Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Truckers enjoying low diesel fuel pricesJul 05, 2015 6:55 am - It's a good time to be a trucker. While retail gasoline has surged by 25 percent this year, diesel prices have fallen by more than a quarter a gallon. The difference bet...
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JetBlue's free checked bag disappears with new fare systemJul 05, 2015 6:42 am - JetBlue Airways Corp., in the first major makeover of its fare system, will end a free checked-bag perk but offer passengers more ticket choices. The move, being introdu...
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Founder stepping down after starting Nike at age 26Jul 05, 2015 6:41 am - Nike is losing its top shoe salesman. Phil Knight announced he'll step down next year as Nike chairman, bringing to a close a half-century saga that began when he founde...
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McDonald's localizes menus with pulled pork, bacon McMuffinsJul 05, 2015 6:09 am - McDonald's is thinking global but acting local. The world's biggest restaurant chain, hoping to appeal to wider swathes of Americans, is working to offer more locally re...
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Facebook's next billion likes hinges on AfricaJul 04, 2015 7:18 am - North America has a population of about 500 million, and two-fifths of them are on Facebook. In Africa, with more than 1 billion people, just 120 million use the social ...
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Facebook will share ad money to score more premium videoJul 04, 2015 7:15 am - Facebook Inc. will begin sharing advertising revenue with companies that post videos on its social network, a step toward luring more premium content away from sites lik...
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6 things you need to know about Apple MusicJul 04, 2015 7:14 am - Finally. Apple Music is finally available and with it Apple enters the subscription streaming music game up against power players Spotify and Rdio, something the once-ki...
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The Apple watch hasn't killed FitbitJul 04, 2015 6:32 am - The Apple Watch was expected to be a disaster for companies like Fitbit. It hasn't been. While Fitbit's sales dipped as anticipation for Apple's smartwatch grew, the com...
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U.S. companies hiring more, payroll report showsJul 03, 2015 7:16 am - Companies in the U.S. boosted employment in June by the most in six months, signaling the job market is strengthening, according to a private report based on payrolls. T...
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Skype wants to replace your landlinesJul 03, 2015 7:09 am - Microsoft Corp.'s Skype wants your company to rip out its landlines and place calls over the Web instead. Skype will roll out new products that will let companies replac...