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Amazon Alexa Fund Invests In Smart Thermostat Company ecobee
Amazon Alexa Fund Invests In Smart Thermostat Company ecobee
August 22, 2016  |  Amazon Investments

Ecobee, the maker of a smart thermostat, has completed a $35 million round of funding, which included an investment from Amazon’s Alexa Fund. Get the...

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CFPB Adds New Outside Consumer Experts To The Advisory
CFPB Adds New Outside Consumer Experts To The Advisory
August 22, 2016  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Friday (Aug. 19) the addition of new consumer experts from outside the federal government to the Consumer...

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Baby Boomers Slowing Down Spending As They Age
Baby Boomers Slowing Down Spending As They Age
August 22, 2016  |  Consumer Insights

Baby Boomers’ percentage of spending appears to be waning, with the JPMorgan Chase Institute finding that growth of everyday spending fell 7.6 percent over the last...

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US Government .Gov Email Addresses Targeted
US Government .Gov Email Addresses Targeted
August 22, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

The U.S. government has long been a prime target for hackers, both in the U.S. and overseas, and apparently, hackers were busy this past weekend,...

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Lyft Shutting Down Carpooling Service
Lyft Shutting Down Carpooling Service
August 22, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

Lyft, the ride-hailing app taking on Uber, has moved to shut down its carpool feature located in San Francisco, five months after announcing it in...

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Massachusetts Is Levying A Fee Against Uber, Lyft
Massachusetts Is Levying A Fee Against Uber, Lyft
August 22, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

Uber and Lyft have been making it easier to hail a taxi, but they are also raising the ire of local state governments, which argue...

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Are Bookstores Bouncing Back?
Are Bookstores Bouncing Back?
August 19, 2016  |  Retail

Book lovers might want to rejoice — or at least, there’s new data that shows book sales on the rise for the first time in...

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CFPB Report Shows Servicers Make It Hard To Get An Income-Driven Student Loan Repayment
CFPB Report Shows Servicers Make It Hard To Get An Income-Driven Student Loan Repayment
August 19, 2016  |  CFPB

Income-driven repayment plans for federal student loan borrowers may not be as great as they are billed. That’s according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...

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