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New York City Menus Will Soon Have Salt Warnings

By Michal Addady / Fortune

Customer Service as a Spectator Sport Is About to End

By Ryan Holmes

Why Walmart Has Big Problem on Its Hands

By Phil Wahba

Here's the Terrifying Truth About Metal Shards in Your Food

By Dan Mitchell
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The Drink People Are Getting Instead of Coffee

Consumption of coffee is declining

By Dan Mitchell

5 Times Big Business Actually Bowed to Pressure from Consumers

Elephants at the circus are only the latest in a string of victories

By Dan Mitchell

Why Annoyed Americans Are Signing This Online Petition

People hate robocalls and want them to stop

By Dan Mitchell

U.S. Gas Prices Inch Higher After Months of Decline

The steady rise reverses a record 123-day decline that started in September and ended last month

By Tom Huddleston, Jr. / Fortune

Walmart Has Bigger Problems Than Its Workers' Wages

The retail giant's customers are less and less satisfied with its services

By Dan Mitchell

Global Coffee Intake Projected to Rise

Populous nations like India and China are increasingly becoming fans of coffee

By Sabrina Toppa

What Twitter Thinks About The Harvard Prof. and His Chinese Takeout

And here's what the Twitterverse had to say

By Elizabeth Barber

Amazon Is Butting Into the Diaper Business

Prime members will be able to get Amazon-branded diapers and baby wipes

By Sam Frizell

Toys ‘R’ Us to Open at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving

Retailer unveils initiatives to make the shopping experience smoother during the busy holiday season.

By Fortune / John Kell

Why It's Your Fault There's Already Christmas Stuff in Stores

Exhausting? Yes. Going anywhere anytime soon? No

By Martha C. White

Tips for Stopping Identity Theft

This has been a good year for hackers. To date, businesses, medical centers, banks and schools have suffered some 578 data breaches, exposing over 76 million records of personal and financial information (Identity Theft Resource...

By Techlicious

FTC Mandates Refunds for Online Backorders Over 30 Days

By now, most everyone has an e-retail horror story. Mine happened several years ago when I ordered a sale priced flat-screen TV from a major tech website. My credit card was charged immediately when I...

By Techlicious

How Facebook Uses Ad Feedback to Alter Your Timeline

A few years ago, Facebook rolled out functionality to all users that lets us hide advertisements we find objectionable. Many ignore this “I don’t want to see this” feature, hiding in the down arrow at...

By Techlicious

How to Take Control of Your Personal Data

Just how much data is there about you online? Before you answer that, think about the slew of social media networks, retailers, insurance providers, fitness tracking services and other digital services you've interacted with in...

By Techlicious

Big Mergers: Bad for Consumers

When big companies merge, it’s good for the bankers — but not so good for the rest of us

By Rana Foroohar

U.S. Airports to Begin Leveraging Your Smartphone to Track Wait Times

The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is installing a first-in-the-nation system to monitor security checkpoint wait times using travelers’ smartphones and other Wi-Fi-enabled devices, Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting. The system, known as BlipTrack, works by tracking...

By Techlicious
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