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Amazon Builds Its Own Answer to Walmart’s 5,000 Stores

Amazon Builds Its Own Answer to Walmart’s 5,000 Stores
Amazon Builds Its Own Answer to Walmart’s 5,000 Stores
September 17, 2026  |  Retail

Amazon needs more than faster warehouses to close Walmart’s delivery advantage. It may need to build and manufacture its own version of a neighborhood store...

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Experts Say Potential Frontier AI Slowdown Won’t Slow Adoption
Experts Say Potential Frontier AI Slowdown Won’t Slow Adoption
September 17, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The people who build frontier artificial intelligence say it is getting away from them. The people who study it, deploy it and defend against it...

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St. Luke’s Turns 400,000 Patient Interactions Into an Agentic AI Use Case
St. Luke’s Turns 400,000 Patient Interactions Into an Agentic AI Use Case
September 17, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

For St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, the case for agentic artificial intelligence started with a simple operational challenge: hundreds of thousands of patient...

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House Passes Bill to Give Local Police More Tools Against Elder Financial Fraud
House Passes Bill to Give Local Police More Tools Against Elder Financial Fraud
September 17, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The House approved legislation Tuesday (Sept. 15) aimed at giving state and local law enforcement more resources to investigate sophisticated financial scams targeting older consumers...

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Department Stores Move Upmarket as Luxury Struggles
Department Stores Move Upmarket as Luxury Struggles
September 17, 2026  |  Retail

The upmarket push is showing up at department stores, where the objective is to get customers to spend more without making the jump into luxury....

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S&P Acquires OpenZeppelin to Bring Risk Assessment to On-Chain Finance
S&P Acquires OpenZeppelin to Bring Risk Assessment to On-Chain Finance
September 17, 2026  |  Blockchain

S&P Global is acquiring blockchain security company OpenZeppelin as it looks to expand its risk assessment business to on-chain financial products, according to a Thursday...

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The Fed Rate Hike Is Making Corporate Cash Too Expensive to Ignore
The Fed Rate Hike Is Making Corporate Cash Too Expensive to Ignore
September 17, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The Federal Reserve just made corporate cash strategic again. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Experian Uses Open Banking to Boost Credit Preapproval
Experian Uses Open Banking to Boost Credit Preapproval
September 17, 2026  |  Loans

Experian has added a new feature to its Experian Marketplace that is designed to help lenders complete more verification and affordability checks earlier in the...

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