Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Looking for a commodity that's rising? Try pollution permitsAug 30, 2015 1:00 am - There's one corner of the commodities markets bucking the slump that's sent raw material prices tumbling: pollution permits. Prices in Europe's market for carbon emissio...
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Twitter, Facebook shooting clips enflame media violence debateAug 29, 2015 7:00 am - Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. became the unwitting conduits of video of a shooting on live TV that killed a Virginia news reporter and a cameraman, inflaming debate ove...
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Why your boss wants to track your heart rate at workAug 23, 2015 7:34 am - The future of the high-performance workplace is taking shape behind closed doors and kept quiet by nondisclosure agreements. Across Britain, hedge funds, banks, call cen...
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Bitcoin is having an identity crisisAug 22, 2015 7:41 am - Bitcoin was built on the sort of open-source ethos that has driven generations of geeks. But the same principles it celebrates-a decentralized network of contributors, a...
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Apollo said to get Caesars creditor demand to abandon parentAug 20, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Apollo Global Management, one of the owners of Caesars Entertainment, received an ultimatum from creditors who are the staunchest opponents of the casino ...
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Economics of childcare slams younger householdsAug 16, 2015 7:38 am - WASHINGTON -- It's not the cost of diapers or even future college tuition that's rattling Amber Sparks. "We basically had to remake our entire budget around daycare," sa...
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Why your company might not offer a high-deductible plan next yearAug 16, 2015 7:36 am - WASHINGTON -- After years of passing on more and more health-care costs to employees, companies are slowing their adoption of high-deductible plans next year, according ...
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Speed of stock reversals can breed nauseaAug 16, 2015 7:36 am - NEW YORK - The time it takes to win and lose money in the U.S. stock market has gotten noticeably shorter of late. Losses spurred by China's currency devaluation sent th...
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'Straight Outta Compton' marketing brings film into mainstreamAug 15, 2015 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES -- Everybody can be straight outta somewhere, and that's fine with Universal Pictures. An online marketing campaign for the rap-music film “Straight Outta Co...
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What's behind political left's frustration with techAug 15, 2015 7:00 am - Is the political left turning against technology? One could be forgiven for thinking so. Left-leaning media regularly expresses frustration with the titans of Silicon V...