Verizon To Purchase Prepaid Cellular Firm TracFone For $7B
Verizon To Purchase Prepaid Cellular Firm TracFone For $7B
September 14, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Verizon Communications Inc. has reached an agreement to buy TracFone, a wireless prepaid service provider, in a deal worth up to $7 billion in cash and...

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TikTok Marks European Growth As Clouds Loom Over US Operations
TikTok Marks European Growth As Clouds Loom Over US Operations
September 14, 2020  |  International

TikTok announced on Monday (Sept. 14) that it has surpassed passed 100 million users in Europe, news that comes amid rising uncertainty over the fate...

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Alibaba Eyes $3B Investment In Ride-Hailing Giant Grab
Alibaba Eyes $3B Investment In Ride-Hailing Giant Grab
September 14, 2020  |  International

Alibaba Group, the Chinese eCommerce behemoth, is reportedly in talks to invest $3 billion in Singapore-based Grab Holdings, which is best known for its ride-hailing...

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Mnuchin Mum On Oracle, TikTok Deal
Mnuchin Mum On Oracle, TikTok Deal
September 14, 2020  |  International

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declined to provide much detail on Oracle Corp.’s winning bid for TikTok’s U.S. operations. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Walmart Revs Up Second Test Program For Drone Delivery
Walmart Revs Up Second Test Program For Drone Delivery
September 14, 2020  |  Delivery

Walmart is out to find out whether drones can fly through the air with the greatest of ease. For the second time in the past...

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Oracle Officially Named As TikTok’s U.S. ‘Technology Provider’
Oracle Officially Named As TikTok’s U.S. ‘Technology Provider’
September 14, 2020  |  International

Oracle Corp., the Redwood City, Calif.-based software and technology giant, has confirmed that it has been selected by ByteDance to be the “trusted technology provider”...

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Hot In The States, SPACs Might Have Global Appeal
Hot In The States, SPACs Might Have Global Appeal
September 14, 2020  |  IPO

Amid a red-hot IPO market here in the United States, some of the most incandescent new listings have come from special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). Get...

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Lowe’s Builds New Image At New York Fashion Week
Lowe’s Builds New Image At New York Fashion Week
September 14, 2020  |  Retail

There’s a lot that’s new and digital about New York Fashion Week. In fact everything is new from the virtual runways to the individual shows...

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Rising Demand For Flexible Payments, Online Grocery Services
Rising Demand For Flexible Payments, Online Grocery Services
September 14, 2020  |  Today In Data

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) options are particularly in demand, as they can lower cart abandonment and encourage shoppers to pay in installments for all sorts...

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