Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Study: Women get board seats mostly when it's required by lawDec 16, 2018 12:00 am - Diversity advocates have been trying for two decades to sell the corporate world on gender balance in the boardroom. Maybe they should be lobbying lawmakers instead. A n...
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Kellogg leads the charge to exploit Supreme Court arbitration victoryDec 16, 2018 12:00 am - Former employees of Kellogg are suing the company. Their claims? They allege the cereal giant shouldn't have sued them earlier this year. And why did Kellogg go after it...
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Problems with facial recognition easy to see, hard to manageDec 15, 2018 12:00 am - An unusual consensus emerged recently between artificial intelligence researchers, activists, lawmakers and many of the largest technology companies: Facial recognition ...
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'What is bitcoin?' According to Google, people still don't knowDec 15, 2018 12:00 am - Bitcoin's mesmerizing rise and fall in the past year has left investors and regulators asking what just happened? Many are also asking an even more fundamental question:...
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Elon Musk's Chicago tunnel moves closer to realityDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - Elon Musk's planned tunneling project in Chicago, seemingly jeopardized when its biggest champion said he would not run for reelection, has taken an important step close...
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Whole Foods is cutting food packaging with cancer-linked chemicalsDec 11, 2018 12:00 am - Whole Foods Market, Amazon.com Inc.'s grocer that has spurned artificial flavors and antibiotic-laden meat, says it's now working to remove a cancer-linked chemical from...
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Sears seeks offers on stores Lampert needs for turnaroundDec 10, 2018 12:00 am - Sears Holdings is shopping around its stores, looking to gauge what they're worth in the open market while it weighs Chairman Eddie Lampert's $4.6 billion bid to buy the...
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How Fortnite addiction is forcing kids into video-game rehabDec 08, 2018 12:20 am - Debbie Vitany is fighting a losing battle against Fortnite. Her 17-year-old son, Carson, has been logging 12 hours a day on the video game, searching for weapons and res...
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Amazon's plan to profit from space dataDec 08, 2018 12:09 am - In recent years, Amazon.com has pressed beyond its e-commerce roots to plant a flag in cloud computing, groceries and entertainment, disrupting established players along...
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Your next Uber ride may have a minifridge stocked with snacksDec 08, 2018 12:00 am - In late 2014, Uber Technologies Inc. began testing a service called Uber Essentials. It was based on the premise that the most popular items from convenience stores coul...