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Alibaba Tops Wall Street Views; To Invest In PT Tokopedia
Alibaba Tops Wall Street Views; To Invest In PT Tokopedia
August 18, 2017  |  eCommerce

Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant, reported fiscal first quarter results that surpassed Wall Street’s expectations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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MarketInvoice Brings Invoice Financing To More Smaller Sized Businesses
MarketInvoice Brings Invoice Financing To More Smaller Sized Businesses
August 18, 2017  |  B2B Payments

MarketInvoice, the invoice financing company, announced Thursday (Aug. 17) that it is providing more than 400,000 smaller businesses (SMBs) with access to its invoice discounting...

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Essential Phone Is Now Available For Sale
Essential Phone Is Now Available For Sale
August 18, 2017  |  Innovation

The Essential smartphone, the brainchild of Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android operating system, launched Thursday (Aug. 17). Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Amazon Opens Alexa To Outside Device Developers
Amazon Opens Alexa To Outside Device Developers
August 18, 2017  |  Amazon

eCommerce giant Amazon is looking to make its voice-activated assistant Alexa available on more gadgets and devices. With voice-activated digital assistants becoming more popular, Amazon wants...

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‘Discount Clubs’ Scheme Costs Consumers Over $40 Million
‘Discount Clubs’ Scheme Costs Consumers Over $40 Million
August 18, 2017  |  Legal

A group of marketers swiped more than $40 million from the bank accounts of customers for “discount club” memberships they never agreed to join, according...

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Survey Says Security Professionals Doubt Effectiveness of Encryption Backdoors
Survey Says Security Professionals Doubt Effectiveness of Encryption Backdoors
August 18, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Venafi, the provider of machine identity protection, announced Thursday (Aug. 17) that, based on survey results, the majority of IT security professionals think encryption backdoors...

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Relief Is Coming To Cornithian Students, C/O A $183M CFPB Fine
Relief Is Coming To Cornithian Students, C/O A $183M CFPB Fine
August 18, 2017  |  CFPB

Debt relief is coming for about 41,000 Corinthian Colleges student borrowers who took out private loans to attend the for-profit university — to the tune...

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Credit Cards Sizzle, Debt Fizzles And Alibaba Crushes Earnings
Credit Cards Sizzle, Debt Fizzles And Alibaba Crushes Earnings
August 18, 2017  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

It’s Friday, which can only mean one thing — time to see what Sizzled and what Fizzled this week. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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