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Former Capital One Analyst On The Hook For Insider Trading
January 14, 2016

Former Capital One Financial Corp. Analyst Nan Huang has been found liable in civil court of using non-public sales data from the credit card issuer to buy and sell stocks. A long way of saying: Huang was convicted of insider trading. Get the Full Story...

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Airbnb Using Notes To Politely Ask SF Landlords Not To Abuse Its Service
January 13, 2016

Late last year, Airbnb narrowly avoided a new set of regulations in its hometown of San Francisco that would have sharply curtailed how the platform could be used, particularly by real estate businesses and landlords. Those rules would have seen limits placed on how many...

Uber Bails On Pregnant Woman, Delivers Itself More Bad Headlines
January 13, 2016

Every so often, back in the day, one would occasionally see a headline about a baby born in the backseat of a cab. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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The Price Problem With Pennies And Nickels
January 12, 2016

When people say the government is wasting money on something, they are, generally speaking, being a little imprecise with language. What they intend to confer is that the government is spending money on something they don’t agree with and that they should be spending that...

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How Google And Amazon Plan To Manage The Crowded Skies
January 11, 2016

Commercial drones (as opposed to their weaponized military-grade cousins) went from being something of a punchline a few years ago to a fully anticipated part of day-to-day life as 2016 gets underway. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Sanders Rails Against Banks, Promises $2 ATM Fees
January 06, 2016

Bernie Sanders does not have much love for the banking establishment on Wall Street — a surprise to no one — and in a major speech this week, he began to outline what he would like to see changed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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NY Attorney General Fires Back At FanDuel, DraftKings
January 04, 2016

The new year may not be such a fresh start for controversial fantasy sports sites FanDuel and DraftKings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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Apple Faces Manufactured Obsolescence Lawsuit
December 30, 2015

Some unsatisfied customers have hit Apple with what is likely a largely unwanted late Christmas “gift.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

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Why The CFPB Thinks Arbitration Is Bad
December 29, 2015

There are few issues in the world that are quietly controversial, as muteness is not, generally speaking, a feature of conflict, particularly when the disputes are about money and consumer rights. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...