The Daily Show" for a final time and told Stewart that he shouldn't leave. More
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