Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Texting and walking? Prepare to pay a fine for thatAug 26, 2017 7:18 am - This really shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who's done it: You are just no good at texting and walking. While you might do OK at the reading and typing part, your preo...
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Star Wars meets Pokemon Go for Force FridayAug 26, 2017 7:16 am - Disney is harnessing all of its media might to make the next Star Wars movie the biggest film of the year, employing augmented reality and social media in a global campa...
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Tech goes from White House to doghouse in Trump's WashingtonAug 26, 2017 7:16 am - Google once had Barack Obama's ear, served as a revolving door for White House staff and saw its political agenda advance. In Donald Trump's Washington, some conservativ...
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Old-school HP comes out on top after one of tech's biggest breakupsAug 26, 2017 7:16 am - In 2015, in one of the biggest corporate breakups in Silicon Valley's history, the roughly 75-year old Hewlett-Packard cleaved itself in half. Hewlett Packard Enterprise...
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Eclipse offers power companies opportunity for experimentsAug 20, 2017 7:17 am - Turns out the solar eclipse, set to plunge parts of the U.S. into total darkness on Monday, will offer exactly what the power sector's been looking for: a completely pre...
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There's a shock ahead for sugar industryAug 20, 2017 7:16 am - Cutting back on sugar? So is much of the world. The change can be attributed to several factors, according to a new report from Rabobank, including warnings about rising...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...