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Today In Payments: Mastercard Expands Commitment To Connect 1B People; Digital Car Buying Platform Vroom To Test June IPO

Today In Payments: Mastercard Expands Commitment To Connect 1B People; Digital Car Buying Platform Vroom To Test June IPO
Today In Payments: Mastercard Expands Commitment To Connect 1B People; Digital Car Buying Platform Vroom...
May 11, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Mastercard vows to connect 1 billion people to the digital economy by 2025, and Vroom is looking at filing an initial...

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Amazon Reportedly Eyeing Beleaguered AMC Theatres
Amazon Reportedly Eyeing Beleaguered AMC Theatres
May 11, 2020  |  Amazon

Said to be on the brink of bankruptcy, the country’s biggest movie theater chain, AMC Entertainment, could have an alternate ending if rumors pan out...

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Will Restaurant Recovery Require Capturing The Ghost Kitchen Opportunity?
Will Restaurant Recovery Require Capturing The Ghost Kitchen Opportunity?
May 11, 2020  |  ResTech

Regardless of the many strides Americans have made as home cooks in the last two months or so, the data indicates a majority could really...

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Rubber Meets Road In Transportation’s (Digital) ‘New Normal’
Rubber Meets Road In Transportation’s (Digital) ‘New Normal’
May 11, 2020  |  Retail

The future of travel … may look a lot like the past. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Google Highlights SMBs With Curbside Pickup In Local Search Returns
Google Highlights SMBs With Curbside Pickup In Local Search Returns
May 11, 2020  |  Google

Google searches for the term “in-stock” surged over 70 percent worldwide March 28 to April 4 as people looked for available merchandise they could pick...

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Deadline Looms For Five Firms To Return PPP Loans
Deadline Looms For Five Firms To Return PPP Loans
May 11, 2020  |  Loans

Five publicly traded companies have until midnight on Monday (May 11) to return their Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans or explain why they should be...

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Marriott Sees ‘Improving Trends’ In Greater China As Region’s Travel Begins Recovery
Marriott Sees ‘Improving Trends’ In Greater China As Region’s Travel Begins Recovery
May 11, 2020  |  Earnings

As the coronavirus pandemic moved throughout the world, Marriott International Inc. reported that revenue per available room (RevPAR) plummeted by 22.5 percent globally. The company...

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Pandemic Prompts Ericsson To Up 5G Projections
Pandemic Prompts Ericsson To Up 5G Projections
May 11, 2020  |  Mobile

The pandemic has prompted Stockholm-based telecommunications technology firm Ericsson to up its forecast for worldwide 5G subscriptions to 2.8 billion by 2025, the company said...

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