Bank of America Plans Text-Message Banking Service

Bank of America Corp (BAC) is planning a new service that lets customers manage their accounts by text message.

The service, which will be launched in the second half of 2011, will involve two-way texting, Reuters said. Customers will be able to move…

Buzzword of the Week: Wheelhouse

Buzzwords have a life cycle, gathering momentum until they grow common, then overused, then old. For “wheelhouse,” a term that is currently cresting the popularity wave, this path has taken a long and curvy route, through baseb…

On ‘Undercover Boss,’ Generations Clash at Subway

Don Fertman, director of development at the Subway sandwich chain, tries his hand at making sandwiches, baking bread and many of the other jobs that keep a Subway franchise humming — all under the supervision of a stern and mu…

Amazon Makes It Easier to Give E-Books as Gifts

While it probably should have done this long ago, Amazon will now let you send an e-book to anyone, Kindle owner or not. The online retail giant’s move is aimed at undermining a similar one by rival Kobo — and shows how hard i…