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Grubhub Grows Active Diners By 24 Pct

Grubhub Grows Active Diners By 24 Pct
Grubhub Grows Active Diners By 24 Pct
May 06, 2020  |  Earnings

Amid a rise in orders and an increase in customers fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, Grubhub reported a 24 percent year-over-year increase in active diners...

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Lyft Ridership Up 3 Pct Even With Quarantine
Lyft Ridership Up 3 Pct Even With Quarantine
May 06, 2020  |  Earnings

Lyft reported an increase in active riders in the first quarter of 2020 with 21,211, up 3 percent year over year. But that number fell...

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SBA Still Clearing Up PPP Loan Confusion
SBA Still Clearing Up PPP Loan Confusion
May 06, 2020  |  Loans

It’s a fact that it’s a lot of money, but disbursing hundreds of billions of dollars for the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) has been overly...

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More Than Half of SMBs Might Not Have Enough Cash To Make It Through Crisis
More Than Half of SMBs Might Not Have Enough Cash To Make It Through Crisis
May 06, 2020  |  SMBs

Almost 60 percent of SMB retailers say they might not have enough cash on hand to get through the pandemic’s economic gut-punches, according to PYMNTS research....

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Sage Updates Will Boost SMB Accounting Visibility
Sage Updates Will Boost SMB Accounting Visibility
May 06, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Cloud business management firm Sage has announced new updates to its small business cloud accounting solution to help customers gain more insight into their accounting,...

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Are Gap’s Face Masks The Start Of Retail Reinvention?
Are Gap’s Face Masks The Start Of Retail Reinvention?
May 06, 2020  |  Retail

Retail must, and will, change following the coronavirus, with consumer behavior shifting from brick-and-mortar to eCommerce and merchants making adjustments to their inventory selections and...

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Chinese Banking Veteran Says Digital Yuan Could Be On The Horizon
Chinese Banking Veteran Says Digital Yuan Could Be On The Horizon
May 06, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital yuan could be on the horizon in China to replace paper money, authorities say. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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UK Theater Operators Plan To Debut $200M Thriller ‘Tenet’ In July
UK Theater Operators Plan To Debut $200M Thriller ‘Tenet’ In July
May 06, 2020  |  Retail

Two United Kingdom cinema chains are hoping to raise the curtain at movie theaters by mid-July to begin to recoup losses from the COVID-19 pandemic,...

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Facebook’s Libra Association Hires Its First CEO
Facebook’s Libra Association Hires Its First CEO
May 06, 2020  |  Personnel

The group founded by Facebook to launch the social media company’s entry into digital currency has named a former U.S. Treasury Department executive as its...

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