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We owe the invention of our modern day cash register to a Dayton, Ohio saloonkeeper, James J. Ritty. Frustrated by dishonest bartenders who helped themselves to saloons profits, Ritty al...
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Forbes magazine is out with its annual report on the business of baseball and the big news isn't that the New York Yankees would have broken even last year if they didn't have to pay A-Rod's salary...
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Vienna (dpa) - "I urgently need shoes to go with my two ballgowns
- one is silver, one peach. We have five more balls this season and
the ones I have now are killing me afte...
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(EDS: ADDING 7TH, LAST 2 GRAFS)
Casio Computer Co. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Tuesday they will
form a joint venture next week aimed at providing digital payment
services.
The joint venture...
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A teenager arrested for shoplifting had filled her pockets with so many items that her pants dropped to her ankles as she tried to run out of the store, police said.Cheyanne E. Dwiggins, 18, is acc...
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. quietly stopped selling two brands of dog treats in July, after customers voiced concerns that the Chinese products may have caused their pets to fall ill, but no recall has be...
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Sometimes arranged marriages don't work out, including in business. Take the pairing of NCR with Teradata. It lasted almost 20 years, but executives concede that it never really panned out.So, it's...
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A teenager arrested for shoplifting had filled her pockets with so many items that her weighted-down pants dropped to her ankles as she tried to run out of the store, police said.Cheyanne E. Dwiggi...
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Rates on 30-year mortgages remained at the lowest level since mid-December as investors waited for more concrete information on the direction of the economy.Mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported Thur...
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Cash Register
Column: The ring of the cash register
