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Amazon had its first $200 billion sales year, but its growth is slowing. amazon says its holiday quarter sales hit $72.4 billion, that pushed annual revenue to 232.9 build, but it w billion. but its growth was slower than last year. there was momentum for its cloud computing service and its advertising business. uber is expanding its app to include a feature for public transportation. the ride sharing app is adding support for public transportation directly into its app starting with denver s regional transportation district. the updated app allows users to see etas for their trips through traditional uber rides as well as find the fastest route to their destination including trains, buses and subways. they will roll it out over the course of the year in other u.s. cities as well worldwide. early start continues ....
Barrons of colorado. it premiers on mps. finally this hour, some valuable advice to help you avoid an unfortunate affect of the holiday season, the holiday scam. with online shoppers, expected to shell out a whopping $72.4 billion in holiday purchases this season. we have brought in security expert and author of identity theft alert steve weisman. i m really concerned about this first one on the list of 12 scams that you ve got because i do it all the time. and that is, the data breaches, you get a smart chip on your credit card and never shop with debit. first of all, it s not as bad as you think, it s far worse. this is the real dark side of the force. what we re going to be seeing, is going to make last year look like a picnic, because the scammers who have the type of ....
the process, for that, i want you to take a look here. i will not try and walk you through it. it s a mess. the bottom line is 917 billion dml spending cuts with a special committee in charge of finding $1.5 trillion cuts by the end of the year, and the debt limit rises by $900 billion now, and $1.5 later. already, there is one potential wrinkle here. the nonpartisan budget congressional office says the plan would cut spending only by 1.5 trillion, not 2.4 trillion. we are following all the claims and repercussions as only cnn can. by colleagues join me, and if you don t believe this is a huge story, look at richard quest, all the way from london. tell us how the deal came to be, and what are the prospects it will bring? first, you explained it as best as anybody could involved in the process. and it is a mess. the democratic plan is rejected in the house, and it looked like a day care here in washington. we did know what the rough pieces of an agreement would look li ....
in this country, a new debt ceiling compromise seems to be getting traction in washington. six senators, three republicans, and three democrats are offering a plan to cut the nation s debt by about $3.7 trillion over the next decade. it includes spending cuts and about a trillion dollars in new tax revenue. republicans have insisted on deep cuts and no tax increases before they ll agree to raise the country s borrowing limit. that debt ceiling deds line is now just 13 days away. minnesota s three-week government shutdown is over. democratic governor park dayton signed a budget bill today. he and republican lawmakers finally agreed to use accounting gimmicks to close the state s $5 billion shortfall. republicans refused to raise taxes. the shutdown left 22,000 state workers without a paycheck. and memphis public schools may not open august 8th as scheduled because of a budget fight. the school board says no classes till the city pace $55 million. the board says the c ....