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Bakkt, BringMeThat.com Bring Crypto to Gig Economy 

Bakkt, BringMeThat.com Bring Crypto to Gig Economy 
Bakkt, BringMeThat.com Bring Crypto to Gig Economy 
December 17, 2021  |  Gig Economy

Digital asset marketplace Bakkt Holdings, Inc. on Friday (Dec. 17) partnered with food delivery service BringMeThat.com to stake its claim on the gig economy.  Get...

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AI Algorithms Kick up Levi’s Revenue
AI Algorithms Kick up Levi’s Revenue
December 17, 2021  |  Retail

Levi Strauss & Co.’s Chief Strategy and AI Officer Katia Walsh on Friday (Dec. 17) noted that its Google Cloud-based data collection portal, which uses...

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FedEx Delivers Strong Earnings Despite Higher Wagers, Labor Woes
FedEx Delivers Strong Earnings Despite Higher Wagers, Labor Woes
December 17, 2021  |  Earnings

Delivery giant FedEx posted an upswing in revenue of 14% to $23.5 billion for the second quarter, despite higher wages and labor shortages that were...

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Platform Businesses Dominate End of Year SPAC, IPO Activity
Platform Businesses Dominate End of Year SPAC, IPO Activity
December 17, 2021  |  IPO

We’re at the very tail end of 2021, and depending on where — and when — you look, the SPAC sector is either dead or...

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AMZN vs. WMT Weekly: Retail Giants Make Last-Minute Tweaks to Logistics, Payments, Delivery Systems
AMZN vs. WMT Weekly: Retail Giants Make Last-Minute Tweaks to Logistics, Payments, Delivery Systems
December 17, 2021  |  Retail

Right in the middle of the busiest week of the peak holiday shopping season, the nation’s top two retail rivals showed an amazing — if...

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Bottomline Technologies to Go Private Following $2.6B Sale
Bottomline Technologies to Go Private Following $2.6B Sale
December 17, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Payments and invoice management platform Bottomline Technologies will become a privately held company following a planned $2.6 billion acquisition by software investment firm Thoma Bravo....

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BNPL Stock Prices Crash Amid CFPB Investigation
BNPL Stock Prices Crash Amid CFPB Investigation
December 17, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday (Dec. 16) it wants details from several high-profile buy now, pay later (BNPL) firms — Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna,...

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Furniture Returns Are Both Consumer Nightmare and Business Dream
Furniture Returns Are Both Consumer Nightmare and Business Dream
December 17, 2021  |  Retail

If you’re sitting in a chair as you read this sentence, consider this question: What will happen to the chair when you no longer need...

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Deep Dive: How AML/KYC Measures Have Changed as Digital Banking Becomes More Popular
Deep Dive: How AML/KYC Measures Have Changed as Digital Banking Becomes More Popular
December 17, 2021  |  AML

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