Articles filed under Bloomberg
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McDonald's riles franchisees with demand to pay for kitchen wallJan 23, 2019 12:00 am - McDonald's Corp. has its own wall problems. They're both literal and metaphorical. The world's biggest restaurant company is creating strife with its U.S. franchisees by...
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Boeing's flying car has taken offJan 23, 2019 12:00 am - A Boeing flying car designed to whisk passengers over congested city streets and dodge skyscrapers completed its first test flight on Tuesday, offering a peek into the f...
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Lego collecting delivers huge (and uncorrelated) market returnsJan 20, 2019 5:15 am - A lot of fancy things can be built with Lego sets nowadays. Such as a diversifying portfolio that loads on the Fama-French size factor. Collecting Lego - yes, the plasti...
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A look at Nike's new $350 smart sneakerJan 19, 2019 5:05 am - Nike has found a new way to capture more information about its customers: through their sneakers. At an event Tuesday called the "Future of Footwear," Nike on Tuesday un...
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Apple plans to cut back on hiring due to struggling iPhone salesJan 19, 2019 5:00 am - Apple Inc. will cut back on hiring for some divisions after selling fewer iPhones than expected and missing its revenue forecast for the holiday quarter, according to pe...
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The nicest Sears you've ever seen isn't owned by SearsJan 18, 2019 12:00 am - You walk into a shiny, new two-floor Sears store in a buzzing, bright shopping center in one of the world's busiest cities, passing designer garb encased in pink LED lig...
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Recalls of romaine, Goldfish are only the tip of the contamination icebergJan 17, 2019 12:00 am - If it feels like you're reading about a new food recall practically everyday, it's not all in your head - or stomach. A report released Thursday by the U.S. PIRG Educati...
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Hedge fund known for 'milking' newspapers takes aim at GannettJan 15, 2019 12:00 am - A few dozen newspaper employees staged a protest last May outside the New York City office of their owner - the hedge fund Alden Global Capital. Carrying signs that read...
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Lampert to present new Sears offer as talks continueJan 15, 2019 12:00 am - Eddie Lampert is expected to present a new bid for Sears Tuesday as talks to save the bankrupt retailer from liquidation continue, according to people with knowledge of ...
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Artificial intelligence vs. the hackersJan 12, 2019 5:05 am - Last year, Microsoft Corp.'s Azure security team detected suspicious activity in the cloud computing usage of a large retailer: One of the company's administrators, who ...