Discover Pushes PayPal Payments; First Data Holds Out Discover makes headway in bringing eBay's online-payments service to physical retailers, but First Data, one of the country's largest merchant processors, has opted not to support the service. More
Consumers' shift to older iPhones raises concerns on Wall Street So many consumers are opting to buy older iPhone models that some analysts wonder whether Apple has lost its ability to create new versions that dazzle. How strange to think that Vicki Macchiavello's decision to buy an iPhone after years of using a BlackBerry could be bad news for Apple. More
DealBook: Mortgage Relief Checks Go Out, Only to Bounce Relief checks issued as part of a settlement over foreclosure abuses have bounced, an unfortunate twist for consumers who have already faced problems over reviews of troubled mortgage loans. More
March retail revenue figure inches up U.S. retailers are reporting modest sales gains for March as consumers held back due to cold weather during the month and continued worry about the economy. Overall, 14 retailers reported on Thursday that revenue at stores open at least a year — a key indicator of retail health — rose an average of 0.6 percent. More
Racking up credit card rewards points? You're paying for them with swipe fees, high interest. Rewards programs encourage people to keep swiping their credit cards, but consumers and businesses pay the price. Illinois has set out to curb some swipe fees. 12/16/2024 - 12:01 am | View Link
Credit Card Companies Are Fighting To Keep Their Monopoly And High Fees A handful of credit card companies are stifling competition and financially straining small businesses with high interchange fees while providing little explanation as to ... 12/11/2024 - 4:32 pm | View Link
Cut surcharges by divorcing debit and credit, Westpac tells RBA Blended pricing structures charge retailers a flat fee no matter the card, and lead to debit card users subsidising benefits for credit card users. 12/11/2024 - 12:51 pm | View Link
Top JP Morgan exec Marianne Lake warns new credit and debit card fee rules will hurt consumers Chase has been fighting the proposal in various forms for more than a decade, going back at least to a comment letter from Lake’s predecessor, Ryan McInerney (now the CEO of Visa), in which he called ... 12/11/2024 - 10:22 am | View Link
The Fed slashed interest rates, but some credit card APRs aren’t going down. Here’s why. But when the Fed started slashing interest rates in September, with an initial cut of half a percentage point, the average credit card interest rate fell by just 0.13%. The Fed has since cut rates by ... 12/10/2024 - 12:31 pm | View Link
Nike needs to refocus on five key sports areas and hold fewer sales, among other areas, the CEO said. Cheng Xin/Getty ImagesNike's CEO Elliott Hill said that there are three things he wants to fix at Nike. One mistake was being "too promotional" and offering too many discounts. The company will also focus on five areas: running, basketball, training, football, and sportswear.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said he has "a lot of respect" for Elon Musk as an engineer, but said the billionaire is no warfighter. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images and Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesFrank Kendall, the Air Force Secretary, hit back on Elon Musk's comments slamming the F-35.
Former employees and supporters join unionized Starbucks employees as they carry signs in support of a strike in Virginia in 2023. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty ImagesStarbucks' largest workers' union announced that it would strike in three major cities on Friday. The Starbucks Workers United union said that stores in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle would participate.
Mirror cells, if created, would probably multiply in a host organism without much resistance. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesSome scientists trying to create "mirror life" have stopped in their tracks. A mirror microorganism could end up being a major pathogen since our immune systems wouldn't notice it. Mirror-image biology inverts a fundamental property of life on Earth: which way molecules point.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Justin Sullivan/GettyGoogle's CEO said it had cut managers, directors, and VPs by 10% as part of its efficiency drive. The company has been boosting efficiency by reducing layers and reorganizing teams. Google has been facing down threats from OpenAI and other AI rivals. Google had cut the number of top management roles by 10% in its push for efficiency, CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in an all-hands meeting on Wednesday.