Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Google embeds AI in new products to make search ubiquitousMay 21, 2016 7:25 am - Google is turning to artificial intelligence to make sure people keep using its search engine, even if they're not spending as much time on the Web and personal computer...
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I hate my iPhone, and I'm not aloneMay 21, 2016 7:21 am - I have an iConfession: I hate my iPhone. It wasn't always so. I loved it once and now I hate it the way I can only hate an old flame. I remember the first soft touch of ...
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Young Americans drink more, eat worse, stay skinnier than everyone elseMay 16, 2016 5:30 am - One of the greatest joys of youth is being able to eat and drink irresponsibly as your metabolism works overtime to keep you svelte. Indeed, millennials have an obesity ...
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Petrobras boomtown turns desolate as refinery's billions vanishMay 15, 2016 6:45 am - Located just 30 miles east of Rio de Janeiro's bustling Copacabana beach, Itaborai looks like many oil boomtowns after the bust - except the deserted stores and empty gl...
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Chatbots are your newest, dumbest co-workersMay 15, 2016 6:45 am - Starting this July, when customer service employees at Overstock.com are too sick to come to work, they'll tell Mila they're not feeling well using an app on their phone...
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What the next president means for your portfolioMay 15, 2016 6:45 am - With Donald Trump's decisive victory in Indiana, and Hillary Clinton looking like she will be the inevitable Democratic nominee, we finally know the November presidentia...
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Why it's hard to track rent increasesMay 15, 2016 6:12 am - If you're looking for an apartment to rent in Atlanta, you might be dismayed to learn that local rents surged 14 percent during the year that ended in February - at leas...
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Musk, in his on-site sleeping bag, keeps Tesla manufacturing on trackMay 15, 2016 6:12 am - Elon Musk, determined to turn his electric-car company into a great maker of things, said that he keeps a sleeping bag in a conference room adjacent to Tesla Motors's pr...
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Farmers open up silos as corn hits 'magic' price levelsMay 15, 2016 5:55 am - The best rally for corn prices in 10 months meant U.S. farmers were frantic to sell from the mountain of grain they'd been hoarding. Growers have been stockpiling suppli...
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The blues singer who created America's hated drug-pricing modelMay 15, 2016 5:55 am - To patrons of the Rum Boogie Cafe in Memphis, he's Mick, a skilled guitarist with a bushy white beard who favors fedoras and sings soulful tunes about fishing and drinki...