money
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A Woman Who Lost Her Life Savings In The Facebook IPO Now Wants Her Money Back
A lot of average joes put on their faux-finance cap during the Facebook IPO and hoped it would get them rich. Everyone uses Facebook therefore everyone wants to buy Facebook stock, the logic went. Yeah, it didn’t work out that way. I’m sure a lot of people lost money. One poor woman, Uma Swaminathan, lost…
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US Guy Pays Red Light Camera Ticket With 137 Dollar Bills Folded Into Origami Pigs
Everybody hates getting a ticket, so what better way to take the edge off than delivering payment in an inconvenient, quirky way? That’ll really show those cops who’s boss!
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Why NFC-Enabled Computers Will Usher In The Future Of Online Shopping
At today’s Intel Developer Forum, MasterCard joined the chipmaker on stage to talk about electronic payments. Beneath all the marketing speak and generic statements was a wonderful revelation: the two companies are going to partner up to give merchants and laptop makers the necessary technology they need to act as credit card terminals.
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Do You Still Write Cheques?
Between direct deposit, online banking transfers, PayPal, and all manner of other mobile money movers, writing an old fashioned paper check seems to be dated to the point of redundancy.