Plastic finally surpasses paper checks as America&#39;s favorite ...
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For the first time, Americans&#39; use of credit cards, debit cards and other electronic bill paying has eclipsed paper checks. The number of electronic payment transactions last year totaled
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By RICK CALLAHAN EVANSVILLE, Ind. - With earthshaking thuds, a plastic-stamping machine hammers a sheet of hot plastic into king-size drinking cups destined to quench travelers' thirst for soda at the nation's convenience stores.
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After six decades in which the venerable greenback never changed its look, the U.S. currency has undergone a slew of makeovers. The most amazing is yet to come.
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Life & style: New drive to encourage shoppers and retailers to support first ever national plastic bag-free Christmas is gaining momentum.
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A random testing of more than 50 plastic toys found high lead content in 11 of them, according to a consumer advocacy group.
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Video surveillance has become a fact of everyday life. Each time you withdraw cash from the corner ATM, travel through an airport or visit a national monument, your image is probably being recorded.
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I&#39;ve been explaining quite a bit of late about a new federal law that allows banks to convert your checks to digital images. Banks aren&#39;t the only businesses using electronic means to process paper checks.
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A novelty item just four or five years ago, the digital camera is shaping up as the most popular electronics gift in 2004, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. It was runner-up last year to the DVD player, the No. 1 gift since 2000.
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PITTSBURGH, June 27  /PRNewswire/ -- Any machinist will tell you that a little grease goes a long way toward making a tool work better. And that may soon hold true for plastic electronics as well.
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For Americans, it&#39;s just as well that the Olympics came to a conclusion Sunday. Over the weekend, the ends of America&#39;s almost
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If you&#39;re in the habit of playing beat the clock with your checking account, it&#39;s time to change your ways. Soon, the financial two-step known as the &quot;float&quot; will be much harder to pull off.
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Blog: It's finally released in the good ol' U. S. of A.
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DÃSSELDORF, GERMANY - Researchers in Germany have come one step closer to realizing a dream of manufacturers, retailers and other companies seeking advanced but inexpensive ways to trace products and materials -- a cheap chip made of plastic that can be printed on foil the same way a newspaper is printed on paper.
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The masters of the plastic universe are baffled. From their imaginations, their computers, from their calloused fingers, magnificent kingdoms have sprung. They can re-create the Seven Wonders of the World in a literal snap. But now they huddle in their model shop of Legoland California and contemplate the seemingly impossible:...
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America used to be the tallest country in the world.
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Crowds at Times Square Toys &#39;R&#39; Us find what they&#39;re looking for -- after getting in line at 4:30. By Deshundra Jefferson, CNN/Money Staff Writer.
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TORONTO (CP) - If wading through the holiday shopping rush has left you wondering just how much of this retailing seasonal cheer is propelled by plastic, a new poll provides a hint.