Articles filed under Bloomberg
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America's lunch bill could go up $875M thanks to global trade warJun 09, 2019 6:20 am - The growing threat of an all-out global trade war means Americans may have to fork out more cash at lunchtime. Firehouse Subs will likely bump sandwich prices by 10 cent...
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The backlash to plastic has oil companies worriedJun 09, 2019 6:11 am - As the world strives to wean itself off fossil fuels, oil companies have been turning to plastic as the key to their future. Now even that's looking overly optimistic. T...
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Why storm tracking could be a casualty of 5GJun 08, 2019 6:20 am - Satellites tracking water vapor in 2012 helped scientists accurately predict Superstorm Sandy's frightening turn toward New York and New Jersey where it killed dozens of...
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Open-source 'Great Satan' no more, Microsoft wins over skepticsJun 08, 2019 6:10 am - In 2014, Microsoft cloud chief Scott Guthrie wrote up a proposal to acquire GitHub. Then he filed the plan away in a drawer. Every once in a while he'd take the plan out...
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U.S. jobs rise 75,000, missing forecasts as wage gains coolJun 07, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. employers added the fewest workers in three months and wage gains cooled, suggesting broader economic weakness and likely boosting calls for a Federal Reserve inter...
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'We're putting our fiscal house in order': Pritzker says gambling, pot will help repair broken stateJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - Bringing a massive casino to Chicago's struggling neighborhoods and legalizing marijuana across Illinois is the price to pay for stabilizing the fiscal basket case that ...
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Mexico hopeful of avoiding tariffs that Trump says will happenJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - Mexican leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he's hopeful that Mexico will reach a deal to escape U.S. tariffs, even as President Donald Trump said he'll probably imp...
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What does it mean that Google CEO shunned a large stock award?Jun 02, 2019 6:13 am - Sundar Pichai was, for years, one of the world's highest-paid corporate executives. Now he's facing the opposite reality: No big paychecks at all. The Google chief execu...
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Almost 40% of Americans would struggle to cover a $400 emergencyJun 02, 2019 6:00 am - Many U.S. households find themselves in a fragile position financially, even in an economy with an unemployment rate near a 50-year low, according to a Federal Reserve s...
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Analysis: Bing's not the laughingstock of technology anymoreJun 01, 2019 6:15 am - I'd like to share birthday wishes for one of the most ridiculed technology products ever. This week in 2009, Microsoft Corp. rebooted and renamed its failed effort to co...