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NEWS 
June 24, 2017 How Pizza Hut and payments are fueling China’s retail revolution
Part of the huge shadow Ant Financial casts is its appetite for global investment, but at the same time it’s making moves that are kicking off major changes to how payments are handled in its local market in China. While the world waits to see how the company’s attempt to acquire U.S.-based MoneyGram will play […]
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COUPONS 
June 12, 2017 Drug coupons are costing us billions: Lawmakers seek end to slimy scheme
When Mylan’s CEO, Heather Bresch, appeared before lawmakers last September to explain the skyscraping price of life-saving EpiPens, she touted coupons that would cut out-of-pocket costs for customers rather than plans to lower prices. Executives for Turing Pharmaceuticals, Valeant, Marathon, Kaléo, and many others used the same strategy amid price-gouging claims. But the wallet-friendly deals are […]
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CLOTHING 
May 25, 2017 Fig Leaves Are Out. What to Wear to Be Kind to the Planet?
Americans spent around $350 billion on clothing and footwear in 2016. CreditLauren Fleishman for The New York Times In the Garden of Eden, figuring out what to wear was easy and the fig leaves were environmentally friendly. Today, it’s much harder to find clothes that don’t have some kind of negative impact on the planet. […]
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COUPONS 
April 26, 2017 Lowes Mothers Day coupons spreading on social media are a scam
An online coupon for Lowe’s that is making the rounds on social media is actually a scam. A post, which has appeared on Facebook, states that the home improvement chain is giving away $50 coupons to celebrate Mother’s Day, according to CNN. All you have to do is take a survey. Clicking the link to […]
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COMPUTERS 
April 26, 2017 TVs are now tablet computers without a touchscreen
A few weeks back I turned on my television to find out it had stopped receiving two of the free-to-air channels I watched most often. All of the other channels still resolved with perfect, digital clarity, so I couldn’t work out why these two channels – out of four in packaged in a multichannel broadcast […]
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April 14, 2017 6 common home and garden plants that are poisonous to your pets
Now that Spring is officially here, you’re probably thinking about making your home look pretty with a bright bouquet of flowers, or a houseplant you can nurture through the warmer season. What you might not think about though, is how your plants affect your pets. There are some plants that can be lethal to animals […]
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COUPONS 
April 8, 2017 Stretching a Dollar: Digital coupons are set-and-forget option
Coupons.com is the site that most couponers think about for printable coupons, and the Coupons.com app is also popular among couponers. The app, available for free in the Android and Apple stores, recently updated the program to offer digital coupons that can be loaded to loyalty cards and store accounts instead of being printed in […]
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COMPUTERS 
February 18, 2017 The First LG Laptops Are on Their Way to the U.S. Market
LG, the Korean electronics giant known for its smartphones, appliances and tablets is bringing its first laptops to the U.S. market. The company announced the release of the Gram series of laptops in a press release recently. The machines, named Gram to highlight their light weight, are available in 13-inch and 14-inch models. The 13-inch […]
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February 16, 2017 Stores dropping Ivanka Trump’s clothing line fail to mention one key detail: Her clothes are ugly
Image Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Stores dropping Ivanka Trump’s clothing line fail to mention one key detail: Her clothes are ugly By Rachel Lubitz February 16, 2017 GET MIC DAILY: Sign up IN COLLABORATION WITH Mic invites contributors and staff writers to offer commentary and context about news and timely issues. Ivanka Trump‘s clothing line […]
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COMPUTERS 
February 7, 2017 The First LG Laptops Are on Their Way to the U.S. Market
LG, the Korean electronics giant known for its smartphones, appliances and tablets is bringing its first laptops to the U.S. market. The company announced the release of the Gram series of laptops in a press release recently. The machines, named Gram to highlight their light weight, are available in 13-inch and 14-inch models. The 13-inch […]
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ELECTRONICS 
February 4, 2017 Where are Apple products made?
Ads by Kiosked Where are Apple’s iPhone, iPads and Macs made? And why don’t they assemble their products in the US? In early 2016, there was a lot of tech-press buzz around the then US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s eye-catching vow to force Apple to make its computers in the US. (In fairness it’s not just Republicans […]
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ELECTRONICS 
February 4, 2017 76% of Apple’s mobile devices are now running iOS 10
POST YOUR COMMENT COMMENTS (34) Himanshu, 06 January 2017 Apple iOS Apple has released its latest iOS adoption numbers, revealing that the version 10 of its mobile operating system now powers 76% of compatible devices. That’s a rise of 13% compared to the last time these figures were released, which happened in November. In […]
