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Starboard Nominates Head Of Research To eBay Board

Starboard Nominates Head Of Research To eBay Board
Starboard Nominates Head Of Research To eBay Board
March 12, 2020  |  Partnerships

Spurred by frustration that eBay has not yet sold its online classified ads business or made changes to its board, activist investor Starboard is nominating a series of...

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Trump Unveils Measures To Combat Economic Impact of Virus
Trump Unveils Measures To Combat Economic Impact of Virus
March 11, 2020  |  Economy

President Donald Trump unveiled a number of executive actions designed to blunt at least some of the economic impact of the coronavirus, which continues to...

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Amazon To Deliver Coronavirus Test Kits In Seattle
Amazon To Deliver Coronavirus Test Kits In Seattle
March 11, 2020  |  Economy

To assist in bringing at-home testing kits for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, to homes of Seattle-area residents, Amazon Care is reportedly in...

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Companies Shelve IPOs Rather Than Face Volatile Wall Street
Companies Shelve IPOs Rather Than Face Volatile Wall Street
March 11, 2020  |  IPO

We are in a period where 5 percent down days in equity markets — take your pick which market, in whatever country you like —...

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Congress Blasts Former Wells Fargo Bosses Over Resignations
Congress Blasts Former Wells Fargo Bosses Over Resignations
March 11, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

The recent resignations of Wells Fargo board Chairman Elizabeth Duke and board member James Quigley drew criticism by Congress during the first hearing on Capitol...

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‘Rent-a-Bank’ Lending Practices Trigger Calls For Regulation
‘Rent-a-Bank’ Lending Practices Trigger Calls For Regulation
March 11, 2020  |  Loans

Consumer advocates are pushing federal banking regulators to do something about rent-a-banks with notoriously sky-high loan rates that prey on people with bad credit, the...

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street
Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street
March 11, 2020  |  Retail

Wall Street is a tough master, especially for eCommerce companies. Just ask Carvana, the leading online automotive seller and a major force in changing the...

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How Amazon’s Cashierless Tech Will (Or Won’t) Change The Physical Retail Landscape
How Amazon’s Cashierless Tech Will (Or Won’t) Change The Physical Retail Landscape
March 11, 2020  |  Retail

The advance of Amazon’s cashierless technology is not a new story to the retail beat as of 2020.  Since the first AmazonGo retail location opened...

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