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Facebook currency plan under scrutiny in Congress
Associated Press, Published on 16/07/2019
» WASHINGTON: Facebook's ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it's shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve.
City replaces parking meters with electronic kiosks
Business, Associated Press, Published on 31/10/2017
» OKLAHOMA CITY: The city where parking meters were born more than eight decades ago is phasing out the last of the coin-gobbling contraptions that reshaped America's downtowns in favour of computerised models seen in many other places.
US college towns feel pinch from rental sites
Business, Associated Press, Published on 25/09/2017
» CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: Time was when renting an apartment in one of this college town's funky triple-deckers or two-family homes wouldn't cost an arm and a leg.
Thousands look for jobs at Amazon warehouses
Business, Associated Press, Published on 04/08/2017
» FALL RIVER, Massachusetts: Thousands of people showed up on Wednesday for a chance to pack and ship products to Amazon.com customers, as the e-commerce company held a giant job fair at nearly a dozen US warehouses.
Zuckerberg, Musk trade barbs over AI
Business, Associated Press, Published on 27/07/2017
» SAN FRANCISCO: Tech titans Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk recently slugged it out online over the possible threat artificial intelligence might one day pose to the human race, although you could be forgiven if you don't see why this seems like a pressing question.
Happiness 'turns dairy cows into cash cows'
Business, Associated Press, Published on 12/07/2017
» SAUK CITY, Wisconsin: Dairy farmers, take note: The key to turning your dairy cow into a cash cow is udder happiness.
20 years on, scars from Asian financial meltdown linger
Associated Press, Published on 29/06/2017
» It's been 20 years since a financial meltdown spread through much of Asia, wrecking economies and bringing down governments.
The sad saga of N. Korea's ATMs
Business, Associated Press, Published on 25/04/2017
» PYONGYANG: No modern airport terminal is complete without an ATM, and Pyongyang's now has two. But they don't work -- because of new Chinese sanctions, according to bank officials -- and it's not clear when they will.
Teen sells $1 million in custom socks
Business, Associated Press, Published on 25/04/2017
» SHERWOOD, Oregon: Seventeen-year-old Oregon resident Brendan Agranoff spends his days going to school, doing chores and running his custom-design sock business.
Target expects redesigned stores to lure back shoppers
Business, Associated Press, Published on 22/03/2017
» NEW YORK: In a move to bring shoppers back to its stores, Target Corp is embarking on an ambitious redesign aimed at helping people who need to dash in for milk to get out quickly while encouraging those who want to wander the aisles to linger.