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AppleApple Gives Facebook Event Producers Temporary Fee Reprieve
Apple has temporarily suspended its usual 30 percent assessment on fees users pay to...
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AcquiringFortnite Maker Epic Games Buys SuperAwesome
Epic Games’ groundbreaking antitrust court brawl with Apple Inc. hasn’t stalled the North Carolina-based...
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RetailEdmunds Predicts Comeback For New Auto Sales In Q3
Even with challenges brought by the COVID-19 health crisis, Edmunds analysts indicate that Q3...
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DeliveryUber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash And Other Delivery Firms Face Strict...
It will be a little more challenging for app-based delivery companies to do business...
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InternationalNew $54 Mobile Phones Could Broaden Reliance’s Reach In India
India is looking at not only vocal about local commerce, but also domestically produced...
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EconomyUS House Dems Craft New $2.4 Trillion Stimulus Package
House Democrats are back with a new stimulus proposal for $2.4 trillion, around $1...
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Real EstateNRF: More Than Half Of Retailers Received Rent Relief Amid...
Retail sales have seen very modest year-over-year gains since June, but many brick-and-mortar operations...
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DeliveryInstacart To Offer Same-Day Delivery Of Sephora Products
As customer demand increases, Instacart, the San Francisco-based grocery delivery service, announced on Thursday (Sept....
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EconomyBoA CEO: More Consumers Keeping Credit Card Payments Current
Bank of America’s CEO said Thursday (Sept. 24) credit card delinquencies are "lower now...
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RetailMen’s Wearhouse Debuts New Streamlined Store Design Near Houston
As many retailers shutter brick-and-mortar stores while others invest in their online outlets, Men’s...
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EconomyAnother 870,000 Americans File Jobless Claims
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reported on Thursday (Sept. 24) that the number...
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Commerce ConnectedAmazon Tells Echelon Fitness To Stop Linking Its Connected Bike...
Echelon Fitness is finding itself in hot water with Amazon over Echelon’s new “EX-Prime...
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LegalByteDance Seeks Court Order Against TikTok Ban
TikTok's owner has asked a federal judge to temporarily put a stop to the...
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RetailSports Concessions, Dunkin’ To Test Mastercard Checkout-Free System
As merchants attempt to fulfill the demands of customers for expediency and less person-to-person...
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InvestmentsRobinhood Raises $460M One Month After Raising $200M
Trading FinTech Robinhood Markets Inc. has grown the size of its newest investment round...
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Safety and SecurityJumio Unveils Identity Verification With Biometrics For Microsoft Azure
California-based Jumio said its artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled identity verification offerings are now available to...
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ANTITRUSTEuropean Union Extends Deadline For Google/Fitbit Merger Ruling To December
The European Union’s antitrust regulators want more time to complete their investigation into Google’s planned $2.1...
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LegalJustice Department Takes Aim At Section 230 Rules For Google,...
The U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly ramping up its efforts to cut legal...
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Buy Now Pay LaterBNPL Firm Sezzle Allies With Ally Lending To Expand Loan...
The FinTech Sezzle has struck up a partnership with Ally Lending, a digital financial...
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IPOGoodRx Goes Public As IPO Prices At Above-Target $33 A...
One week after GoodRx Holdings Inc. filed its initial public offering (IPO), the discount...
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GoogleJustice Department Antitrust Case Against Google To Focus On Search
When the government’s case against Google reaches a courtroom, prosecutors will focus on the...
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EconomyMnuchin, Powell Tell Congress U.S. Economy Could Use More Stimulus
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told a House...
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Security & FraudFTC Reports $145M In COVID-Related Scams Since January
More than 200,000 Americans have lost $145 million linked to the COVID-19 pandemic since...
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RetailAmazon Launches Prime Day; Walmart Counters
In addition to their joint desire to dominate the whole U.S. paycheck, Amazon and...
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BankingDeutsche Bank, PNC Plan To Reduce Brick-And-Mortar Bank Branch Footprints
Banks from the United States to Europe are closing bank branches as consumers embrace...
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RetailWalmart Uses Drones To Deliver COVID-19 Test Kits
COVID-19 test kits may soon start dropping from the sky onto driveways, backyards and...
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RidesharingUber To Help Coordinate Carpools With New Service
Uber on Tuesday (Sept. 22) announced new services to help co-workers share Uber rides....
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InternationalIndia's Paytm Takes On Google Over Android Power
Paytm Group, which bills itself as “India's leading financial services company,” on Sunday (Sept....
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsWalmart, Goldman Partner To Offer Credit To Marketplace Sellers
Walmart and financial services giant Goldman Sachs are teaming up to help the retailer’s...
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RetailMall of America To Provide 'Community Commons' For Local Companies
To help local businesses encountering difficulty because of the coronavirus or civil unrest, the...
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GoogleJustice Department, State AGs To Meet On Antitrust Suit Against...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is putting the finishing touches on its antitrust...
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Security & FraudAmericans Rush To Download WeChat App In Advance Of Ban
WeChat users in the U.S. are racing to download the Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social...
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SMBsPowell: US SMBs Need 'Direct Fiscal Support' Not Loans
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is set to tell lawmakers that U.S. small businesses...
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RetailMulan’s Big Win Shows Disney+ Has Potential As An eCommerce...
We saw a tale of two big Labor Day weekend releases this year: Disney’s Mulan...
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Security & FraudCalifornia Freezes Jobless Claims As Anti-Fraud Efforts Trigger Massive Backlog
California is putting all new unemployment benefits claims on hold for the next two...
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BusinessReport: Jeffrey Katzenberg's Quibi Considers Sale, Other Options
Quibi, a streaming service app founded by media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, is considering its...
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RegulationFed Moves To Revamp Community Reinvestment Act
The Federal Reserve Board on Monday (Sept. 21) took the first step toward overhauling...
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IPOAnt Group's Planned IPO Could Raise A Record $35B
Ant Group, the online payment provider for China-based Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., is seeking...
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RetailWalmart Tries Private Label On For Size
Just a week after Amazon debuted its Luxury Store within its app for the...
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Security & FraudRubio Unconvinced Oracle Can Prevent TikTok Leaks To China
As the deal between Oracle Corp. and Walmart Inc. takes shape for a minority...
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Security & FraudReport: FinCEN Files Reveal Billions In Suspicious Money Flows
A shocking new report reveals an underworld of corruption in the world’s banks and...
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LegalJudge Temporarily Blocks Trump's WeChat Ban
Score one for WeChat. A California federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's...
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EuropeEU Considers Tougher Rules On Big Tech Firms
If the European Union (EU) gets its way, the 27-nation bloc will have the...
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BiometricsChinese Consumers Slow To Adopt Pay By Face
Ant Group, one of the world’s most valuable startups and pioneer of digital payments...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsOracle And Walmart Could Pay $12B For TikTok Stake Under...
Chinese tech giant ByteDance reportedly wants Oracle and Walmart to pay $12 billion for...
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InvestmentsMobile Banking Firm Chime Gets $14.5B Valuation With New Funding
Mobile banking upstart Chime has completed funding that has provided the firm with a...
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Mobile ApplicationsTrump Administration Announces TikTok And WeChat Bans To Start Sunday
President Donald Trump will follow through on his pledge to ban downloads of TikTok...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsMetLife To Gain 35M Members With Versant Health Acquisition
MetLife has agreed to acquire Versant Health, which owns popular brands Davis Vision and...
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Payment MethodsJacksonville Jaguar Fans Can Now Pay Via QR Codes
The Jacksonville Jaguars are now allowing QR-based mobile payments at retailers and concessions at...
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AppleEU Could Force Apple To Share Payments Tech With Competitors
The European Union (EU) could pass new laws that would make it mandatory for...
