Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Google's 'self-driving toaster' rattles the auto industrySep 21, 2015 6:22 am - Before Google introduced the prototype of its autonomous car - a k a the "self-driving toaster" - to the public last year, the search-engine giant made the rounds of the...
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Senior savers will wait to reap benefits from Fed rate increasesSep 21, 2015 6:22 am - WASHINGTON - Jerry Willis is ready for higher interest rates. Willis is 79 and retired. Like millions of other older Americans, he owns an investment portfolio that incl...
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Unraveling how HealthCare.gov went so, so wrongSep 20, 2015 8:21 am - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inspector general has issued a new report on what went wrong with the federal health insurance exchanges. Or rather, one t...
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Target to offer health-tracking Fitbits to 335,000 employeesSep 20, 2015 8:21 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Retail giant Target will offer activity trackers from Fitbit to its 335,000 U.S. employees, becoming the latest firm looking to the inexpensive wearable ...
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The new money-laundering sting: Come to the U.S., get arrestedSep 14, 2015 6:57 am - Lawyer Patrick Poulin says he helped clients set up offshore corporations in the Caribbean. And that's what he was working on when he flew to Miami from the Turks and Ca...
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U.S. organized labor might be lifting its headSep 14, 2015 6:57 am - On the surface, this Labor Day holiday capped another dark year for U.S. unions and many working-class Americans. Union membership in the private sector is 6.6 percent; ...
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Fed's stay-or-go scenarios come with risks to rate path, growthSep 14, 2015 6:57 am - WASHINGTON - It's a tough call. Really tough. When Federal Reserve officials sit down next week, they will weigh volatile markets and a host of uncertainties about inter...
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Musk makes enemies fast in Texas town hosting Space-X LaunchesSep 14, 2015 6:57 am - AUSTIN, Texas - People who live in Boca Chica Village, all 26 of them, knew Elon Musk's SpaceX company would put the South Texas town on the map after it was selected la...
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Why residential investment could help boost U.S. economySep 14, 2015 6:57 am - There's a big reason to believe that the U.S. economy will be able to withstand the start of the Fed tightening cycle: There's still plenty of penned up activity in the ...
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Toyota shows edgier-looking Prius to combat cheap gas, more rivalsSep 14, 2015 6:57 am - Toyota will stray from the iconic wedge shape of its pioneering Prius, giving its top- selling hybrid sleeker looks after almost seven years without a redesign. The 2016...