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Facebook Feature Can Now Change Your Photos

Facebook(NEW YORK) — If your dream is to add puppies, palm trees or dinosaurs to your Facebook photos, then you’re in luck. Facebook is rolling out a new feature Thursday that allows users to dress up their photos with stickers before uploading them to the Read More

Facebook Feature Can Now Change Your Photos

Facebook(NEW YORK) — If your dream is to add puppies, palm trees or dinosaurs to your Facebook photos, then you’re in luck. Facebook is rolling out a new feature Thursday that allows users to dress up their photos with stickers before uploading them to the Read More

Jobless Claims Decline to 283K

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20150262.pdf(WASHINGTON) — Jobless claims were slightly lower last week, decreasing by 21,000, according to the latest figures released Thursday by the Labor Department. For the week ending Feb. 14, the number of people Read More

Fed Still Holding Off on Raising Interest Rates

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The nation’s central bank is balking at boosting record-low interest rates anytime soon. That was the gist of the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting in late January in which officials felt that Read More

Hungry Shoppers Buy More Stuff

Stockbyte/Thinkstock(MINNEAPOLIS) — In a study that retailers will no doubt find interesting, researchers at the University of Minnesota say that shopping on an empty stomach is probably not the wisest idea for budget-conscious consumers. To put it simply, hunger Read More

Samsung Going Head to Head with Apple Pay

Prykhodov/iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Samsung is ready to challenge Apple Pay. The Korean electronics company announced Wednesday it is buying mobile payments start-up LoopPay, setting up another head-to-head match-up with its perennial rival. In its Read More