Articles filed under Bloomberg
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New Viber CEO has plan to beat WhatsAppFeb 04, 2017 6:13 am - The newly named chief of Japanese retailer Rakuten Inc.'s messaging app Viber plans to quickly introduce new products to better compete with Facebook's WhatsApp and Mess...
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A look at Apple's challenge in IndiaFeb 04, 2017 6:10 am - In India, for the price of the latest iPhone, you could eat breakfast, lunch and dinner for an entire year, and still have a bit of cash to spare. Needless to say, at ab...
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Apple woos new iPhone fans; current owners await upgradeFeb 04, 2017 6:10 am - Apple attracted a swathe of new iPhone customers over the holiday period, auguring well for a more significant upgrade to its flagship product this year - and the servic...
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Do the Super Bowl like the super rich for $400,000Feb 03, 2017 12:00 am - Oh, you think sitting at the 50-yard line is the most extravagant thing you can do on Super Bowl weekend? Try hobnobbing with celebrities and supermodels, chowing down a...
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When shifts end, many Uber drivers set up camp in parking lotsJan 29, 2017 6:15 am - In the 1970s, the Safeway grocery store in San Francisco's gleaming Marina neighborhood, known as the Social Safeway, was a cornerstone of the pre-Tinder dating scene. A...
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Database aims to stop rogue traders before they actJan 29, 2017 6:12 am - You're young and want to get ahead. First in and last out of your Wall Street office. You work weekends and message colleagues with inspired trading ideas at all hours. ...
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$90B wave of debt shows cracks in U.S. real estate boomJan 29, 2017 6:10 am - A $90 billion wave of maturing commercial mortgages, leftover debt from the 2007 lending boom, is laying bare the weak links in the U.S. real estate market. It's getting...
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Downside to Starbucks mobile orders? Congestion at pickup counterJan 28, 2017 6:00 am - Starbucks Corp.'s much-ballyhooed mobile-ordering system has brought a painful side effect to the coffee giant: traffic jams at the pickup counter. Because customers are...
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Trump Tower has rental bargains, if you can get past securityJan 27, 2017 12:00 am - At $5,250 a month, a one-bedroom apartment at Manhattan's Trump Tower comes with a lot of extras: a month of free rent, beefed-up security in the lobby and the ability t...
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Oprah Winfrey to sell refrigerated meals through Kraft HeinzJan 26, 2017 12:00 am - Oprah Winfrey, who gave a boost to Weight Watchers International Inc. by becoming the face of the company, is now embarking on a plan to sell refrigerated meals with Kra...