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Researchers from City University of Hong Kong, University of Minnesota, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that finds that requesting customers rate service professionals first can lead […]

What is virtual reality? On a technical level, it is a headset-enabled system using images and sounds to make the user feel as if they are in another place altogether. But in terms of the […]

Walmart Inc. and partner DroneUp LLC plan to expand their drone-delivery hubs to 34 locations in six states by year-end, taking a big step toward scaling up aerial dropoffs for U.S. shoppers even though big […]

Sometimes when we are reading a good book, it’s like we are transported into another world and we stop paying attention to what’s around us.This post was originally published on this site

Grubhub’s attempts to drum up buzz for its food-delivery service by offering “free” lunch in New York didn’t exactly generate the kind of publicity the company was hoping for.This post was originally published on this […]

In public, Elon Musk’s erratic tweets have sent Twitter Inc.’s shares flailing, as traders bet that the billionaire is preparing to walk away from or re-negotiate his $44 billion takeover of the social-media company. Behind […]

Do you spend more time on your smartphone than you would like and have trouble cutting back your screen time? You are not alone. McGill University researchers may have found a solution based on “nudges,” […]

The spectacular plunge and trading halts of the algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD are touching off a debate among lawmakers over whether, and how much, the government should get involved.This post was originally published on this site

The government’s monthly inflation report is generally a terrible place to go looking for bargains—until you delve into the details.This post was originally published on this site