NEW YORK – Walmart is providing workers with an app aimed at helping them budget their money and get paid before payday. Continue Reading Below The retailer said Wednesday that it teamed up with financial technology startup Even and PayActiv to provide an app to 1.4 million Walmart workers. The […]
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Better Buy: Palo Alto Networks vs. Fortinet
By virtually all estimates, the cybersecurity market will balloon over the next several years, and it’s not hard to see why. Recent hacks affecting hundreds of millions of people around the globe point up the necessity to protect sensitive systems. And the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud data centers […]
Fed rate increase is 3rd this year; foresees 3 more in 2018
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve is raising its key interest rate for the third time this year and foresees three additional hikes in 2018, a vote of confidence that the U.S. economy remains on solid footing 8½ years after the end of the Great Recession. Continue Reading Below The Fed […]
Gossip editors face HR training after harassment allegations
NEW YORK – The company that publishes Us Weekly, the National Enquirer and other gossip sites will hire outside experts to give its managers sexual harassment prevention training, one week after The Associated Press revealed that its top editor has twice been the subject of sexual harassment investigations. Continue Reading […]
Here’s Why the Best Is Yet to Come for CalAmp Corp.
By most metrics, Internet of Things (IoT) provider CalAmp (NASDAQ: CAMP) appears woefully overvalued. So why is CalAmp’s stock continually bumping against its 52-week high of $24.68 a share? The good news for investors in search of a pure growth alternative is that there are multiple reasons CalAmp stock has […]
Nobody hurt in Central Texas natural gas pipeline fire
SOMERVILLE, Texas – Authorities are trying to determine what sparked a natural gas pipeline fire in Central Texas in an early-morning blaze that could be seen for several miles. Continue Reading Below The Burleson County Sheriff’s Office says nobody was hurt in the fire reported about 3 a.m. Wednesday at […]
Trump condo prices falling in Manhattan, report finds
NEW YORK – A real estate research firm reports that prices for condos in Trump buildings in Manhattan fell in the first year of the Trump presidency. Continue Reading Below CityRealty says the average price per square foot for condos sold in Trump-branded buildings in the borough fell 7 percent […]
Teen innovator nets more than $40K with equestrian clothing line
What started as a fundraising effort for 16-year-old Autumn Siliato has transformed into a booming business that’s netted the equestrian clothing designer more than $40,000 in less than one year. Continue Reading Below The teen entrepreneur started her own clothing line — specializing in equestrian outfits — in May 2017, […]
NY college gets its largest ever gift from alumnus: $50M
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A Rochester Institute of Technology alumnus with a billion-dollar company is giving his alma mater $50 million. It’s the largest donation the upstate New York college has ever received. Continue Reading Below The 2009 graduate, Austin McChord, was back at RIT Wednesday to announce the gift. He […]
AP PHOTOS: Chronically homeless seek refuge on LA’s Skid Row
LOS ANGELES – The Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles is home to thousands of chronically homeless people. Continue Reading Below Each one has a different story about how they ended up in this center of abject poverty, where drugs rule the streets night and day. “It’s miserable quitting, […]