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Trump Calls For Amazon To Cover Post Office Costs With Higher Rates

Trump Calls For Amazon To Cover Post Office Costs With Higher Rates
Trump Calls For Amazon To Cover Post Office Costs With Higher Rates
August 18, 2020  |  Amazon

President Donald Trump said Tuesday (Aug. 18) that Amazon should pay more in shipping to cover the lagging finances of the U.S. Postal Service, Bloomberg...

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China Eyes Apple App Store Over TikTok Tit-For-Tat
China Eyes Apple App Store Over TikTok Tit-For-Tat
August 18, 2020  |  Apple

Mounting tensions between the U.S. and China have spurred fears from Apple that China could shut down the company’s App Store in the country, 9to5Mac...

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Walmart Earnings Fuel Concerns Over Retail’s Stimulus-Fueled Recovery
Walmart Earnings Fuel Concerns Over Retail’s Stimulus-Fueled Recovery
August 18, 2020  |  Retail

In commerce as in life, progress is often either permanent or ephemeral. In which camp the fledgling U.S. retail recovery rests remains to be seen....

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Japan’s Oyo Hotel Startup Gets Management Help From Investor SoftBank
Japan’s Oyo Hotel Startup Gets Management Help From Investor SoftBank
August 18, 2020  |  Startups

SoftBank is dispatching officials to help one of its largest startups, Oyo, which is besieged by the pandemic’s economic effects, according to Bloomberg. Get the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ukraine Busts Alleged Crypto Laundering Operation; Blockchain Shipping Platform TradeLens Expands
Bitcoin Daily: Ukraine Busts Alleged Crypto Laundering Operation; Blockchain Shipping Platform TradeLens Expands
August 18, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Binance helped catch a purported cybercrime organization behind an alleged $42 million laundering effort, according to a statement from the cryptocurrency exchange. Get the Full...

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Judge Stops $175M Revlon Loan Payment For Citi
Judge Stops $175M Revlon Loan Payment For Citi
August 18, 2020  |  Legal & Regulation

Citigroup‘s request to freeze around $175 million in funds that were paid to hedge fund manager Brigade Capital Management by mistake has been granted by...

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Reliance Buys Majority Stake In Pharma Delivery Company Netmeds
Reliance Buys Majority Stake In Pharma Delivery Company Netmeds
August 18, 2020  |  Partnerships

Reliance Industries has acquired a major stake in Vitalic Health and subsidiary Netmeds, through the Reliance Retail Ventures Limited arm, CNBC TV-18 reports. Get the Full...

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Google Asks FCC For OK To Test 6G Service
Google Asks FCC For OK To Test 6G Service
August 18, 2020  |  Google

Google is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to hold radio experiments “in and near the 6 GHz band,” according to a recent filing...

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