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Citi Beats Street As Consumer And Cards Show Gains
Citi Beats Street As Consumer And Cards Show Gains
January 17, 2018  |  Earnings

Citigroup’s headline numbers showed a sizable quarterly loss on the newly enacted tax law – but excluding that $22 billion charge and the resulting $18...

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Congress Receives Petition To Make Cannabis Banking Legal
Congress Receives Petition To Make Cannabis Banking Legal
January 17, 2018  |  Legal

Congress has a new petition to review: This one is from a bipartisan group of 18 attorneys general from states that have legalized recreational and...

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Bitcoin Daily: Cryptocurrency Loses $100B, BitConnect Shutters Exchanges
Bitcoin Daily: Cryptocurrency Loses $100B, BitConnect Shutters Exchanges
January 17, 2018  |  Bitcoin

It seems that North Korean hackers have moved on from movies … to cryptocurrency. The same North Korean hacking group involved with the data theft at...

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Holiday Spending In US Hit $108 Billion
Holiday Spending In US Hit $108 Billion
January 17, 2018  |  Retail

Consumer spending during the holidays in the U.S. came in at $108 billion, marking a 14.7 percent increase from a year ago. Get the Full...

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How Cars Came To Drive BlackBerry’s Future
How Cars Came To Drive BlackBerry’s Future
January 17, 2018  |  Innovation

“It is hard for most people to really imagine the staggering amounts of data that need to be sorted, parsed and secured to make connected...

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Dunkin’ Donuts Rolls Out Mobile Drive-Through
Dunkin’ Donuts Rolls Out Mobile Drive-Through
January 17, 2018  |  Retail

There are few situations in QSR more annoying than ordering ahead — and ending up waiting in line anyway behind those people who did not....

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Walmart Names New International CEO
Walmart Names New International CEO
January 17, 2018  |  Retail

Walmart has named a new CEO for its international unit. Long-time employee and Chief Operating Officer Judith McKenna will take on the job. Get the...

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Trend Lab Nabs $12.7M To Boost Corporate FinServ With AI
Trend Lab Nabs $12.7M To Boost Corporate FinServ With AI
January 17, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Trend Lab, a startup developing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for the FinTech market, has revealed it secured new funding. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Crypto Crash Busts The Price Of Bitcoin
Crypto Crash Busts The Price Of Bitcoin
January 17, 2018  |  Bitcoin

What goes up must come down — and yesterday, it seemed it was cryptocurrency’s turn to take a dance with gravity. Get the Full Story...

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