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Target to buy Shipt for $550 million in bet on same-day deliveryDec 13, 2017 12:00 am - Target agreed to purchase grocery-delivery startup Shipt Inc. for $550 million, stepping up efforts to challenge Amazon.com in e-commerce orders. Target will use the all...
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Retailers' dilemma: Top-notch customer service is expensiveDec 10, 2017 6:22 am - Brick-and-mortar retailers hoping to fend off Amazon.com need to deploy the one weapon that could set them apart: top-notch customer service, provided by actual humans. ...
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Essay: Now tech moguls have to work to appear not 'evil'Dec 08, 2017 12:00 am - Something weird is happening in the technology industry: Giant companies are suddenly worrying about what people think of them. It's not that Apple Inc. or Facebook Inc....
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Corporate lobbyists love new paid sick days policyDec 03, 2017 6:16 am - American workers have some unlikely allies in the fight for paid sick days. California Republican Rep. Mimi Walters has sponsored a bill that would encourage companies t...
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Essay: I've fallen out of love with technologyDec 02, 2017 6:17 am - I've been writing about the technology industry for much of this decade, and now I have an awkward admission: I've fallen out of love with technology. I've never been a ...
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What does increased drone use mean for air safety?Dec 02, 2017 6:15 am - The millions of small civilian drones plying the nation's skies can cause significant damage to airplanes in a midair collision, new research commissioned by the Federal...
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Essay: I can live without cable, but not as well as my kidsDec 02, 2017 6:00 am - I finally cut the cord. I did it a few weeks ago, after realizing that I was watching a lot more television via my Amazon Fire device than my cable box. Partly, I wanted...
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Cineworld in talks to buy Regal for more than $3BNov 29, 2017 12:00 am - Britain's Cineworld Group is in talks to purchase Regal Entertainment Group, the movie-theater chain controlled by billionaire Philip Anschutz, for more than $3 billion ...
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Washington D.C.'s new occupant in debate over gentrification? Airbnb.Nov 26, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - In the eight years since Airbnb began operations in the District of Columbia, thousands of homeowners have used it to become short-term landlords, often ill...
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Why Apple's homepod is three years behind Amazon's echoNov 25, 2017 12:00 am - Apple audio engineers had been working on an early version of the HomePod speaker for about two years in 2014 when they were blindsided by the Echo, a smart speaker from...