Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner says under certain conditions, he would support a higher minimum wage in his state. Seth Perlman/AP hide caption
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Marriott is putting envelopes like this one in thousands of rooms at its hotels, hoping to boost the number of guests who tip the housekeeping staff. Marriott hide caption
Conrad Goetzinger and Cassandra Rose struggle to pay their bills as $760 is garnished from their paychecks every two weeks by debt collectors. Twice, Goetzinger's bank account has been emptied by collectors after he failed to payoff a loan for a laptop. Eric Francis/AP for ProPublica hide caption
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A soldier guards a pipe en route to the Kawergosk Refinery near Irbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, in July. Fighting in northern Iraq forced the closure of the country's largest oil refinery, Baiji, and cut production from the Kirkuk oil field this summer. Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Kevin Evans relaxes in his small apartment after arriving home from work. Evans, who lost income and his home in the recession, is now having his wages garnished after falling behind on his credit card payments. Colin E. Braley/AP for ProPublica hide caption
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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks in Cupertino, Calif., on Tuesday. The company unveiled a new mobile payment system called Apple Pay, which uses security built into the latest iPhones. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
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A standard "trunk" from men's online styling service Trunk Club. Colin Marshall/NPR hide caption
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"I honestly believe," argued Mike Hayes, "that no one will feel that it's a hardship to send a penny to me." Aron Hsiao/iStockphoto hide caption
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First the cathedral and then the cafe? Experiences like travel bring greater satisfaction than material goods, researchers say. Dangubic/iStockphoto hide caption
So many big data breaches — not to mention celebrity data hacks — have happened in the past year that we're reacting to hacks with a shrug. GlebShabashnyi/iStockphoto hide caption
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange last week in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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Wetzel's Pretzels employee Emperatriz Orozco hands out free samples at the Westfield Valley Fair Mall. Steve Henn/NPR hide caption