Are Facebook, Google, Twitter Manipulating Users? Washington Wants to Know

Are social media giants Google, Twitter, and Facebook intentionally manipulating their users so that they keep coming back for the likes, thumbs ups, and comments? And are their actions any different than in any other industry? Some on Capitol Hill also want to know, according to a Wednesday report
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Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook received a 74 percent increase in his annual bonus for fiscal 2017 as the iPhone maker posted higher revenue and net income, after a rare decline a year earlier. Cook's incentive pay totaled $9.33 million for the year ended Sept. 30, the Cupertino
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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is set to embark on a partnership with PLDT Inc. to tap into the latter's digital lending platform Lendr to make its financing program more accessible to micro, small and medium enterprises. “P3 (Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso) will
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“All of the leading indicators of housing activity, pending home sales, purchase applications from the MBA's mortgage applications survey, and the National Association of Homebuilder's housing market index, have pointed higher in recent months, suggesting that home sales ended the year on a high
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The past year was certainly interesting—politics, of course, dominated the news, but the world of New York City real estate saw no shortage of its own action. Questions that loomed large across the country—wealth inequality, gender discrimination, corruption—also played out in New York, whether it
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Danielle Bregoli, who is best known as the “Cash Me Outside” girl, gave her mom the most amazing gift over the holidays. While most teenagers give their parents a nice card or a candle, the viral sensation paid off her mother's mortgage! In a video posted to Instagram, the 14-year-old films her mom's
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SunTrust has a career opportunity for a Senior Fair Banking Consultant in Atlanta Area, GA.
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Listening to the interview of President Barrack Obama by Britain's Prince Harry is like eavesdropping on two old friends catching up. There was discussion of recent events, their thoughts on societal manners, debates about inconsequential pop culture matters, and some goodnatured teasing.
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In the US, Bank of America, Citigroup, AIG, and the mortgage providers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are expected to swallow writedowns of almost $50bn. Switzerland's UBS said it expected a SFr3bn (£2.3bn) hit and Credit Suisse expects the tax changes to reduce its earnings by SFr2.3bn.
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SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), December 27 (SeeNews) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Wednesday it is providing a 70 million euro ($83.3 million) loan for the expansion of the motorway infrastructure in Bosnia to strengthen the country's integration and
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First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC), a leading private bank and wealth management company, today announced it will release fourth quarter and full year 2017 financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, January 16, 2018. First Republic Bank will conduct a conference call to discuss the results
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NOTICE is hereby given that CAL-SIERRA TITLE COMPANY, a California corporation, as trustee, or successor trustee or substituted trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by MOUNTAIN WEST INVESTMENTS, LLC Recorded on 08/15/2014 as Instrument No. 2014-4703, of Official Records in
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Noting that the “low-income” Indian economy and the government's limited fiscal flexibility constrain the country's economic resilience, S&P in its “Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment: India”, however, said the medium-term outlook for growth remains healthy, which “provide sound development
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A new mortgage in the amount of $9,000,000 on a six-story, 123-unit multifamily property located on Henry Hudson Parkway in Riverdale, NY. The loan features an initial rate of 3.375% and a five-year term. Israel Schubert and David Cohen negotiated this transaction. • A new mortgage of $5,400,000
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The firm owned 79,328 shares of the restaurant operator's stock after buying an additional 23,349 shares during the quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. owned about 0.17% of Brinker International worth $2,527,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other institutional
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Find a Chase Home Lending Advisor in Cottonwood. Speak with a Lending Advisor or schedule a consultation to see if you prequalify.
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BUCHAREST (Romania), December 27 (SeeNews) – The value of Romanian banks' outstanding loans to the non-government sector grew 6.8% year-on-year to 235.6 billion lei ($60.1 billion/50.7 billion euro) in November, following a 6.7% increase in October, the central bank, BNR, said on Wednesday
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As the year comes to an end, it's a seller's market in Long Island residential real estate, as low inventories, continued low interest rates and a growing economy have led to increased demand for homes and driven up prices. “The home sales market in 2017 was markedly better than 2016. Prices were up
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The institutional investor owned 159,438 shares of the technology company's stock after buying an additional 6,683 shares during the quarter. International Business Machines comprises 0.8% of People s United Financial Inc.'s portfolio, making the stock its 26th biggest holding. People s United
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Both banks and non-bank financial institutions continued to operate prudently limiting excessive risk-taking despite a challenging low interest rate environment, according to the Central Bank of Malta. In its Financial Stability Report – Interim 2017, it noted that the banking system posted healthy
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