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Instacart-Walmart Delivery Pact Heats Up Online Grocery Wars

Instacart-Walmart Delivery Pact Heats Up Online Grocery Wars
Instacart-Walmart Delivery Pact Heats Up Online Grocery Wars
August 11, 2020  |  Delivery

The great digital shift — and the evolution of how we get our food from grocers’ aisles to table — has spurred a number of...

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Hotel Robots Become Frontline Workers As Pandemic Grinds On
Hotel Robots Become Frontline Workers As Pandemic Grinds On
August 11, 2020  |  Innovation

Coming to a hotel near you: robots that clean your room and deliver everything from a late-night room service meal to extra towels and toothpaste....

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Today In Payments: Facebook Forms Facebook Financial For eCommerce; Execs Vow To Hire 100K Low-Income Minorities
Today In Payments: Facebook Forms Facebook Financial For eCommerce; Execs Vow To Hire 100K Low-Income...
August 11, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Facebook launched Facebook Financial to run the company’s eCommerce and payments projects, and more than two dozen top executives have pledged...

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CuriosityStream Unveils Plans To Go Public Through Reverse Merger
CuriosityStream Unveils Plans To Go Public Through Reverse Merger
August 11, 2020  |  IPO

CuriosityStream, a streaming service that produces documentaries on history, science and technology, is poised to become the latest company to go public through a merger...

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Report: Airbnb Eyes IPO Before Year’s End
Report: Airbnb Eyes IPO Before Year’s End
August 11, 2020  |  IPO

Despite a 40 percent decrease in its valuation in three years, Airbnb Inc. is on track to go public in a move that would illustrate...

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Nokia Phone Licensee HMD Global Notches $230M In Funding
Nokia Phone Licensee HMD Global Notches $230M In Funding
August 11, 2020  |  Investments

HMD Global, the exclusive licensee of the Nokia brand for tablets and smartphones, notched a $230 million investment from some of its leading strategic partners...

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Walmart, Instacart Partner On Same-Day Delivery To Battle Amazon’s Whole Foods
Walmart, Instacart Partner On Same-Day Delivery To Battle Amazon’s Whole Foods
August 11, 2020  |  Delivery

Walmart Inc. and Instacart have teamed up to offer same-day delivery in select U.S. markets as the battle against Amazon and Whole Foods Market intensifies, CNBC...

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Banks Brace For Wave Of Corporate Credit Calamities
Banks Brace For Wave Of Corporate Credit Calamities
August 11, 2020  |  Loans

Before the deluge – of possible bankruptcies, that is – come the provisions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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