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When Big Data Becomes Bad Data

The case illustrates how even a seemingly neutral price model could potentially lead to inadvertent bias — bias that’s hard for consumers to detect and even harder to prove.

Business

Newly-Hired Man Accidentally Sent Naked Selfies To HR Manager

Let's just say that job offer disappeared along with his clothes.

Business

The Wild Ride Gets Wilder – Only Government Spending Can Fix This

Governments – the source of demand when people and companies are hunkered down – keep cutting back.

Business

China: 'We're Seeing A Lot Of Factories Laying People Off'

“Orders are down a lot,” manager Lu Minying told International Business Times. “A lot of our customers are stores in Russia, and the ruble has devalued a lot against the dollar recently.”

Business

Monday Twitter, Market Crash Edition

Lots of self-styled experts on the Twitters!

Business

Global Markets Plunge Over China Stock Freefall

Investors shaken by last week’s sell-off on Wall Street and fears over China’s slowing economy unloaded shares.

Business

Bernie Sanders Proposes To Boost Worker-Ownership Of Companies

What happens if a business is owned and run by the people who work there, and not by some distant, already-wealthy investors?

Business

Are Unions An 'Us' Or A 'Them'?

Divide and conquer works. When you face a strong enemy it's good strategy to break them apart into smaller units that can be fought separately.

Business

California Regulators Probing Uber's Leasing Program

California Public Utilities Commission is investigating Uber's car-leasing program for drivers, saying it could violate the 2013 law that legalized the car-booking company.

Business

Target To Remove Gender-Based Signs

The changes to store locations are expected to take place in the next few months.

Business

Lowe's Stops Black Driver From Delivery To Satisfy Customer's Demand

Alex Brooks, a colleague who has worked with Bradley for 11 years, said that he was with him when the call was made telling Bradley not to make the delivery.