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At almost 80 years old, it may be time for Social Security cards to get a makeover. They're flimsy, easily lost, and every American is supposed to have one.A Social Security card remains an essential form of identification in the U.S., and a group of technology companies are lobbying the government to upgrade the paper cards to a more substantial and secure material.Companies like Gemalto, XTec, NXP, Oberthur and Infineon are proposing a new plastic card featuring a security chip that is part of the immigration overhaul working its way through Congress."What we're looking to do is can we take the current card, bring it up to today's standard, modernize it, incorporate a chip into that card and make it so it can be read electronically," said Kelli Emerick, executive director of the Secure ID Coalition. "That allows a lot of security and it allows the ability to verify somebody as who they claim."If adopted, the government would issue all Americans a new, secure card that businesses woul...
A strong jump in U.S. nonfarm payrolls helped send European stock markets higher on Friday, with the benchmark index posting a third straight week of gains.The Stoxx...
The Texas Tenors, Marcus Collins, JC Fisher and John Hagen, honor the patriotic spirit of our Founding Fathers by releasing a new version of 'God Bless the USA.'
Thousands of new customers, more skilled engineers, potentially higher economic growth--immigration reform holds a bevy of benefits for investors.Make that for patie...
Former Treasury Department Senior Advisor Susan Ochs, Steel Vine Investments CIO Spencer Patton and Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff on a survey showing many Americans plan to delay retirement.
Most European stocks staged solid gains on Friday, after U.S. jobs data pointed to a strong recovery toward the end of 2012, while Spanish stocks slumped after a sho...
Most European stock markets held on to gains on Friday, after some mixed U.S. jobs data, while Spanish stocks slumped after a short-selling ban was lifted.The Stoxx ...
European stocks on Thursday ended the last day of January on a downbeat note, as stronger-than-expected U.S. business-activity data failed to offset a mixed bag of e...
European stock markets moved broadly lower in choppy trading on Thursday, after a mixed bag of earnings from the region's companies and downbeat comments from the U....
Germany's electronics industry expects production to rise 1.5 percent in 2013 after shrinking 2 percent this year amid the euro zone crisis.Trade group ZVEI said on ...
The American flag unites, brings hope to victims of Hurricane Sandy.
The Blackbay Group managing principal Todd Schoenberger and Gary Kaltbaum of Kaltbaum Capital Management give their outlooks for the markets.
FBN’s Stuart Varney breaks down his pet peeves.
European shares stages a modest rebound on Tuesday, led by chip-makers after confident outlook comments from STMicroelectronics raised optimism on the industry.STMic...
Europe should make cheaper, faster and smarter microchips in order to compete globally, European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes said when announcing European...
Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG (SI) Friday said it will appoint new members to the supervisory board of its lighting unit Osram once the business is publicly lis...
Deutsche Lufthansa AG's shareholders meeting Tuesday became a duel between U.S. and German corporate-governance standards amid a dispute over whether the airline's f...
Former Lufthansa Chief Executive Wolfgang Mayrhuber is back in the running to become supervisory board chairman of Germany's biggest airline after overcoming shareho...
European stock markets stayed choppy after a European Central Bank rate cut on Thursday, showing muted reaction to the widely expected move. On a busy day for corpor...
European stock markets drifted lower on Thursday, as investors await a European Central Bank meeting, with expectations for an interest rate cut. A swath of companie...
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