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Review: Pay by phone or just keep using plastic? 10/02/2014 04:10pm • ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- PayPal, Apple and others are betting on billions in mobile payments.But so far, trying to use my phone to pay at restaurants and retailers has been frustrating. It's easier just to pull out my plastic credit card than to figure out which card work Could a merger follow the PayPal-eBay split? 10/02/2014 02:58pm • MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- PayPal's split from long-time partner eBay Inc. makes Carl Icahn mighty happy. But he doesn't think PayPal should stay single for long.Icahn, who months ago called on eBay to spin off the lucrative online and mobile payment service, continues to belie What's PayPal's first solo move? 10/02/2014 01:02pm • MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- PayPal's impending split from long-time partner eBay Inc. will ratchet up its appeal to online retail competitors such as Amazon.com and give it the freedom to aggressively take on new mobile pay challenger Apple Pay. For eBay, the challenge will be h 3Q review: Mutual funds take a summer break 10/02/2014 10:40am • STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Take a breath.After delivering solid and consistent returns through the first half of this year, most types of mutual funds faltered in the third quarter. It wasn't a disaster - most of the declines were modest, and the largest categories of stock and bo Windows 10 tries blending new with familiar 10/02/2014 01:16am • BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Microsoft is trying to soften an unpopular redesign of Windows by reviving features from older versions while still attempting to nudge desktop users into a world of touch screens and mobile devices.The company on Tuesday gave an early previe 5 Ways Baby Boomer Job Seekers Can Build an Online Presence 10/02/2014 12:00am • If you're job searching, hiring managers and recruiters are probably searching for you online. And if your online presence consists of nothing or photos from a 2008 family reunion, you're missing the boat. "It shows you didn't get the memo," says Phyllis Mufson, a Sarasota, Florida-based career coac Should You Run for the Exits When a Fund Manager Leaves? 10/02/2014 12:00am • Why is Bill Gross' exit from PIMCO front page news? Type "Bill Gross" into Google search and out pops over 1.7 million listings. Clearly, Gross is someone to watch. Gross is the co-founder and former co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC or PIMCO. His PIMCO Tota Business Highlights 10/01/2014 07:20pm • The Associated Press ___Why the bond market is more fragile than you thinkNEW YORK (AP) -- A bottleneck is building in the global market for bonds.Main Street investors have poured a trillion dollars into bonds since the financial crisis, and helped send prices soaring. As fund managers and regulat McAfee names Kimmel its 'most dangerous celebrity' 10/01/2014 12:06pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- If you're about to Google Jimmy Kimmel, beware.Computer security company McAfee says the talk show host is the most dangerous celebrity to search for online.The company said Tuesday that a search for Kimmel carries a 19 percent chance of landing on a website that has tested posit Tempted to bend iPhones? What not to do 10/01/2014 09:57am • By Gregg Stebben, Men's Health WASHINGTON -- Stop me if you've heard this one before: Two teenage boys walk into an Apple Store ..." The hubbub over whether the new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus can be bent -- by mistake or on purpose -- has even prompted Consumer Reports to check it out. It all started AOL to feed more video, news to Microsoft's MSN 10/01/2014 08:40am • NEW YORK (AP) -- AOL will provide Microsoft's MSN with more video and additional news stories from popular sites such as The Huffington Post and TechCrunch in an expansion of a deal aimed at selling more digital advertising.The arrangement announced Tuesday builds upon a partnership that AOL Inc. an MONA Dissenters Split Off into Free Online Group 09/30/2014 04:30pm • (Updated at 5:20 p.m.) The Mothers of North Arlington – a support and social group for mothers in six Arlington ZIP codes with more than 2,000 members – is now facing competition from a group of former members. MONA’s members have congregated since 2009 on a Yahoo! Group Green Landscaper Looking For Support On $150,000 Grant 09/30/2014 01:30pm • A local entrepreneur with a green landscaping company is looking for support in a program that could net his business $150,000 in funding. Zack Kline launched his Rockville-based A.I.R. Lawn Care company last year as a member of Bethesda Green’s Green Business Incubator. Kline graduated from t The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store 09/30/2014 12:50pm • The Associated Press App Store Official Charts for the week ending September 29, 2014:Top Paid iPhone Apps:1Facebook Messenger, Facebook, Inc.2FIFA 15 Ultimate Team by EA SP..., Electronic Arts3YouTube, Google, Inc.4Turbo Dismount, Secret Exit Ltd.5Pinterest, Pinterest, Inc.6Diamond Digger Saga, Ki Microsoft to offer early look at next Windows 09/30/2014 12:40pm • BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Microsoft plans to offer a glimpse of its vision for Windows this week, as its new CEO seeks to redefine the company and recover from missteps with its flagship operating system.Although the new software won't be formally released until next