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Algorithms that set prices for vending machines, apartment rents, and hotel rooms are drawing federal antitrust scrutiny as ...

When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of intelligence and effectiveness - including one crucial benchmark: ...

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Fewer than two months after a competitor announced a similar deal, wireless payments provider Apriva Inc. this week reported that it would continue offering pre-Durbin Amendment discounted acceptance ...

There are three general approaches to valuing a company, regardless of the industry in which it is situated. Several publicly traded vending companies exist, but most vending companies are closely ...

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At least one vending machine payment-processing company has cut off acceptance of debit MasterCards because of new debit card interchange rates that resulted from the Durbin amendment. USA ...

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