Verizon dumps annual contracts; Here's how to save money with your phone bills
The nation’s largest wireless company is ditching its two-year service contracts, offering a new system that allows customers to buy phones upfront or pay for it through a two-year monthly program. This brings plenty of benefits, especially when it comes to saving more money for a phone.
Aug 12, 2015 10:50 PM EDT
Brands will surely get noticed at 2016 Olympics in 7 new ways
It is still a year before the 2016 Summer Olympic Game to be held in Rio de Janeiro, but different marketers of all sorts began the countdown. David Berkowitz, CMO of MYR said that his firm has released a report from Marketer's Road to the Olympics emphasizing the different marketing strategies to showcase brands.
Traders and hackers earned $100M on stocks from stealing news
Two hackers and a group of traders had earned $100M illegal profit on the stock market taking advantage of 80,000 cracked advance press releases from three online news websites for five years.
Warren Buffett buys aerospace supplier - his biggest acquisition ever
Warren Buffett makes his biggest acquisition ever, buying aerospace supplier Precision Castparts for $37.2 billion, including its debt. Buffett says the company's CEO Mark Donegan made quite an impression during their first meeting, prompting him to make an offer.
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The New 10: Eleanor Roosevelt leads survey as the new face for $10 bill
Eleanor Roosevelt is leading the votes in the recent survey conducted by The Marist Poll on who among American women should be in the next $10 bill.
Aug 11, 2015 11:24 PM EDT
Adobe joins tech industry move to offer better parental leave benefits
Adobe Systems, Inc. made significant changes to their parental leave policy to offer better work-life balance to employees.
Aug 11, 2015 11:17 PM EDT
These are the US cities with higher wage growth than the national average
The recovery in the US economy is creating more jobs, thus increasing the demand for manpower and pushing the wages upwards. Some cities are registering over 4% wage growth.
Aug 11, 2015 10:52 PM EDT
Night navigation with Google Maps now made easier, safer
Google has added a new feature called 'Night Mode' that enables users to navigate through the routes during the night time without suffering from eye strain or temporary blindness due to a phone's bright light.
Aug 11, 2015 4:24 AM EDT
Google forms a conglomerate with Alphabet as the umbrella company
Google will be replaced by Alphabet Inc. as its new corporate name. CEO Larry Page and President Sergey Brin will still head the corporation. Sundar Pichai was promoted as the new Google CEO which will focus on its internet services.
Aug 11, 2015 4:22 AM EDT
Fed's Fischer says US inflation rate temporarily low while labor market is on a rebound
Vice Chairman assures that the low inflation rate experienced by the US is only temporary and will soon normalize and prices of oil and raw materials stabilize.
Aug 11, 2015 1:48 AM EDT
Verizon Wireless dumps annual smartphone subscription, offers new affordable rate plans
Verizon Wireless replaces annual smartphone subscription with new affordable rate plans as one of the Verizon spokesperson confirmed it will no longer offer contracts and device subsidies.
Aug 11, 2015 1:37 AM EDT
7 US Companies with Amazing Benefits for Parents
Offering parental leave benefits are a way to retain and attract the best talents for these companies. Here are some of US companies that take work-life seriously.
Aug 11, 2015 1:34 AM EDT
Fed rate hike seen with steady July jobs growth
Economists see an interest rate hike, possibly next month, as the US records a steady jobs growth in July. But while new jobs are being created, wages have almost stayed the same.
Aug 11, 2015 1:22 AM EDT
Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton to propose a college affordability program worth $350B
Hillary Clinton will propose an affordable educational program that will help students to repay their dues, will grant free education to some and will lessen the expenses of educational institutions.
Aug 11, 2015 1:20 AM EDT
Zynga finds refuge from slots with 30 percent revenue growth
Slot games narrowed the $62.5 million losses of Zynga by almost half with its 30% growth in revenue. Its shareholder lawsuit is also settled out of court for $23 million.
Aug 10, 2015 10:57 PM EDT
Prayas Analytics helps retailers boost sales using in-store security camera
Prayas Analytics is a software installed in security cameras. It helps analyze sales transactions inside a store.
Aug 10, 2015 10:52 PM EDT