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hp HP imposes 15-minute mandatory hold time for phone support, quickly backtracks Gail Sherman

toronto Avis claims customer circled the globe in 3 days, charges her $8,079.76 Mark Frauenfelder

cars Rates up? Your car might be talking to your insurance company Rob Beschizza

finance Fidelity massively writes down their investment in "X" Jason Weisberger

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books Pulitzer prize winner Matthew Desmond's "Poverty, By America" is about consumption, exploitation and how money trickles up Elías Villoro

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