Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Open-source 'Great Satan' no more, Microsoft wins over skepticsJun 10, 2019 11:07 am - In 2014, Microsoft cloud chief Scott Guthrie wrote up a proposal to acquire GitHub. Then he filed the plan away in a drawer. Every once in a while he'd take the plan out...
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U.S. jobs rise 75,000, missing forecasts as wage gains coolJun 10, 2019 11:07 am - U.S. employers added the fewest workers in three months and wage gains cooled, suggesting broader economic weakness and likely boosting calls for a Federal Reserve inter...
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'We're putting our fiscal house in order': Pritzker says gambling, pot will help repair broken stateJun 10, 2019 1:38 pm - Bringing a massive casino to Chicago's struggling neighborhoods and legalizing marijuana across Illinois is the price to pay for stabilizing the fiscal basket case that ...
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Mexico hopeful of avoiding tariffs that Trump says will happenJun 05, 2019 12:52 pm - Mexican leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he's hopeful that Mexico will reach a deal to escape U.S. tariffs, even as President Donald Trump said he'll probably imp...
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What does it mean that Google CEO shunned a large stock award?Jun 04, 2019 6:30 am - Sundar Pichai was, for years, one of the world's highest-paid corporate executives. Now he's facing the opposite reality: No big paychecks at all. The Google chief execu...
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Almost 40% of Americans would struggle to cover a $400 emergencyJun 03, 2019 1:47 pm - Many U.S. households find themselves in a fragile position financially, even in an economy with an unemployment rate near a 50-year low, according to a Federal Reserve s...
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Analysis: Bing's not the laughingstock of technology anymoreJun 03, 2019 1:47 pm - I'd like to share birthday wishes for one of the most ridiculed technology products ever. This week in 2009, Microsoft Corp. rebooted and renamed its failed effort to co...
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Microsoft unveils personal computer game subscription serviceJun 03, 2019 8:41 am - Microsoft Corp. will begin selling a subscription service for personal computer video games, two years after unveiling a similar offering for the Xbox console. Xbox Game...
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Mario Kart Tour shows promise of mobile hit for NintendoJun 03, 2019 1:47 pm - Nintendo Co. remains bereft of a monster smartphone hit more than four years after a much-ballyhooed entry into mobile gaming. The wait may finally be over. Mario Kart T...
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Digital assistant - The one job in banking that needs more menJun 03, 2019 2:24 pm - Finance is a male-dominated realm. But there's one corner where women are everywhere: the virtual world of digital assistants. Bank of America customers can ask for Eric...