Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Report: Your parents' social status influences your earningsJul 02, 2017 7:16 am - "If you're born poor, you die poor," a U.K. politician lamented six years ago. Sadly, little has changed. Britain is joined by the U.S., France and Italy in having a hig...
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Essay: In appreciation of the iPhone and its geniusJul 01, 2017 7:21 am - Ten years after the introduction of Apple's iPhone, and the broader category of smartphones, it's worth stepping back to see what we have learned. As with most major tec...
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Drone delivery could depend on block-by-block weather forecastingJul 01, 2017 7:20 am - Imagine a weather report so precise it provides wind-gust forecasts for individual city blocks. Such micro-weather data may soon become a reality-and a necessity for fut...
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Review: The next frontier of fitness trackers tested, rankedJul 01, 2017 7:18 am - Two years ago, I met my wife. The time I've spent with her has been the most blissful 23 months of my life. It's also been the most fattening. We got married in January,...
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Google to remove private medical records from search resultsJul 01, 2017 7:15 am - Alphabet Inc.'s Google has quietly started removing a new category of online content - personal medical records - from its search results, a departure from its typically...
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Goodbye 747? Boeing sees end of jumbo passenger jet eraJun 20, 2017 1:00 am - Chicago-based Boeing Co. sees the future, and it doesn't include jumbo passenger jets. Not its own iconic 747. Not the Airbus SE A380. The plane maker has dropped the c...
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U.S. banks debut faster peer-to-peer payments with ZelleJun 18, 2017 7:18 am - A coalition of financial firms across the U.S. is finally ready to instantly beam your cash to friends, family and businesses. More than 30 U.S. banks and credit unions ...
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Canadian tech thriving under Justin TrudeauJun 17, 2017 7:20 am - Not so long ago, Canadian tech entrepreneurs had a long list of grievances: a dearth of early and late-stage funding, long visa wait times for foreign hires, local corpo...
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Automakers asking to test more self-driving cars on U.S. roadsJun 17, 2017 7:20 am - Automakers - and aspiring automakers - are seeking permission to put more experimental self-driving cars on the road to speed their development. The companies want Congr...
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Why aren't American teenagers working anymore?Jun 11, 2017 7:25 am - This summer American teenagers should find it a little easier to get a job - if they want one. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent in May, the lowest in 16 ye...