On March 28, 2011
Hospitals Have a Field Day Charging High Rates at Urgent Care Centers
Partly because of a Medicare rule change, many hospitals are opening urgent-care centers around the country. Some of these centers are charged uninsured patients as much as ERs do, and they're...
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On March 28, 2011
Does BP’s Oil Spill Fund Czar Really Deserve a 400K Monthly Raise?
Oil spill fund czar Kenneth Feinberg will now be paid $1.25 million a month to handle victims claims. Is the BP-funded raise justified?
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On March 28, 2011
PNC Bank account will not update; neither will PayPal
I keep getting the "click here to fix" for BOTH my PNC Bank account and my PayPal account. For a while I was seeing my PNC transactions appear in the "Money In" and "Money Out" tabs, but now they've disappeared.
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On March 28, 2011
General Motors Goes All In On Subprime Auto Loans
General Motors is betting big on subprime loans in the auto market. And it's a bet that while risky might just pay off.
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On March 28, 2011
Discover Sees Small Business Confidence Decrease
Ironic as it may sound, pessimists arguably have something to celebrate today. The latest Discover Small Business Watch figures show that small business owners' confidence dropped in March, creating a setback on the road to economic recovery.
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On March 28, 2011
Can a Vacation Policy of No Policy be a Good Employee Policy?
It sounds like a dream, a company with a vacation or paid time off (PTO) policy that doesn’t restrict or enforce any rules around the number off days an employee can take off. That’s right, take 15, 20, 25+ days…
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On March 28, 2011
Androids May Get the Jump on Mobile Payment Tech
Google may be working to let Android users make purchases using their mobile devices at retail points of sale. The company is rumored to be collaborating with MasterCard, Citigroup and VeriFone on a system based on near-field…
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On March 28, 2011
4 Lessons from the Google Books Fiasco
A former book publisher explains why the Google books settlement was a bad plan and how to remake the Google book library so it's a better deal for all sides.
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On March 28, 2011
eBay Buys GSI Commerce to Go After Really Big Sellers
eBay wants to acquire e-commerce company GSI to help expand its marketplace business, whose growth drags overall results.
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