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Amazon has launched a Square and PayPal Here competitor called Local Register, which provides users with a free app and a $10 card reader, and charges merchants and anyone selling services who use it just 1.75 percent per swipe on both credit and debit transactions, so long as users sign up before October 31. That’s a special rate, and is a full percentage point lower than Square’s 2.75 percent per swiped transaction (3.5 percent plus 15 cents for manual entry), and will last until January 1, 2016, at which point it will return to the standard 2.5 percent per transaction Amazon is charging (or 2.75 percent for manually entered transactions). The $10 fee Amazon is charging for people to buy its reader is also essentially erased since Amazon grants users of its payment system $10 in transaction credit right off the bat. Amazon is clearly hoping it can lure real-world sellers away from the established competition with more attractive rates, but it’s also boasting that … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches Local Register, A Square Competitor With Lower Transaction Rates

Bryan thought it would take him about a month to get from Honduras to the United States last year.He was 19 at the time, living by himself and had already been kidnapped by local gangs once. Men stripped him naked, checked his bodies for tattoos that are seen as a sign of gang affiliation there, and beat him after they found none. When the men were done, they gave Bryan three seconds to run away.So, in October 2018, when Bryan heard that a migrant caravan was heading to the U.S.-Mexico border, he decided to tag along.And it did take Bryan a month to get to the border. What he didn’t realize is that was only the beginning of a year-long struggle to request asylum. Advertisement That’s because Bryan arrived to the border at a time in which the Trump administration began making drastic changes to U.S. asylum policy.Over the last year, in the name of national security, those changes have made it increasingly difficult for migrants to win asylum cases in the U.S. The latest … [Read more...] about Remain in Mexico has a 0.01 percent asylum grant rate

The UK's youngest MP has promised to give away a huge slice of her £80,000 salary to charity because she only wants to earn a 'worker's wage'. Nadia Whittome, 23, won the Nottingham East seat for Labour at the general election and she has said she intends to pocket £35,000 after tax. The rest of her salary will be donated to charities in her constituency.  Ms Whittome took the seat for Labour last week after the incumbent, former shadow chancellor Chris Leslie, quit the party and joined Change UK.  Mr Leslie did contest the seat he had held since 2010 but he only managed to secure 1,447 votes as he came fourth while Ms Whittome finished first with a majority of more than 17,000.     Nadia Whittome, 23, intends to hand over a large portion of her MP's salary to charity MPs currently earn £79,468 before tax but Ms Whittome said she would not accept the full wage.  She suggested she would only take home more of her salary once public … [Read more...] about UK’s youngest MP Nadia Whittome, 23, pledges to donate a huge slice of her £80,000 pay to charity so she only earns a ‘worker’s wage’ of £35,000

All these smart home devices do make our lives more convenient, but they can also make our energy bills pretty expensive. Fortunately, there's a smart plug that shows you just how much energy your devices use and provides simple suggestions on how you can save money. Meet Currant's WiFi smart outlet, the energy monitoring device that every smart home needs. This smart plug makes it easy to control your smart devices from anywhere and save big bucks on your electric bills. When you plug it in, you can see real-time and cumulative energy use via the Currant app on your phone. Based on your usage, Currant will suggest a schedule that turns off certain devices when not in use and saves you money. The goal is help lower your electricity bills without sacrificing comfort or convenience. In addition to helping save you money, the Currant WiFi outlet allows you to control your lights, electronics, and appliances with your phone or your voice. It works with Amazon Alexa, Google Home and … [Read more...] about Control Your Home With The Smart Outlet That’s 50 Percent Off

The year was a case of two halves with the market recording steep declines to property prices and a surge in the number of homes failing to sell in the first six months. Since the triple factor of May’s Federal election result, a cut to interest rates and easier access to lending, the market is now recovering faster than what many expected. MORE: Inner suburbs where buyers are getting good deals Jailed Chinese gambler sells multimillion-dollar mansion Top celebrity moves in the inner west this year “I don’t think anyone at the start of the year would have predicted the turn around that we saw, especially not the pace,” Dib Chidiac of DIB CHIDIAC said. Golfer Craig Parry sold his Abbotsford home sold for $10 million.Source:Supplied Experts 2020 property predictions Experts 2020 property predictions “The start of the year sellers were taking losses on what they had paid in the last two to three years, but now some vendors are even … [Read more...] about Sydney house market: Inner west finishes 2019 as one of Australia’s best markets

It's the next step in Lexus' plan to become a lifestyle brand. Not all luxury automakers offer insanely luxurious yachts for cruising the oceans of the world. Technically speaking, most of those offerings are little more than a famous automotive badge affixed to a fabulously extravagant boat built by a manufacturer dedicated to things that float. That’s not quite the case with this affluent Lexus-branded vessel, called the LY 650. Get Your Feet Wet: Bugatti Atlantic-Inspired Boat Penned By Brand's Former Designer Get Up Close And Personal With Porsche's $15M Superyacht The automaker collaborated with Italian yacht design studio Nuvolari Lenard on the LY 650’s overall shape and style, both inside and out. If you recall the Lexus Sport Yacht Concept from 2017, you’ll see similarities that go beyond the gold/silver color scheme. The LY 650 is much larger, measuring 65 feet in length but it borrows the organic shape of the concept. The hull … [Read more...] about Lexus LY 650 Yacht Debuts As A 65-Foot Cruiser For One-Percenters