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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing a new rule that it hopes will put an end to hidden junk fees that some businesses often add as a surprise when consumers are checking out.

The agency is currently seeking public comment on the rule, known as the Trade Regulation Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees, after having



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Amazon's Kindle Unlimited subscription service is discounted for Prime Day and gives you access to thousands of titles for just $5 a month.

Just because Amazon's Prime Big Deals Days enters its second and final day doesn't mean it's slim pickings on the remaining deals. Quite the contrary, actually, as there



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Polar announced the Polar Vantage V3 with more ways to measure activity, faster processing, and offline maps.

The Vantage V3, the latest version since 2020’s Vantage V2, is now available for preorder and retails for $599.90 / €599.90 in three colors: night black, sky blue, and sunrise apricot. It can be bought as a set with Polar’s H10 heart rate monitor for



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Michael Burry (left) and Todd Combs.
  • "The Big Short" starred Michael Burry and others who bet the mid-2000s housing bubble would burst.
  • Todd Combs, now Warren Buffett's deputy, also spotted red flags and wagered on a crash.
  • Author Michael Lewis phoned Combs to talk about his housing wager while researching "The Big Short."

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Google was No. 1 in Universum's ranking of the World's Most Attractive Employers for engineering students.
  • Employer-branding company Universum looked at where students of nine economies would most like to work.
  • Among the top 20 this year were Boeing, Tesla, and GE; Google ranked No. 1.
  • Google was one of the companies in the top 20 that didn't move spots from

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