Three Firms Combine on Cellphone Remittances

Sending money back home? Just press "talk." That's what Western Union, Radio Shack and the small wireless carrier Trumpet Mobile hope millions of Hispanic immigrants will do with a new service announced yesterday. Though financial turmoil has put credit card, mortgage and auto markets at a stands...
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Cecilia Kang

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