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Taboola Renews Pact With Associated Press For Header Bidding Integration
Wednesday, August 16, 2023 - 12:10pm | 333Taboola.Com Ltd. (NASDAQ: TBLA) renewed its partnership with the independent global news organization the Associated Press. AP News will implement various new Taboola features, including a header bidding integration through AP's relationship with Sovrn as a header bidding wrapper...
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Associated Press Launches NFTs Of Iconic Photos
Monday, January 10, 2022 - 3:32pm | 598For over 175 years, the Associated Press has been a go-to source for news and images. On Monday, the AP announced its entry into the non-fungible token sector with a new marketplace. What Happened: The Associated Press is launching a NFT marketplace powered by blockchain technology provider Xooa....
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Buzzkill: Schumer Wants Feds To Nose Around Snortable Chocolate Trade
Monday, July 10, 2017 - 10:02am | 290Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer wants federal authorities to investigate a hot new trend in nose candy: “Snortable chocolate” powder laced with caffeine that reportedly gives the user a sweet buzz. The New York Democrat is targeting such products as “Coco Loko,” which...
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Panera 2.0 Cuts Wait Times In Half As Digital-Ordering Gains Traction
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - 8:49am | 978The results are paying off as restaurants continue to add digital-ordering capabilities to their menu. Digital ordering has helped cut wait times significantly, made ordering much more convenient and led to an increase in sales. Specifically, Panera Bread Co (NASDAQ: PNRA)'s Panera 2.0 led to the...
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Post Office Reform Act Likely Dead This Year After House Republican Investigating Trump Steps Down
Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 9:15am | 737The Postal Reform Act of 2017, a bipartisan attempt to overhaul the perennially ailing U.S. Postal Service, appears headed for the dead letter office amid the chaos in Congress. Even though the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved the sweeping legislation on March 16,...
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War-Torn Afghanistan Sits Stubbornly Atop Vast Reserves Of Battery-Grade Lithium
Monday, April 10, 2017 - 10:49am | 582The world’s potential reliance on lithium — the silvery white metal used to make batteries powering electric vehicles, laptops and cell phones — has turned investor attention to unstable Afghanistan, which is sitting on vast deposits. “We have more than enough lithium in the...
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Why It May Be Getting Easier To Cheat On Your Taxes
Monday, March 20, 2017 - 8:39am | 503With President Donald Trump's administration having released its federal budget proposal last week, the rest of the country is similarly occupied arranging their own finances as tax season is now well underway. The Internal Revenue Service may not be prepared for what either the president or...
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AP Publishes Memo Stating National Guard Could Be Mobilized In Illegal Immigrant Roundup; White House Denies
Friday, February 17, 2017 - 5:07pm | 527One day after the nationwide “Day Without Immigrants” campaign — a pro-immigration strike prompting shutdown of businesses across the United States — rumors circulated of escalated federal efforts to deport policy violators. According to a draft memo acquired by The...
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Germophobes Beware, The FDA Calls Into Question The Effectiveness Of Hand Sanitizer
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 11:17am | 279Hand sanitizers kills 99.9 percent of germs and is effective in promoting health and wellness, right? Perhaps if this claim were true the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wouldn't find it necessary to initiate a probe and ask for new studies on its effectiveness. The Associated Press reported on...
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Blames Excess Steel Capacity For Global Markets' Distortions; Steel Stocks On The Move
Monday, June 6, 2016 - 10:10am | 368U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew blames the distortion in the global markets on excess steel production in China, according to an Associated Press report. Lew "urged China on Monday to cut excess steel production, as the two sides opened a high-level dialogue overshadowed by tension over the South...
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Exxon CEO Makes Fun Of Clean Energy; But What About Coming Price Parity?
Saturday, May 30, 2015 - 10:23am | 390Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) CEO Rex Tillerson mocked renewable energy in an April shareholder speech, according to a Politico report. “We choose not to lose money on purpose,” Tillerson said in addressing the reason for the company not investing in renewables. Tillerson...
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AP Using Robots For Journalism Starting In July
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 4:58pm | 639The Associated Press announced Monday that it will begin using automated technology to write company earnings reports next month. A vast amount of reporters' time and resources is spent on producing approximately 300 earnings reports each quarter, AP Managing Editor Lou Ferrera said in a...
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Sony, Panasonic Join Forces for OLED Production
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 8:32am | 386Two prominent electronics manufacturers are teaming up to produce next-generation TV sets using OLED technology. According to the Associated Press, Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Panasonic (NYSE: PC) have decided to work together in an effort to compete more effectively against Samsung, the current world...
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How Many Facebook Users Plan to Invest in its IPO?
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 2:05pm | 816Fifty-one percent, an AP-CNBC poll found. But half of Americans think the company's nearly $100 billion valuation is too high. Americans aren't the only ones who are rolling their eyes at Facebook's valuation. According to CNBC, nearly two-thirds of "active investors" think that Facebook (NASDAQ:...
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AP's Choi Fails to Identify the Law, the President, or Party Responsible for Debit-Card Fees
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 12:32am | 755If you only read Thursday's coverage of Bank of America's decision to impose a $5 monthly debit card fee by Associated Press Personal Finance Writer Candice Choi, you would have no idea that last year's “Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” triggered BofA's decision. The...