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InvestmentsPayPal Commits $530M To Minority-Owned Businesses
San Jose-based PayPal Holdings said it is making a $530 million commitment to support black- and minority-owned businesses and communities. The move...
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EconomyConsumer Uncertainty Overshadows Georgia’s Reopening, Atlanta Fed Chief Says
Raphael Bostic, president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve, called Georgia’s reopening rollout a “mixed bag” in which only parts of the state...
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RetailPandemic Might Launch Flight To Suburbs, And That’s Bad For Urban Businesses
The COVID-19 pandemic is prompting many Americans to consider moving from urban areas to the suburbs or rural locales – a potentially...
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InternationalBritish Merchant Group Warns Government Help Not Enough
The British Retail Consortium has said the U.K.’s financial aid measures haven’t been enough to stop a total collapse for many retailers....
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RetailNonprofit Supports Community Entrepreneurs Amid Pandemic
It’s understandably an anxious time for Main Street businesses, even as downtowns prepare to reopen. But what about the entrepreneurs who are...
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EconomyConsumers Pay Down Credit Card Debt As Businesses Ramp It Up
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, a sharp difference emerges between the ways consumers and businesses are dealing with credit: Consumers are spending...
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CoronavirusUS Chamber Warns Of Virus Lawsuits In Businesses Reopening
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is looking forward to a time when the country’s businesses can reopen, but the organization worries that...
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Today In DataConsumers Cope With Loss Of Income As COVID-19 Closes Businesses
The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a wave of unprecedented business closures and has put millions out of work. Many consumers who live paycheck to...
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CoronavirusToo Little Too Late As 17M Lose Jobs And Relief Efforts Bottlenecked
The $3 trillion in relief approved by the federal government has so far reached few bank accounts as jobless claims mount and...
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CoronavirusGoogle Pledges $800M To Help Struggling Businesses
Google has announced that it will donate over $800 million to help businesses adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. “As the coronavirus...
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CoronavirusBig Businesses Tap $124B From Credit Lines To Stay Afloat
Over 130 businesses across Europe, North America and South America have drawn cash from at least $124.1 billion in credit lines to stay...
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CoronavirusFed Unveils Plan To Aid Coronavirus-Wracked Consumers And Businesses
The Federal Reserve launched a massive aid package on Monday (March 23) to prop up the coronavirus-devastated U.S. economy, unveiling up to...
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InternationalChina’s Halting Return To Work Signals US Supply Chain Headwinds
In a way, it’s a strange reminder of the 80/20 rule. You know the one – it’s the Pareto rule, where 80...
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InnovationSalesforce Launches Sustainable Products For Eco-Friendly Businesses
With the newly-available Salesforce Sustainability Cloud, businesses will now have a way to track their environmental impact. The service intends to provide...
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InternationalChinese Businesses Will Be Subjected To Social Credit Surveillance
Big Brother will keep an eye on Chinese businesses as the government’s social credit system compiles data on the country’s 1.4 billion...
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SMBsMastercard, Nationwide Partner To Serve Britain’s Small Businesses
A banking service targeting Britain’s 5.6 million small businesses is being launched by a new Mastercard and Nationwide partnership. Nationwide is gearing...
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InvestmentsBritish Banks Aim To Invest In Women-Led Businesses
A government-funded report in Europe said a lack of available capital for women in the country was “holding the U.K. back.” The...
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BankingHSBC Expands PayMe To Businesses With Beta Test
HSBC, the U.K. bank, has started beta testing of its PayMe System, a digital payment system for businesses. According to a report in...
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eCommerceUK Government Report Calls On eCommerce Players To Pay More Taxes
The U.K.’s Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee is calling on internet retailers to pay higher taxes to help struggling offline retailers...
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InternationalIndia Banks Could Face Billions Worth Of Bad Loans
Indian banks, already struggling with roughly $150 billion in bad loans, may have to come up with 400 billion rupees (or $5.59...
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EconomyConsumers Spend, Businesses Don’t Seem To Be
The tax cuts signed into law by President Donald Trump late last year were expected to spur a spending boost on the...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsUber, Zoho Expense Integrate For Biz Travelers
Zoho, the maker of an operating system for businesses, announced on Thursday (Aug. 16) that it will automatically import Uber for Business...
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DataBusiness Cry Foul Over California’s New Data Privacy Law
California’s new consumer privacy law is facing a backlash from businesses around the U.S. which contend the law will hurt all sorts...
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Security & FraudFBI Says There Was An Uptick In Cyber Wire Fraud In 2016
Cyber wire fraud via email had increased during the last seven months of last year, according to a new warning from the...
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RetailLiveWorld Enables Human + Chatbot Cooperation
If the recent news from Facebook’s F8 developer conference is any indication, the future of online communication between businesses and consumers will...
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FacebookFacebook Messenger 2.0: Lotsa Bots
Innovator, entrepreneur and architect of “the greatest show on Earth” P.T. Barnum famously said, “There is no such thing as bad publicity.”...
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Study: 55 Percent of Retailers Say Mobile To Drive In-Store Sales
Brick-and-mortar retailers are appearing bullish on the prospect of mobile targeting and advertising as ways to drive in-store sales, a development that...
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MobileYahoo Launches Mobile App for eCommerce Businesses
The mobile app will allow online business owners to view how customers interact on a website.
