Turning Your Smartphone into a Digital Assistant

One big headache for small business owners doesn’t involve a shortage of energy or effort – it’s the lack of enough time in each day to get everything done that needs to get done.
Small businesses are often constrained by tight budgets and limited staffing, stretching them too thin to hire ful...

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Treasury pick Mnuchin will defend record on foreclosures

Treasury pick Steven Mnuchin defends record on foreclosures – Jan. 19, 2017


by Chris Isidore   @CNNMoney January 19, 2017: 7:54 AM ET










Steven Mnuchin will defend his record running a California bank at his confirmation hearing for Treasury secretary, saying ...

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A flood of false headlines probably did not swing America’s election

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New York Budget Hinges on Contentious Tax on the Rich

Mr. Cuomo’s seeming nihilism was cast in even sharper relief considering he had just unveiled a $152.3 billion budget with a $3.5 billion deficit, a gap that the governor also envisions being filled in large part by tax revenue. And that deficit — caused by softer-than-expected tax revenues —...

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Two contractors allege getting stiffed for work on Trump’s D.C. hotel

The Trump International Hotel on its first day of business in 2016. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Their employees installed plumbing, air conditioning, baseboards and crown molding in Donald Trump’s $212 million luxury D.C. hotel.
Afterward, they say, they were stiffed.
Two W...

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Books of The Times: Review: ‘American Hookup’ Gives College Sex Culture a Failing Grade

But the pages that immediately follow paint a more lurid picture, giving the distinct impression that college kids are fornicating willy-nilly, like so many bunnies in a hutch. One of the very problems Ms. Wade bemoans throughout her book — how the media peddles “salacious stories” about part...

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Why Netflix isn’t worried about GOP plans to weaken Net neutrality

Reed Hastings, chief executive officer of Netflix. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg)
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take the Oval Office, one high-profile tech issue that many analysts are watching is Net neutrality. Republicans are widely expected to seek changes to the rules, which...

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