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Automatic bartender cuts wait

A Scottish inventor came up with a vending machine that stocks up to 300 bottles of chilled alcoholic beverages and serves them without shaking or breaking the bottles. The machine accepts cash, and inventor Michael Bowes is working on a model that takes credit card or mobile phone-based payments. Bowes says the machine's meant to allow crowds at busy pubs to serve themselves.

Salary raises hover below 4%

The Conference Board said salary increases will average 3.5% this year, the 3rd straight year in which salary increases ...

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