Articles filed under Bloomberg
-
Could movie theater chains get left out of deal on digital downloads?Aug 19, 2017 7:16 am - Movie studios are considering whether to ignore the objections of cinema chains and forge ahead with a plan to offer digital rentals of films mere weeks after they appea...
-
Apple's new iPhone gives suppliers long-awaited paydayAug 19, 2017 7:15 am - It was the late 1990s, and entrepreneurs Steven Abramson and Sidney Rosenblatt were pitching an electronics giant on their new flat-screen technology. It didn't go well....
-
13 dead, now 100 hurt after attacker rams van into Barcelona crowdAug 17, 2017 1:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain - A van veered onto a promenade Thursday and barreled down the busy walkway in central Barcelona, swerving back and forth as it mowed pedestrians down a...
-
Who gets hit hardest by bank overdraft fees?Aug 13, 2017 7:20 am - Perhaps the most despised bank fee among consumers is the overdraft fee, an ugly $30 (or so) insult to your wallet. Many consumers have been hit with it at one time or a...
-
America's other coal job, ignored by politicians, is dying fastAug 13, 2017 7:20 am - A couple months ago, Donald Trump was cheering a new coal mine in Pennsylvania that will put 70 people to work - good news for a president whose pledge to revive the ind...
-
Why credit card rewards are getting harder to earnAug 13, 2017 7:18 am - Citigroup just unveiled an updated version of its premium credit card, the Citi Prestige. The new card is made of metal-like its direct competitors, Chase Sapphire Reser...
-
Why can't Americans ditch checks?Aug 06, 2017 1:00 am - The first time Amelia Howells ever wrote a check, she was 28 years old and standing in a Connecticut apartment leasing office, with no idea what to do. The British expat...
-
How the latest trend in app coding could be a hacker's dreamJul 29, 2017 7:18 am - Every time you search for something on Google, hail an Uber or log into a bank account, your personal data likely flow behind the scenes through a series of separate, fr...
-
This app tells you when you're depressed, but who else does it tell?Jul 29, 2017 7:15 am - A Facebook message pops up on my phone screen. "What's going on in your world?" It's from a robot named Woebot, the brainchild of Stanford University psychologist Alison...
-
Could your office furniture soon be replaced with 3D holograms?Jul 29, 2017 7:15 am - One recent morning, Stephanie Rosenburg arrived at work to find her PC monitor had vanished. She looked around the office and saw that members of her team were wearing h...