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Auto Dealers Found Guilty of Odometer Fraud, Deceptive Advertising And Other Charges (#GotBitcoin?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLU1KxUVqGmaNe1wAVXlKct_4truxmNEwv&time_continue=4&v=PEIGiZv_k98 The Federal Trade Commission and 32 law enforcement partners today announced the results of Operation Ruse Control, a nationwide and cross-border crackdown to protect consumers when purchasing or leasing a car, encompassing 252 enforcement actions. The six new FTC cases include more than $2.6 million in monetary judgments. Auto…
San Francisco’s Housing Market Braces For An IPO Millionaire Wave (#GotBitcoin?)
A rush of anticipated public offerings from tech unicorns like Uber and Airbnb could have a major impact on one of the country’s priciest cities. San Francisco’s Housing Market Braces For An IPO Millionaire Wave (#GotBitcoin?) Real-estate agent Jeffrey Hyland and his team recently trawled Forbes’s wealth ranking and sifted…
Commoditization Of Space Will Bring Affordable Satellite-Based Internet To The Masses (#GotBitcoin)
Facebook, Amazon and others are aiming to blanket low-earth orbit with satellites to deliver fast online access anywhere, at anytime, for anyone. It’s the commoditization of space. Commoditization Of Space Will Bring Affordable Satellite-Based Internet To The Masses (#GotBitcoin) If you hate your internet provider, the good news is that…
Trump Refuses To Share Tax Returns. Yet Causes A Recession
President has broken with decades of precedent by refusing to disclose returns before or after entering White House. Trump Refuses To Share Tax Returns. Yet Causes A Recession President Trump said he wouldn’t release his tax returns, as the Internal Revenue Service faces a Wednesday deadline from House Democrats to…
Trump Caught Trying To Tweet Fake Poll Approval Ratings (#GotBitcoin?)
Trump Touts 55 Percent Approval From Poll That Found 43 Percent Approval Trump Caught Trying To Tweet Fake Poll Approval Ratings (#GotBitcoin?) Trump’s Approval Rating In A New Georgetown Poll Is 43 Percent, Not 55 Percent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwLICx1-7s8 President Trump’s approval rating is 43 percent according to a new poll from Georgetown.…
Why Amazon Needs Others To Keep Selling
CEO letter shows why third-party sales have become key to retail giant’s business. Why Amazon Needs Others To Keep Selling If nothing else, Jeff Bezos clarified Thursday why Amazon.com ’s third-party business is worth the trouble. In his annual missive to shareholders, Amazon’s chief executive provided a more detailed look…
Amazon Reportedly Has Thousands of People Listening To Snippets of Alexa Conversations (#GotBitcoin?)
Amazon Has Thousands Of Workers Around The World Who Review Alexa Conversations, Bloomberg Reported. Amazon Reportedly Has Thousands of People Listening To Snippets of Alexa Conversations (#GotBitcoin?)Key Points Their work is intended to help improve Alexa’s speech recognition technology. Amazon has never disclosed that it has human workers listening…
Second Kroger Unit To Stop Accepting Visa Credit Cards (#GotBitcoin?)
A second unit of supermarket chain Kroger Co. said Friday that it will stop accepting Visa Inc. credit cards at its 142 supermarkets and 108 gas stations across seven states. Second Kroger Unit To Stop Accepting Visa Credit Cards (#GotBitcoin?) Smith’s Food & Drug Said It Would Stop Accepting Visa…
Why Interior Designers And Home Stagers Prefer Bar Soap Over Liquid (#GotBitcoin?)
Hard-milled cakes are making a comeback, and many decorators cheer the choice. Plus: five stylish little trays to set them in. Why Interior Designers And Home Stagers Prefer Bar Soap Over Liquid (#GotBitcoin?) NOT VERY LONG AGO, many of us gave up solid soap for the liquid version, happy to…
Major Crypto-Currency Exchanges Use Lloyd’s of London, A Registered Insurance Broker (#GotBitcoin?)
Major American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed details of its insurance coverage for its hot wallet crypto holdings, reportedly covering a $255 million limit via a Lloyd’s of London, a registered broker. The details were disclosed in an official blog post from Coinbase’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Philip Martin on April 2. Major Crypto-Currency Exchanges…
Major Caregiver Referral Site Removes Thousands of Bogus And Unverified Listings Prior To Investigation (#GotBitcoin?)
WSJ investigation had found that hundreds of day-care centers listed on its website as state licensed didn’t appear to be. Major Caregiver Referral Site Removes Thousands of Bogus And Unverified Listings Prior To Investigation (#GotBitcoin?) The online child-care marketplace Care.com CRCM 2.01% scrubbed its site of tens of thousands of…
Hemp Clothing Is Happening, and No, It Won’t Get You High (#GotBitcoin?)
Once sullied by its associations with seedy drug culture, the irreproachable hemp plant is gaining ground in summer fabrics that rival wrinkly linen. Hemp Clothing Is Happening, and No, It Won’t Get You High (#GotBitcoin?) More Than Just A Weed Hemp Jacket, $129, Patagonia.Com; Glanshirt Shirt, $355, Slowear.Com; Hemp Pants,…