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The CFPB Sizzle, Patent Trolls Fizzle And Millennials Face A Rough Ride
May 26, 2017

The CFPB managed to have an encouraging-looking day in court this week — while patent trolling most certainly did not. And millennials faced critiques for their brunch choices — and a mounting wall of data that indicates that a generational fizzle is not actually out...

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eCommerce Ignites for Walmart And Bye-Bye for Brokers and Bitcoin?
May 19, 2017

Double-digit growth in Walmart eCommerce sales impress, and now the war with Amazon heats up a bit. And speaking of heating up, worries are flaring over bank stocks (and banking regulation) as shares got scorched … but baking of another sort looms for those looking...

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Retail Fizzles, Alipay Sizzles — And Burger Wars Reignite On Mobile
May 12, 2017

May flowers did not appear for retail earnings, unless you consider a bouquet of stinkweed a blanket of blossoms. Simply put, the numbers were dismal, the stock prices sinking like, well, the foundations’ poorly laid brick-and-mortar structures. Sizzle: Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Watching The Watchers Of The Apple Watch Watch
May 05, 2017

If the Apple Watch was gaining momentum in the latest Apple earnings report, other ominous signs emerged this week that the wearables may have worn out their welcome. And in the meantime, there was good news about Brexit, bad news about Brexit and coffee to...

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Sizzle Fizzle: Cash Is King, Bitcoin Slumps And Google Notches A Big Earnings Win
April 28, 2017

Another exciting week as cash manages a surprise sizzle, Wave runs on Dunkin’ and small banks get a shot at regulatory relief. Looking less fizzy — and more fizzly — consumer spending, credit cards and bitcoin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Wells Fizzles, Lyft Sizzles And Samsung Snatches A Sizzle From A Fizzle
April 14, 2017

How to construct a payments platypus of sorts — you know, a mish-mosh of opposites that may not on the surface dovetail well but still get put together once in a while, less evolution than, perhaps, ever-amusing? Try being Samsung this past week, which had both a sizzle...

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Bustlingly Busy, Visa’s Vistas Expand
April 07, 2017

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Sizzle/Fizzle: In Banking, Truth as Currency
March 31, 2017

If you were in the market for a credit card or looking to sell a house, this past week was a good one, as rewards points on the former, and prices for the latter were both up. If you were a bank, on the other hand, finding a...

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Smart Sizzles, Dodd-Frank Fizzles And Sears Might Be Signing Off?
March 24, 2017

Live by the fickle consumer, and, if you’re a (very) aging retailer, possibly die by the fickle consumer. In commerce, history only goes so far, while memory does not stretch far enough, perhaps. And meanwhile, politics ain’t a beanbag, but it’s bouncing the stock market...