by Data Age | May 20, 2014 | Industry, News
ANDERSON, S.C. —Items stolen from a pawn shop employee’s car in Anderson ended up being pawned at the very business he works for, according to an employee at B&B Sporting Goods and Pawn. A police report was filed Monday about a car break-in on Postelle Drive. The...
by Data Age | May 20, 2014 | General Merchandise, Industry, Management, Marketing, News, Tech
MINUUM IS BETTING THAT MOST USERS DON’T THINK VOICE COMMANDS ARE ENOUGH. Now that Google is allowing anyone with a cool $1,500 lying around to score themselves a pair of Glass, you’ll probably start seeing a lot more tech geeks wearing headsets in public...
by Data Age | May 20, 2014 | Firearms, Industry, News
“Smart guns” have been in the news recently. A gun store owner in Maryland abandoned plans to begin selling a German-made “smart gun” after protests–some of which included death threats. Such threats are crimes, and ought to be prosecuted, if the perpetrators can be...
by Data Age | May 20, 2014 | Industry, News
(CBS) – A sour deal at a South Shore pawn shop leads to a shooting and robbery. Now, two men who work at Cash 4 Gold are recovering from gunshot wounds. CBS 2′s Roseanne Tellez reports. Police say the men, ages 49 and 29, were both shot in the leg and are in stable...
by Data Age | May 20, 2014 | Business, Compliance, Industry, Laws, Management, New to the Industry, News
Fort Worth, the only major city in the state not to pass an ordinance restricting the operations of payday lenders, is taking a new look at the issue. Two weeks ago, City Manager Tom Higgins released a report on payday lenders for council members, noting that most of...
by Data Age | May 20, 2014 | Business, Compliance, Firearms, Industry, Laws, Management, News
Obama plan pressures financial institutions Gun retailers say the Obama administration is trying to put them out of business with regulations and investigations that bypass Congress and choke off their lines of credit, freeze their assets and prohibit online sales....