Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Student debt in America hits recordFeb 26, 2017 6:10 am - Total U.S. student debt hit a record $1.31 trillion last year, the 18th consecutive year Americans' education debt rose, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New Yor...
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China's tech tycoons struggle in health-care sectorFeb 25, 2017 6:16 am - In 2014, billionaire Jack Ma, founder of online retail giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., declared his ambition to make China's hospitals better, drugs cheaper and people...
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Big banks declare war on Venmo with app of their own — ZelleFeb 25, 2017 6:15 am - For years, banks have watched as their youngest customers split restaurant checks, shared utility bills, and pitched in for parties using third-party payment apps such a...
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Facebook Messenger lets you send money with TransferWiseFeb 25, 2017 6:10 am - International money transfer service TransferWise Ltd. has announced an integration with Facebook Inc.'s Messenger that will let people set up foreign exchange transacti...
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Why Ford plans to remove steering wheel, pedals from its driverless carsFeb 25, 2017 6:00 am - As Ford has been developing self-driving cars, it has noticed a problem during test drives: Engineers monitoring the robot rides are dozing off. Company researchers have...
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McDonald's to cut prices on drinks as fast-food industry slumpsFeb 22, 2017 12:00 am - McDonald's Corp., reeling from an industrywide restaurant slump and slowing growth from its all-day breakfast push, is looking to beverages to help perk up the business....
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Would you share your personal tax data for a deal on a loan?Feb 19, 2017 6:10 am - Donald Trump likes to say you learn very little from a tax return. TurboTax thinks you can learn a whole lot, and that it can earn a whole lot from it, too. This tax sea...
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Supersized payouts fuel departures at Google car projectFeb 18, 2017 6:14 am - For the past year, Google's car project has been a talent sieve, thanks to leadership changes, strategy doubts, new startup dreams and rivals luring self-driving technol...
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AI trader? Tech vet launches hedge fund run by artificial intelligenceFeb 18, 2017 6:14 am - Babak Hodjat believes humans are too emotional for the stock market. So he's started one of the first hedge funds run completely by artificial intelligence. "Humans have...
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U.S. solar industry clamors for workersFeb 12, 2017 6:13 am - U.S. solar-industry employment in 2016 grew at the fastest pace in at least seven years, with growth in all sectors including manufacturing, sales and installations, as ...