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Jul 20, 2019
Thousands of Hollywood writers fired their agents after the Writers Guild of America declared war on the big talent agencies. Now some writers have secretly gone back to their agents as the battle drags on.
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Jul 20, 2019
Programming from CBS went dark for about 6.6 million viewers of AT&T's DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-verse packages Saturday morning after the two companies couldn't come to terms on a new distribution agreement.
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Jul 20, 2019
With home testing now ubiquitous, keepers of the family tree are forced to juggle the privacy of close relatives with the needs of newly discovered kin; "I am sorry my doing genealogy has opened up Pandora's box."
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Jul 20, 2019
Once viewed as a frivolity, emojis are now key to clear and concise communication, esprit de corps and cultivating a shared corporate culture.
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Jul 19, 2019
Many of the nation's largest drug manufacturers and distributors failed to implement even the most basic systems to halt suspicious drug orders as the opioid epidemic came into sharp focus, plaintiffs lawyers allege in a new court filing.
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Jul 19, 2019
The credit-reporting firm is nearing a deal to settle a slew of state and federal investigations into a 2017 data breach that exposed nearly 150 million Americans' Social Security numbers and other personal information.
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Jul 19, 2019
Walmart's finance executives are undergoing a shuffling as the world's biggest retailer absorbs Jet.com into the company's digital operation.
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Jul 19, 2019
Schlumberger named Olivier Le Peuch as its next chief executive, while the Houston oil-field-services company continues to suffer from a slowdown in spending by U.S. shale drillers.
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Jul 19, 2019
In Eugene Scalia, the Trump administration has found a potential secretary of labor with an established record of pursuing limits on government regulation of business.
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Jul 19, 2019
Medallia shares surged in their trading debut, the latest enterprise technology company off to strong start in the 2019 IPO market.
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Jul 19, 2019
St. Louis Fed leader James Bullard said Friday he would accept the chairmanship of the Federal Reserve if it were offered to him.
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Jul 19, 2019
Federal Reserve officials signaled they are ready to cut interest rates by a quarter-percentage point at their coming meeting, while indicating the potential for additional reductions because they are worried about a slowdown in global growth, an increase in trade-policy uncertainty and a pullback in inflation.
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Jul 19, 2019
Investment in closely held technology companies is set to keep rising after hitting a record last year, as more funds that have traditionally invested in public markets chase the returns being generated by startups, a new report shows.
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Jul 19, 2019
A former partner of Unaoil Group in Iraq has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges brought in connection with an investigation by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office into the oil-services firm.
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Jul 19, 2019
One of Wall Street's most eventful debates—whether the Federal Reserve will cut rates at its two-day meeting by a quarter of a percentage point or a half a point—gained new life following comments by John Williams.
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Jul 19, 2019
PepsiCo has agreed to pay $1.7 billion to buy South Africa's Pioneer Foods, as the beverage giant looks to expand and accelerate its growth in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Jul 19, 2019
n Eugene Scalia, the Trump administration has found a potential secretary of labor with an established record of pursuing limits on government regulation of business.
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Jul 19, 2019
American households remained relatively confident about the economy in early July, and their expectations for longer-run inflation firmed.
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Jul 19, 2019
The social media giant needs to find a more convincing way of saying "oops, my bad" as it seeks approval of a new cryptocurrency.
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Jul 19, 2019
PepsiCo has agreed to pay $1.7 billion to buy South Africa's Pioneer Foods, as the beverage giant looks to expand and accelerate its growth in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Jul 19, 2019
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said he would support a quarter-percentage-point cut in the central bank's benchmark short-term rate at its July 30-31 meeting and doesn't think a larger cut at that meeting is needed.
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Jul 19, 2019
It's not just email. Employers are mining the data their workers generate to figure out what they're up to, and with whom. There's almost nothing you can do about it.
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Jul 19, 2019
The billionaire investor says the energy company's board mismanaged its deal to acquire rival Anadarko Petroleum.
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Jul 19, 2019
Anheuser-Busch InBev agreed to sell its Australian unit to Asahi for $11.3 billion, including debt, as it pushes forward with an effort to sell assets and pare debt after pulling an initial public offering of its Asia-Pacific businesses.
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Jul 18, 2019
President Trump intends to nominate Eugene Scalia, a son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, as secretary of labor, sources said, tapping a well-known figure in labor policy after the resignation of Alex Acosta.
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Jul 18, 2019
President Trump intends to nominate Eugene Scalia, a son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, as secretary of labor, sources said, tapping a well-known figure in labor policy after the resignation of Alex Acosta.
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Jul 18, 2019
USA Today publisher Gannett is nearing a deal to combine with rival GateHouse Media, a move that would join the nation's two largest newspaper groups by circulation.
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Jul 18, 2019
New York Fed President John Williams didn't intend to suggest Thursday that the central bank might make a large interest rate cut this month, a spokesman said.
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Jul 18, 2019
The online pet-products seller said its sales grew 45% in the latest quarter
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Jul 18, 2019
Just as quickly as a free photo-editing app went viral among smartphones users this week, it drew a backlash that exposed growing concerns about digital privacy and the potential for abuse from overseas actors.
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Jul 18, 2019
USA Today publisher Gannett Co. is nearing a deal to combine with rival GateHouse Media, a move that would join the nation's two largest newspaper groups by circulation.
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Jul 18, 2019
Adam Neumann, co-founder and largest shareholder of WeWork Cos., has cashed out more than $700 million from the company ahead of its initial public offering through a mix of stock sales and debt, people familiar with the matter say.
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Jul 18, 2019
Boeing said it would book a nearly $5 billion charge related to compensating airline customers as a result of the prolonged grounding of its troubled 737 MAX aircraft.
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Jul 18, 2019
Microsoft reported record quarterly revenue lifted by cloud-computing growth, adding to the company's momentum under Chief Executive Satya Nadella.
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Jul 18, 2019
A federal bankruptcy watchdog is objecting to California utility PG&E Corp.'s request for approval of a $3 million payment to new Chief Executive William Johnson, according to a court document.
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Jul 18, 2019
BMW AG said it would appoint its current head of production, Oliver Zipse, as its next chief executive as the struggling auto maker contends with shrinking profits, global trade fights and the intensifying race to build electric cars.
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Jul 18, 2019
A subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group is poised to complete the largest U.S. junk-bond sale in more than three years, drawing substantial demand from investors to support its purchase of regional sports networks from Disney.
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Jul 18, 2019
The railroad operator's second-quarter profit rose even as it shipped less cargo, as the company got a boost from cost cuts tied to its new operating plan, including fewer jobs and lower fuel expenses.
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Jul 18, 2019
Nissan Motor's Hiroto Saikawa will face greater scrutiny from the company's new board, two directors said, adding pressure on the chief executive to revive the fortunes of the Japanese car maker.
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Jul 18, 2019
Our columnist went on a multicity 5G testing tour and discovered warm summer temperatures prevent the fifth generation of cellular networking from working well on Samsung's Galaxy S10 5G phone.
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Jul 18, 2019
A federal appeals court upheld the securities-fraud conviction of Martin Shkreli—the former pharmaceutical executive who became known as the "Pharma Bro." The appeals court ruled the trial judge correctly instructed jurors.
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Jul 18, 2019
Our columnist went on a multicity 5G testing tour and discovered warm summer temperatures prevent the fifth generation of cellular networking from working well on Samsung's Galaxy S10 5G phone.
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Jul 18, 2019
Anheuser-Busch InBev is considering selling off business units in South Korea, Australia and Central America to cut its massive debt pile as it pursues a backup plan after calling off the nearly $10 billion listing of its Asian business, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Jul 18, 2019
The House passed a bill that would more than double the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025, though it is unlikely to see a vote in the Senate.
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Jul 18, 2019
The railroad operator's second-quarter profit rose even as it shipped less cargo, as the company got a boost from cost cuts tied to its new operating plan, including fewer jobs and lower fuel expenses.
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Jul 18, 2019
The bankruptcy of drug developer Achaogen illustrates the challenge facing companies seeking new antibiotics at a time when cash-strapped hospitals are reluctant to splash out on higher-priced medicines.
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Jul 18, 2019
The career of the next European Central Bank chief shows the institution is getting a diplomat and negotiator, not a technocrat or economist. "She is extremely charming and that is part of her style of politics."
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Jul 18, 2019
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Congress and the Trump administration have agreed on overall spending levels and raising the U.S. government's borrowing limit for two years.
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Jul 18, 2019
The number of Americans applying for first-time unemployment benefits increased last week, but remained near historically low levels, a sign of a firm labor market.
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Jul 18, 2019
Amazon is offering independent merchants on its platform marketing support, product reviews and prominent display. The catch? Amazon gains the right to purchase a merchant's brand at any time for a fixed price, often $10,000.
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Jul 18, 2019
PPG said weak demand from industrial clients is hurting sales, challenging the company's decision to keep its paint and coatings businesses joined together.
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Jul 18, 2019
PPG said weak demand from industrial clients is hurting sales, challenging the company's decision to keep its paint and coatings businesses joined together.
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Jul 18, 2019
Investors have gone from debating whether the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates to grappling over how big the cut will be.
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Jul 18, 2019
Investors have gone from debating whether the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates to grappling over how big the cut will be.
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Jul 18, 2019
Honeywell reported stronger demand and higher organic sales in its commercial aerospace, defense, process automation and business-technologies businesses.
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Jul 18, 2019
Swiss drugmaker Novartis set aside $700 million to settle a long-running lawsuit alleging it treated U.S. doctors to lavish dinners and other events in return for boosting prescriptions.
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Jul 18, 2019
The nation's largest radio broadcaster begins trading about 2½ months after emerging from bankruptcy.
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Jul 18, 2019
UnitedHealth Group raised its 2019 earnings targets after reporting a strong first half of the year, driven by broader sales growth in premiums, products and services.
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Jul 18, 2019
Microsoft is forecast to report an increase in earnings per share that would extend a strong run driven by growth in cloud computing.
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Jul 18, 2019
The EU is imposing a $272 million fine on Qualcomm, its second penalty on the chip maker in 18 months, and its latest move targeting top U.S. tech companies for breaching antitrust rules.
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Jul 17, 2019
AT&T struck a cloud deal with Microsoft Azure for the bulk of its operations, a day after moving its business service applications to IBM's cloud.
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Jul 17, 2019
EBay Inc. raised its profit outlook and notched better-than-expected quarterly results, but continued to show sluggish revenue growth.
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Jul 17, 2019
Netflix ended the second quarter with fewer subscribers than expected, sending shares sharply lower in after-hours trading.
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Jul 17, 2019
The list of front-runners to succeed Christine Lagarde as head of the International Monetary Fund is now focused on four eurozone candidates, according to several senior European officials.
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Jul 17, 2019
Netflix ended the second quarter with fewer subscribers than expected, sending shares sharply lower in after-hours trading.
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Jul 17, 2019
International Business Machines reported another drop in quarterly revenue as Chief Executive Ginni Rometty struggles to remake Big Blue for the modern computing age.
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Jul 17, 2019
House lawmakers questioned Facebook about how its cryptocurrency should be regulated and its plans to protect users, underscoring the political hurdles facing the company as it seeks to issue the digital cash called Libra.
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Jul 17, 2019
The aircraft manufacturer has hired victim-compensation attorney Kenneth Feinberg to distribute $50 million to families who lost relatives in two crashes involving its 737 MAX planes.
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Jul 17, 2019
Progress toward a U.S.-China trade deal has stalled while the Trump administration determines how to address Beijing's demands that it ease restrictions on Huawei Technologies.
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Jul 17, 2019
Progress toward a U.S.-China trade deal has stalled while the Trump administration determines how to address Beijing's demands that it ease restrictions on Huawei Technologies.
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Jul 17, 2019
Amazon will face a formal EU antitrust investigation into its dealings with third-party merchants, expanding a multipronged regulatory push that has ensnared other Silicon Valley giants.
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Jul 17, 2019
American businesses see economy activity expanding at a modest pace despite lingering fears over trade, according to the Fed's "beige book: report.
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Jul 17, 2019
American businesses see an economy that continues to chug along despite lingering fears over trade, according to a Federal Reserve report released.
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Jul 17, 2019
A shortlist of candidates most likely to succeed Christine Lagarde as head of the International Monetary Fund has been narrowed to officials from eurozone countries, with Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the former finance minister of the Netherlands and former president of the Eurogroup, among them.
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Jul 17, 2019
Omnicom Group Inc. continued to justify its decision to rent data services instead of making large acquisitions, a sign that the ad holding company will continue to swim against the tide of its competitors.
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Jul 17, 2019
A shortlist of candidates most likely to succeed Christine Lagarde as head of the International Monetary Fund has emerged, with Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the former finance minister of the Netherlands and erstwhile president of the Eurogroup, among them.
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Jul 17, 2019
New data showing the toll that trade tensions are taking on China's economy are merely a symptom of a more serious malaise: The country's state-led growth model is running out of gas.
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Jul 17, 2019
Home building in the U.S. declined in June, a fresh sign of weakness in the housing market.
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Jul 17, 2019
CVS is making a move into kidney care, launching a clinical trial for a home-dialysis device. The company is working to capitalize on a Trump administration initiative pushing for home procedures.
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Jul 17, 2019
Although Netflix executives remain unconvinced of any correlation between a rise in teen suicides and "13 Reasons Why," there was a growing sentiment that the show's graphic wrist-slitting scene needed to be removed.
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Jul 17, 2019
A broad stripe of businesses from global titan Nike to a local bakery is finding that taking sides, or even appearing to, in Hong Kong's protests against China's growing reach can spur popularity—or trigger an angry backlash.
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Jul 17, 2019
A broad stripe of businesses from global titan Nike to a local bakery is finding that taking sides, or even appearing to, in Hong Kong's protests against China's growing reach can spur popularity—or trigger a backlash.
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Jul 17, 2019
A pipeline company is challenging Texas' practice of allowing drillers to set unwanted natural gas on fire, in a case that could test state limits for how much of the fuel can legally go to waste.
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Jul 17, 2019
EBay will announce its second-quarter earnings after markets close, as the online marketplace evaluates whether it could sell or spin off assets such as its classifieds business and StubHub.
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Jul 17, 2019
Uber Technologies will no longer be able to charge restaurants in Australia for delivery mishaps outside their control, after the practice was deemed unfair in a rebuke for tech giants seeking to keep delivery costs low in a rapidly growing sector.
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Jul 17, 2019
EBay is scheduled to announce its second-quarter earnings after markets close Wednesday. Here's what you need to know.
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Jul 17, 2019
Amazon will face a formal EU antitrust investigation into its dealings with third-party merchants, expanding a multipronged regulatory push that has ensnared other big Silicon Valley giants.
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Jul 17, 2019
Companies are connecting behind-the-scenes business software to the internet, meaning that the systems that run their accounting, supply chains and other core functions are increasingly vulnerable to hackers.
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Jul 17, 2019
One in six executives who left the CFO position at a U.S. public company in 2018 did so in order to retire, the highest share in the last 12 years, according to an analysis conducted for The Wall Street Journal.
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Jul 17, 2019
Investors are looking for fresh signs of a turnaround in IBM's second-quarter results, follow several quarters of declining revenue. The tech giant is betting its $34 billion acquisition of open-source software firm Red Hat will help revive its fortunes.
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Jul 17, 2019
Google's searchable database of political ads, set up to bring more transparency to digital campaign advertising, is fraught with errors and delays, according to candidates' digital staffers and political consultants.
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Jul 17, 2019
Google's searchable database of political ads, set up to bring more transparency to digital campaign advertising, is fraught with errors and delays, according to candidates' digital staffers and political consultants.
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Jul 17, 2019
Google's searchable database of political ads, set up to bring more transparency to digital campaign advertising, is fraught with errors and delays, according to candidates' digital staffers and political consultants.
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Jul 17, 2019
Google's searchable database of political ads, set up to bring more transparency to digital campaign advertising, is fraught with errors and delays, according to candidates' digital staffers and political consultants.
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Jul 17, 2019
Prices and quality vary wildly depending on airlines and types of planes, but Wi-Fi that's more dependable and free could soon become the standard.
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Jul 17, 2019
Amazon.com has agreed to change the terms of service on its platforms for third-party sellers around the world, following an investigation in Germany into the e-commerce giant's practices in its fast-growing marketplace segment.
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Jul 17, 2019
Chinese video-streaming service DouYu raised $775 million in its IPO, capitalizing on the growing popularity of watching others play games on the internet.
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Jul 17, 2019
Elon Musk and top-level scientists from his neuroscience startup, who are developing a next-generation brain-computer interface, unveiled what they billed as a significant advance toward a therapeutic device.
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Jul 16, 2019
Shoppers faced longer-than-expected delivery times during Amazon's Prime Day event, as purchases flooded the company's site.
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Jul 16, 2019
Mexican telecommunications company América Móvil boosted its net profit in the second quarter as higher operating gains combined with a decline in financial costs.
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