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Credit card security: Separating myths from facts
With the recent theft of millions of consumers’ credit card numbers drawing headlines, the facts are frequently being carelessly mingled with misunderstandings, misleading statements and a certain...
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Credit cards: Stripe and swipe or PIN and chip?
For more than a generation, U.S. credit cards have carried account numbers and other data on a magnetic stripe that has made them easy to swipe through a card reader at the cash register while the...
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Economists agree: America’s tax system needs to be overhauled
The nation’s leading economic thought-leaders were in Virginia this week for the 30th annual Economic Policy Conference held by the National Association for Business Economics. Attendees heard from top...
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Is the end of patent trolls near?
NRF received word from allies on Capitol Hill this week that the Senate is preparing a series of votes in March on legislation aimed at preventing and combating the destructive force of patent trolls....
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Five things you may have forgotten about sales tax fairness
It’s been almost a year since the Senate voted 69-27 to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act, legislation that allows states to require online sellers to collect sales tax the same as local stores. Now...
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Four big lies about data security
In the wake of some major data thefts in the past few months, the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing last week on “Data...
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House hearing shows progress on sales tax fairness
Last week was a critical step forward in the debate on sales tax fairness. At a three-hour-plus House Judiciary Committee hearing last Wednesday, members of Congress heard from a panel of lobbyists,...
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Washington has a diluted reality of what Americans really want
Humorist Garrison Keillor once wrote, “I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.” For some reason, a number of politicians in Washington have taken this to heart and have decided...
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Five common technologies targeted by patent trolls
You’ve probably heard us talking a lot about patent trolls and the need to stop their deceptive practices. But even if your business hasn’t been affected yet, it’s worth your time to pay close...
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Be a catalyst for change at Retail Advocates Summit
NRF has a history of bringing retailers together, with one voice, in Washington, DC. For the last 103 years, retailers have turned to NRF to advocate for issues that matter to their business. But at...
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