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How 30 Million Workers Borrow From Tomorrow to Pay for Today

How 30 Million Workers Borrow From Tomorrow to Pay for Today
How 30 Million Workers Borrow From Tomorrow to Pay for Today
March 20, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Every payday, millions of American workers face some version of the same problem: The bill is due today, the paycheck arrives Friday and they must...

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Fraud Gets Cheaper, Merchants Push Back
Fraud Gets Cheaper, Merchants Push Back
March 20, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Spreedly’s Adam Hiatt Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Amazon Buys Robot Maker RIVR to Win Last-Mile Delivery Race
Amazon Buys Robot Maker RIVR to Win Last-Mile Delivery Race
March 19, 2026  |  Delivery

Amazon has acquired RIVR, a company that uses physical artificial intelligence and wheeled-legged robots to automate doorstep delivery. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Goldman Sachs Replaces Big Annual Layoff With Targeted Rolling Cuts
Goldman Sachs Replaces Big Annual Layoff With Targeted Rolling Cuts
March 19, 2026  |  Banking

Goldman Sachs is set to begin a series of small layoffs that will continue through the summer and impact all of its business lines, Seeking...

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AI Adoption Is Being Measured in Tokens, but the Metric Falls Short, Experts Say
AI Adoption Is Being Measured in Tokens, but the Metric Falls Short, Experts Say
March 19, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A growing number of companies are using a unit called the token to measure how much their employees and workflows use artificial intelligence, according to...

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Wall Street Rally Overpowers Housing Slump to Lift Household Wealth
Wall Street Rally Overpowers Housing Slump to Lift Household Wealth
March 19, 2026  |  Economy

Rising stock prices helped drive an increase in Americans’ net worth in the fourth quarter of 2025, the Federal Reserve said Thursday (March 19). Get...

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FedEx Earnings Point to a Leaner, More Competitive Logistics Industry
FedEx Earnings Point to a Leaner, More Competitive Logistics Industry
March 19, 2026  |  Earnings

In today’s period of global turmoil, the logistics sector is increasingly just trying to get itself, as an industry, from point A to point B,...

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Jeff Bezos Raising $100 Billion to Supercharge Manufacturing With AI
Jeff Bezos Raising $100 Billion to Supercharge Manufacturing With AI
March 19, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Jeff Bezos is meeting with some of the world’s largest asset managers to raise $100 billion for a new fund that would buy manufacturing companies...

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