Rocket Internet Sheds Four Food Businesses
Rocket Internet Sheds Four Food Businesses
February 08, 2016  |  Latin America

German startup accelerator Rocket Internet is slimming down its food delivery business with the sale of four of its companies for about $140 million in cash....

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Tech Momentum Looks Shaky
Tech Momentum Looks Shaky
February 08, 2016  |  Fintech Investments

LinkedIn’s dismal guidance set the stage for a massive selloff in tech stocks on Friday. But there are other clouds gathering on the horizon for...

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Gyft’s Gift Cards Among Targets Of Security Incident
Gyft’s Gift Cards Among Targets Of Security Incident
February 08, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Gyft has said that, beginning on Oct. 3 and lasting through Dec. 18 of last year, two cloud providers used by the company were infiltrated...

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Former UK Bank Chief Wants To See The End Of High Denomination Paper Currency
Former UK Bank Chief Wants To See The End Of High Denomination Paper Currency
February 08, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Peter Sands, former chief executive of U.K.-based Standard Chartered Bank, thinks that high denomination bills have outlived their usefulness in legitimate transactions and are now...

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Lawmakers Vote Against ‘Operation Choke Point’
Lawmakers Vote Against ‘Operation Choke Point’
February 08, 2016  |  Regulation

On Thursday (Feb. 4), the United States House of Representatives voted to end the Obama administration’s “Operation Choke Point.” Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Amazon’s Alexa Now Orders Ubers
Amazon’s Alexa Now Orders Ubers
February 08, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Amazon literally wants its customers to stop touching their phones. Instead, it wants them to rely on its smarter-than-Siri assistant, Alexa, whose voice comes booming out...

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