You may be gifting to Amazon and not even know it. Ain’t corporate welfare great? Bloomberg explains how the company’s rate discounts have pushed up utility costs for everyone else.
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You may be gifting to Amazon and not even know it. Ain’t corporate welfare great? Bloomberg explains how the company’s rate discounts have pushed up utility costs for everyone else.
LaunchComputer glitch takes down Starbucks’ point-of-sale systems, costing the company millions A failed “system refresh” took down Starbucks’ point-of-sale systems this afternoon, leaving baristas unable
LaunchIt’s nice to see that even an effective, very well funded, pervasive lobbying campaign cannot win when it was wrong. — Ed Black, president of
LaunchVICTORY! Comcast to drop bid for Time Warner Cable Cable giant Comcast is reportedly set to abandon its proposed $45.2 billion acquisition of Time Warner
LaunchComcast-Time Warner Cable merger runs into opposition at the FCC The Wall Street Journal is reporting that FCC staff are poised to recommend that Comcast’s
LaunchJustice Department on verge of opposing Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger Staff attorneys with the United States Department of Justice are said to be preparing a
LaunchBig Oil is about to lose control of the auto industry A pollution-free revolution is about to shake up the automobile industry, resulting in cars
LaunchDONALD TRUMP: T-Mobile service is terrible! Why can’t you do something to improve it for your customers. I don’t want it in my buildings. JOHN
LaunchReject Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger, California official says One of the five California officials who will vote on Comcast’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable
LaunchFuture Shop shutters Canadian stores, will re-brand as Best Buy Canada’s Future Shop electronics chain is no more, owner Best Buy has announced. The company
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