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Definite Signs of An Imminent Recession (#GotBitcoin?)
Facing iPhone Troubles, Apple Tries to Change the Story The company plans to stop reporting unit sales as it pushes its services business. When Steve Jobs took a swipe at Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle in 2009, he pointed to the online retailer’s decision not to report unit sales of its reading…
China Outspends US When It Comes To Building The World’s Infrastructure
Beijing is constructing parallel financial and commercial networks across Central and Eastern Europe to challenge the global order. China Outspends US When It Comes To Building The World's Infrastructure Europe is distracted by internal discord over immigration and its tense relationship with Russia and the U.S. Seeking to fill the…
The New Retirement Plan: Save Almost Everything, Spend Virtually Nothing (#GotBitcoin)
A group of younger workers, devotees of the FIRE movement, are seeking ways to duck mistakes made by prior generations. The New Retirement Plan: Save Almost Everything, Spend Virtually Nothing (#GotBitcoin) Sylvia Hall wants to retire at age 40. Her dream has a price: brown bananas. The 38-year-old Seattle lawyer…
These Companies Are Succeeding Despite Amazon Or A Slowing Economy (#GotBitcoin)
These Companies Are Succeeding Despite Amazon Or A Slowing Economy (#GotBitcoin) Not Being On Amazon Is A Selling Point For These E-Commerce Players Retail Upstarts Tap Into Wariness Of E-Commerce Giant’s Dominance; ‘Shop Boroughs, Not Bezo$’ On a Wednesday afternoon earlier this year, workers at an industrial center raced back…
Ultimate Resource For Obamacare Health Law (ACA) (#GotBitcoin)
Recent and pending GOP efforts to chip away at Affordable Care Act cause new uncertainty as open enrollment begins. Ultimate Resource For Obamacare Health Law (ACA) (#GotBitcoin) The Affordable Care Act’s sixth open-enrollment season begins Thursday, marking a test of the health law’s stability following a series of Republican…
NRA Loses Midterm Muscle After Cash Crunch From Big Bet On Trump (#GotBitcoin?)
The National Rifle Association, facing a cash crunch after pouring money into Donald Trump’s presidential bid, cut spending for the midterm elections that threaten the Republican hold on Congress. NRA Loses Midterm Muscle After Cash Crunch From Big Bet On Trump. After devoting record sums to help elect President Trump…
The Man Who Bet It All On Bitcoin, And Still Believes (#GotBitcoin?)
Join us as we take a journey with a man who bet all he owned on a decentralized cryptocurrency future. The Man Who Bet It All On Bitcoin, And Still Believes In 2017, bitcoin seemed almost unstoppable as investors and consumers poured money into the cryptocurrency. For one Dutch businessman and…
DirectPath Rewards Patients For Finding A Cheaper Procedure (#GotBitcoin?)
When Kathy Stilp had her annual mammogram last year, she chose one of the lower-cost options in her area — and was cut an $80 check for her efforts. Stilp normally would have no incentive to do so. As screenings intended to help detect breast cancer, mammograms are preventative procedures,…
On Hold for 45 Minutes? It Might Be Your Secret Customer Score (#GotBitcoin?)
Retailers, wireless carriers and others crunch data to determine what shoppers are worth for the long term—and how well to treat them. Two people call customer service at the same time to complain about the same thing. One waits a few seconds before a representative gets on the line. The…
What Will Banks Do With Cash Freed Up by Rule Changes? No One Knows (#GotBitcoin?)
Fed proposal to ease short-term cash requirements for big banks heads into uncertain territory. Regulators plan to pare back requirements that banks keep billions of dollars of cash on hand to pay short-term bills. No one knows for sure what will happen next. The liquidity coverage ratio rule was invented…
China Supersizes Detention Camps In Xinjiang Despite International Criticism (#GotBitcoin)
Satellite Imagery Shows Footprint Of 28 Internment Centers Has Increased Significantly Since 2016: Report. China Supersizes Detention Camps In Xinjiang Despite International Criticism (#GotBitcoin) Chinese authorities aggressively expanded the scale of internment camps in Xinjiang this year, according to a new study, even as China’s program of mass detentions of…
Americans Find Consequences Of Having Been Arrested (Charges Dropped or Not) Can Last a Lifetime (#GotBitcoin?)
America Has A Rap Sheet Even If Charges Were Dropped, A Lingering Arrest Record Can Ruin Chances of A Job Over the past 20 years, authorities have made more than a quarter of a billion arrests, the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates. As a result, the FBI currently has 77.7…