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House Antitrust Leader Calls For A Temporary Ban On Mergers

House Antitrust Leader Calls For A Temporary Ban On Mergers
House Antitrust Leader Calls For A Temporary Ban On Mergers
April 23, 2020  |  Coronavirus

House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline called for a ban on mergers Thursday (April 23) until the COVID-19 pandemic ends, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story...

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SBA Says Large Firms ‘Unlikely’ To Get Next Round Of PPP
SBA Says Large Firms ‘Unlikely’ To Get Next Round Of PPP
April 23, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued new rules it says will make it unlikely that publicly traded companies will receive money from the next...

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Indonesia’s Gojek Closes $130M Deal For POS Startup Moka
Indonesia’s Gojek Closes $130M Deal For POS Startup Moka
April 23, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

On-demand ride-hailing startup Gojek – Indonesia’s most successful unicorn – has purchased the point-of-sale (POS) and payments aggregator Moka for about $130 million. The acquisition...

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Stripe Rolls Out Major Updates To Core Payments Platform
Stripe Rolls Out Major Updates To Core Payments Platform
April 23, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Stripe, the San Francisco digital payment platform popular with Shopify, Instacart and other major online retailers, announced major updates to its software on Thursday (April...

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Educational-Toy Company Learning Resources Pivots Into Content
Educational-Toy Company Learning Resources Pivots Into Content
April 23, 2020  |  Retail

For the past 25 years, parents have known Learning Resources as the company that makes those toy cash registers. And in today’s work-at-home world, parents...

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Gap Halts Rent Payments On Temporarily Closed Stores
Gap Halts Rent Payments On Temporarily Closed Stores
April 23, 2020  |  Retail

As its retail locations are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gap cautioned on Thursday (April 23) that it might not have enough cash to...

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Another 4.4M Americans File Unemployment Claims
Another 4.4M Americans File Unemployment Claims
April 23, 2020  |  Economy

The coronavirus pandemic continues to rock the country, as another 4.43 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits in the week ending April 18, the U.S....

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Hobbled By Hackers And COVID-19, Travelex Goes Up For Sale
Hobbled By Hackers And COVID-19, Travelex Goes Up For Sale
April 22, 2020  |  Business

Travelex, the British foreign exchange company, is seeking a buyer, the Financial Times (FT) reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Shift To Digital Could Force 100,000 Retailers To Shutter By 2025
Shift To Digital Could Force 100,000 Retailers To Shutter By 2025
April 22, 2020  |  Retail

A study by analysts at UBS found that 100,000 U.S. retail stores could close by 2025, a number the coronavirus pandemic has sped along, according to a...

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