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Shoppers Are Caught Off Guard as Prices on Everyday Items Change More Often

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I was checking out and the price changed right before my eyes.”. We are printing thousands of new price tags every week,” Mr. Griffin said. Adjusting prices is tedious work and can interrupt store operations, Mr. Griffin said, adding that some employees are working overtime to put in new tags. Wayfair Inc. had dropped to $114.99

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10 Weekend Reads

Barry Ritholtz

Bloomberg ) Be sure to check out our Masters in Business next week with Michael Carmen , who is the Co-Head of Private Markets at Wellington Management. Bloomberg ) Be sure to check out our Masters in Business next week with Michael Carmen , who is the Co-Head of Private Markets at Wellington Management.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

The Big Picture ) • Secret History of Alan Alda’s M*A*S*H Dog Tags : At auction, it was revealed they were from WWII vets: a Black man from the South and a Jew from Brooklyn. What the Next Decade Holds : The transition from ICE to EV won’t be complete until charging infrastructure and range issues improve. ( I found their families. (

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Lost Pet Posters Get An Upgrade For The Digital Age

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A distraught owner might tape or staple some homemade signs around the neighborhood, knock on doors, put out some favorite treats on the porch or lawn, and perhaps even pray and check the bank account in hopes of offering a monetary reward. The goal is to create a really affordable, much better pet tag,” she said.

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10 Monday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

Barron’s ) • Why It’s So Hard for China to Shake the ‘Uninvestable’ Tag : In 2021, Goldman Sachs said the word was starting to feature in a number of client conversations about the country’s stocks. Venture-capital investments are plunging, along with valuations of prepublic companies.

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Yes, Twelve Dollars Is a Good Price for Two Batteries–Under the…

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The $6 price tag for each battery sent a not-so-subtle social message. Be more responsible about checking the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, so you can buy them somewhere else.” The high price was everyone’s way of coming together and saying “shame on you.

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Deep Dive: How Digital ID Verification Helps Build Trust in Carsharing and Housesharing Platforms

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Two-factor authentication (2FA) relies on checking government-issued IDs against selfies, for example, and is considered one of the most reliable and trusted forms of identification. Humans can also train the ML algorithms by tagging IDs with either valid or fraudulent tags, creating a highly sophisticated verification system. .