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US Jobless Claims Expected To Rise Another 4.3 Million

US Jobless Claims Expected To Rise Another 4.3 Million
US Jobless Claims Expected To Rise Another 4.3 Million
April 22, 2020  |  Economy

An additional 4.3 million workers are likely to have filed unemployment claims in the past week, bringing the total coronavirus-related job losses to around 26...

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Hobbled By Hackers And COVID-19, Travelex Goes Up For Sale
Hobbled By Hackers And COVID-19, Travelex Goes Up For Sale
April 22, 2020  |  Business

Travelex, the British foreign exchange company, is seeking a buyer, the Financial Times (FT) reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Shift To Digital Could Force 100,000 Retailers To Shutter By 2025
Shift To Digital Could Force 100,000 Retailers To Shutter By 2025
April 22, 2020  |  Retail

A study by analysts at UBS found that 100,000 U.S. retail stores could close by 2025, a number the coronavirus pandemic has sped along, according to a...

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Bitcoin Daily: Alleged Chinese Crypto Mining Scam Nets $11M
Bitcoin Daily: Alleged Chinese Crypto Mining Scam Nets $11M
April 22, 2020  |  Bitcoin

An alleged new digital currency Ponzi scheme out of China, Antimatter Kingdom (AK), has seemingly brought in bitcoin valued at $11 million in under a...

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Latest Consumer Survey Doesn’t Show Good News For Shopping Malls
Latest Consumer Survey Doesn’t Show Good News For Shopping Malls
April 22, 2020  |  Retail

COVID-19 social distancing restrictions have shuttered most U.S. malls at a time when they were already hurting, but it’s not clear that merely lifting bans...

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Argos Risk, Gatekeeper Partner For Risk Management Services
Argos Risk, Gatekeeper Partner For Risk Management Services
April 22, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Argos Risk, which monitors the financial health of other companies, has entered an agreement with software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution Gatekeeper, according to a press release. Get...

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Hard Rock CEO: Tourists Need To Come Back For Business To Recover
Hard Rock CEO: Tourists Need To Come Back For Business To Recover
April 22, 2020  |  Economy

Hard Rock International is not expecting business to rebound before 2021. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Google: State-Backed Hackers Behind Coronavirus Phishing Attempts
Google: State-Backed Hackers Behind Coronavirus Phishing Attempts
April 22, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

Security experts at Google have identified over a dozen government-backed hacking groups trying to use the coronavirus pandemic to fuel malware and phishing attempts. Get...

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