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Brazil Sees Merger Mania As Deals Jump To $34 Billion

Brazil Sees Merger Mania As Deals Jump To $34 Billion
Brazil Sees Merger Mania As Deals Jump To $34 Billion
June 14, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Brazil is seeing a flurry of mergers and acquisitions, with deals nearly quadrupling to $34 billion since last year, Bloomberg News reported on Monday (June...

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PYMNTS Data Brief: Nearly One-Quarter Of Past, Current Crypto Owners Have Paid With It
PYMNTS Data Brief: Nearly One-Quarter Of Past, Current Crypto Owners Have Paid With It
June 14, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Wherever one comes down on the debate around cryptocurrency as an investment, a currency or a hybrid of both, it’s captured the public imagination in...

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Future Apple Watches Could Monitor Body Temp, Blood Sugar
Future Apple Watches Could Monitor Body Temp, Blood Sugar
June 14, 2021  |  Apple

Apple is at work on future enhancements to the Apple Watch, including faster speeds and sensors to monitor body temperature and blood sugar, plus a...

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Stripe Sees Boom In Investor Interest
Stripe Sees Boom In Investor Interest
June 14, 2021  |  Investments

Payments company Stripe has begun offering investors the opportunity to snatch up substantial stakes in the company from existing shareholders, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday...

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Third-Party Subscriptions Come To Amazon, The Internet’s ‘Everything Store’
Third-Party Subscriptions Come To Amazon, The Internet’s ‘Everything Store’
June 14, 2021  |  Subscription Commerce

Subscription boxes are nothing new for Amazon. Head over to the dedicated section of the Amazon site and take your pick: lip balm, vinyl records,...

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Rising Food Prices Force Restaurants To Adapt Menus
Rising Food Prices Force Restaurants To Adapt Menus
June 14, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Food prices are up, leaving restaurants, still struggling to recover from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, in what has become the latest pandemic-era...

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BoA Head Moynihan: Consumer Spending Up, Fed Accommodation Should Go Down 
BoA Head Moynihan: Consumer Spending Up, Fed Accommodation Should Go Down 
June 14, 2021  |  Economy

Consumer spending is 20 percent higher this year than 2019, a signal Bank of America (BoA) CEO Brian Moynihan told CNBC is a sign that federal accommodation...

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DoorDash Partners With PetSmart On Delivery
DoorDash Partners With PetSmart On Delivery
June 14, 2021  |  Retail

San Francsico’s DoorDash, a “last-mile” delivery company, is partnering with pet retailer PetSmart for delivery of pet supplies and accessories. PetSmart has 1,500 locations nationwide. Get...

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May Retail Sales Will Support Or Refute NRF’s Optimistic Outlook
May Retail Sales Will Support Or Refute NRF’s Optimistic Outlook
June 14, 2021  |  Retail

By this time Tuesday (June 15), economists, investors and retail industry watchers will know exactly how fast the consumer shopping surge grew last month after...

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