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Google, Carrefour Team On Voice-Activated Grocery Delivery

Square Buys P2P Startup Verse
Square Buys P2P Startup Verse
June 16, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Square Inc., the San Francisco-based payments platform, has announced it purchased Verse, the Spanish mobile app startup that allows users to make payments instantly at no cost....

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EU Antitrust Probe Includes Apple Pay
EU Antitrust Probe Includes Apple Pay
June 16, 2020  |  Apple

Tuesday (June 16) is marking a bit of a one-two punch on the Continent for Apple. The European Union announced that it is opening not...

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US Retail And Food Service Sales Jump A Record 17.7 Pct In May
US Retail And Food Service Sales Jump A Record 17.7 Pct In May
June 16, 2020  |  Retail

U.S. retail and food services sales rebounded in May from April amid the pandemic, but they were still under levels seen in May  2019, according...

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Apple Expands Zero Pct Apple Card Financing
Apple Expands Zero Pct Apple Card Financing
June 16, 2020  |  Apple

Apple will now be allowing zero percent interest on financing options for several of its products, including the Mac lineup, iPad, AirPods Pro, AirPods, Apple...

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Ride-Hailing Firm Grab Reportedly Cuts More Than 300 Jobs 
Ride-Hailing Firm Grab Reportedly Cuts More Than 300 Jobs 
June 16, 2020  |  Ridesharing

Grab, the $14 billion Southeast Asian ride-hailing startup, announced hundreds of job losses on Tuesday (June 16) as the impact of COVID-19 continues to take...

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Walmart Ups Its Digital Health & Wellness Capabilities With $200M Purchase Of CareZone’s Technology
Walmart Ups Its Digital Health & Wellness Capabilities With $200M Purchase Of CareZone’s Technology
June 16, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Walmart has reportedly paid some $200 million to buy key assets from CareZone, a Seattle-based health-technology start-up that promises to manage prescription drugs for each...

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Travelex Ditches Sale After Banks Reject Offers
Travelex Ditches Sale After Banks Reject Offers
June 16, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Foreign exchange giant Travelex is pulling its offer of sale to prospective buyers after none of the buyers could offer an acceptable deal to the...

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Sam’s Club COO: What We Learned During The Pandemic’s Lockdowns
Sam’s Club COO: What We Learned During The Pandemic’s Lockdowns
June 16, 2020  |  Retail

The past few months have been an incredibly challenging time for retailers that remained open — and an excellent example of innovation on overdrive. Get...

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