Jesse Jackson renewed his call Wednesday for the technology industry to make workforce diversity as high a priority as product innovation.

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Slightly more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but the modest increase pulled the total number of people collecting jobless aid to near 15-year lows.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing a plan to get a minimum wage hike that doesn’t require legislative approval.

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Lori Greiner, entrepreneur on QVC and investor on ABC’s “Shark Tank” AGE: 45 HOMETOWN: Chicago LIVES IN: Chicago and Los Angeles FAMILY: Married to Dan Greiner EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in communication from Loyola University Chicago CAREER: Self-employed inventor of consumer products and home furnishings FIRST APPEARANCE ON QVC: 1998 FIRST APPEARANCE ON SHARK TANK: 2012 COMPANIES INVESTED IN: CordaRoy’s bean bag chairs, Scrub Daddy sponges, Stella Valle jewelry, Hold Your Haunches shapewear, Bantam bagels TIPS FOR SELLING ON QVC: Know the top three selling features of your product, be confident and practice your sales pitch

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Take a product on a home shopping channel and sell out in a matter of minutes — it’s the dream of many entrepreneurs.

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One small business will make it to television screens nationwide during the Super Bowl, courtesy of QuickBooks maker Intuit.

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Small businesses are the U.S. economy’s canary in the mineshaft – their experiences are the early economic warning signs and currently the signs are not positive.

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The Omni Hotel in Providence has reached a three-year contract agreement with the union representing 170 of its workers.

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The acting chairman of Volkswagen AG says the company won’t rush its choice of a new chair after the resignation of company patriarch Ferdinand Piech.

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