Wal-Mart Raises Wages, and Bitcoin Plunges on S. Korean Ban Talks

Wal-Mart announced it would raise its starting wage to $11 an hour, thanks to the newly passed tax reform. The company will also expand maternity and paternal leave benefits and give some employees a $1,000 one-time bonus. And South Korean regulators say they may ban trading in Bitcoin, sending the price of cryptocurrencies plunging. Officials raiding exchanges in the country over tax evasion. Plus we spoke to one of the original designers of the iPhone to get his thoughts on what Apple can do to stave off smartphone addiction. And Hyundai makes an investment in Singapore's Grab to get into the southeast Asian ride-hailing market

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