Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Why credit card rewards are getting harder to earnAug 13, 2017 7:18 am - Citigroup just unveiled an updated version of its premium credit card, the Citi Prestige. The new card is made of metal-like its direct competitors, Chase Sapphire Reser...
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Why can't Americans ditch checks?Aug 06, 2017 1:00 am - The first time Amelia Howells ever wrote a check, she was 28 years old and standing in a Connecticut apartment leasing office, with no idea what to do. The British expat...
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How the latest trend in app coding could be a hacker's dreamJul 29, 2017 7:18 am - Every time you search for something on Google, hail an Uber or log into a bank account, your personal data likely flow behind the scenes through a series of separate, fr...
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This app tells you when you're depressed, but who else does it tell?Jul 29, 2017 7:15 am - A Facebook message pops up on my phone screen. "What's going on in your world?" It's from a robot named Woebot, the brainchild of Stanford University psychologist Alison...
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Could your office furniture soon be replaced with 3D holograms?Jul 29, 2017 7:15 am - One recent morning, Stephanie Rosenburg arrived at work to find her PC monitor had vanished. She looked around the office and saw that members of her team were wearing h...
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Can a job at Olive Garden help make you a great chef? Ask Stephanie IzardJul 23, 2017 7:22 am -
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There's a plan to make chip credit cards less annoyingJul 23, 2017 7:21 am - In most of the world, buying goods with a credit card equipped with a chip is a mindless, routine task. Americans, having arrived late to chips after decades of swiping ...
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Americans' retirement benefits slashed, though some 401(k) matches going upJul 23, 2017 7:18 am - Americans are more worried about retirement, and they're getting less help saving for it. Employers cut their contributions to workers' retirements by a quarter from 200...
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When taxis go driverless, who cleans up the vomit?Jul 22, 2017 7:20 am - It didn't take long for Pritam Singh to learn a key lesson about working for Lyft. People are disgusting. They have a nasty habit of throwing up in moving vehicles. Ride...
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Illinois dodges downgrade to junk as Moody's affirms ratingJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois avoided becoming the first junk-rated U.S. state after Moody's Investors Service opted to leave its grade unchanged, pushing the price of the state's bonds to t...