Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Target to offer health-tracking Fitbits to 335,000 employeesSep 19, 2015 7:36 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Retail giant Target will offer activity trackers from Fitbit to its 335,000 U.S. employees, becoming the latest firm looking to the inexpensive wearable ...
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The new money-laundering sting: Come to the U.S., get arrestedSep 13, 2015 7:42 am - Lawyer Patrick Poulin says he helped clients set up offshore corporations in the Caribbean. And that's what he was working on when he flew to Miami from the Turks and Ca...
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U.S. organized labor might be lifting its headSep 13, 2015 7:40 am - On the surface, this Labor Day holiday capped another dark year for U.S. unions and many working-class Americans. Union membership in the private sector is 6.6 percent; ...
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Fed's stay-or-go scenarios come with risks to rate path, growthSep 13, 2015 7:39 am - WASHINGTON - It's a tough call. Really tough. When Federal Reserve officials sit down next week, they will weigh volatile markets and a host of uncertainties about inter...
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Musk makes enemies fast in Texas town hosting Space-X LaunchesSep 13, 2015 7:35 am - AUSTIN, Texas - People who live in Boca Chica Village, all 26 of them, knew Elon Musk's SpaceX company would put the South Texas town on the map after it was selected la...
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Why residential investment could help boost U.S. economySep 13, 2015 7:33 am - There's a big reason to believe that the U.S. economy will be able to withstand the start of the Fed tightening cycle: There's still plenty of penned up activity in the ...
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Toyota shows edgier-looking Prius to combat cheap gas, more rivalsSep 13, 2015 7:32 am - Toyota will stray from the iconic wedge shape of its pioneering Prius, giving its top- selling hybrid sleeker looks after almost seven years without a redesign. The 2016...
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Gasoline at $2 by Christmas to be windfall for driversSep 13, 2015 7:31 am - U.S. motorists will have more to spend at the malls this holiday season as gasoline pump prices drop near $2 a gallon at the end of the year. Gasoline has reversed a 38...
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Mobile startups worth $800 billion combined is sign of bubbleSep 12, 2015 7:44 am - The number of mobile Internet startups with valuations crossing $1 billion has jumped by a third in just eight months and that's spelling trouble for some venture capita...
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Does Apple's pencil mean the stylus is back? Nope. It never leftSep 12, 2015 7:38 am - Remember how Steve Jobs mocked the idea of a stylus back in 2007 when launching the first iPhone? After Apple introduced its new stylus - er, Pencil - Wednesday in San F...