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This startup has a plan to sell annuities so you don't die poorMar 11, 2018 12:00 am - Matt Carey studied Arabic at the University of Pennsylvania, preparing for what he hoped would be a career at the Central Intelligence Agency. Eleven years later, he's p...
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Debt-conscious millennials ditch credit cards, threaten industryMar 11, 2018 12:00 am - Millennials have been accused of disrupting many industries, from newspapers to brick-and-mortar stores. Credit cards appear to be next in line. Just one out of three mi...
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Here's why Amazon bought the doorbell company RingMar 10, 2018 12:00 am - Amazon.com Inc. just bought the Santa Monica, California-based smart home equipment maker Ring for an estimated $1 billion in cash. Though filled with less import than t...
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Claire's said to plan bankruptcyMar 09, 2018 12:00 am - Claire's Stores, the fashion accessories chain where legions of preteens got their ears pierced, is preparing to file for bankruptcy in the coming weeks, according t...
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BlackBerry sues Facebook for patent infringement over messagingMar 07, 2018 12:00 am - BlackBerry is suing Facebook for patent infringement, claiming the social media giant uses technology invented by the former smartphone maker in Facebook's massively pop...
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Boeing CEO: Autonomous air taxis are comingMar 06, 2018 12:00 am - The dream of flying cars has been around longer than Boeing Co. has been making airplanes. Now a vision from the pages of Jules Verne is near enough to occupy the presen...
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CVS offers $40 billion of debt to fund $68 billion Aetna deal in 3rd-largest U.S. bond saleMar 06, 2018 12:00 am - CVS Health Corp. kicked off the third-largest corporate bond sale on record to fund its acquisition of Aetna, testing the appetite of a market that's off to its worst an...
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Emoji yourself: 4 cool gadgets from MWC in BarcelonaMar 03, 2018 12:15 am - After going through thousands of stalls and 2,300 companies exhibiting over four days, here are some of the more interesting gadgets from this year's Mobile World Congre...
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Amazon, Apple struggle to sit out NRA gun debateFeb 28, 2018 12:00 am - Gun-control activists are demanding that Amazon.com Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos do something he has carefully avoided: pick a side in a hot-button political debat...
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Future smart homes - roll-up TVs, intelligent ovens, a brain-wave bathFeb 24, 2018 12:15 am - Don't worry: Technology may come and go, but some things never change. In the not-so-distant future, cars will drive themselves and men may become obsolete (sorry, guys)...