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WASHINGTON (AP) — Interest rates on government bonds are rising again around the world, making borrowing more expensive for consumers and businesses and heightening concerns about whether governments are issuing more debt than financial markets can handle.

Amazon is one of the most convenient online shopping stores since you can quickly grab everything in one place. However, it comes with many invisible traps that are easy to miss when you’re in a hurry, distracted, tired, or just trying to get a quick deal and move on to other things. Dynamic pricing is…

At a liquor store, bar, or casino, getting carded is part of the cost of entry. Now the Internet is carding people, too – and the companies doing the carding are cashing in.

The bond market is one of the few forces in the world strong enough to get politicians to snap to attention. It also helps dictate how much ordinary people have to pay on their mortgages and car loans, as well as how much they earn from their savings accounts and 401(k) plans

I think we’re aiming the machine-access fight at the wrong company. Publishers are deciding whether to block Google’s AI or license to it. Reddit spent part of its July 30 earnings call on exactly that question, and every move at that table gets covered like a summit. Meanwhile, the biggest machine reader of the web…

Mesh, the relationship manager and personal CRM acquired by WordPress.com’s parent company, Automattic, last year, is now available to users on Android devices. The software allows users to privately visualize and keep track of the people in their personal and professional networks, add notes to people’s contact information, and be reminded when to reach out.