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Afterpay Fined By CA Regulator For Unlicensed Loans

Afterpay Fined By CA Regulator For Unlicensed Loans
Afterpay Fined By CA Regulator For Unlicensed Loans
March 17, 2020  |  BNPL

Australian startup Afterpay is settling with the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) over allegations that the buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm was offering...

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Big Firms Draw Down Billion Dollar Credit Lines
Big Firms Draw Down Billion Dollar Credit Lines
March 17, 2020  |  Economy

In the world of credit, in the scramble to shore up at least some financial stability by filling corporate coffers for the deluge of rainy...

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Apple/Disney: Is Apple About To Make The Happiest Acquisition On Earth?
Apple/Disney: Is Apple About To Make The Happiest Acquisition On Earth?
March 17, 2020  |  Partnerships

The latest rumors about Apple buying Walt Disney Co. aren’t new – they go back to Disney’s 2006 acquisition of Pixar. That made late Pixar...

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What Sticks? Scoping Retail Behaviors In The Time Of Contagion
What Sticks? Scoping Retail Behaviors In The Time Of Contagion
March 17, 2020  |  Retail

The partial shutdown of the U.S. retail economy is unprecedented. Terror attacks on 9/11 happened well before the internet was a factor, and are therefore...

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Facebook Funds $100M In Grants For SMBs Hurt By Coronavirus
Facebook Funds $100M In Grants For SMBs Hurt By Coronavirus
March 17, 2020  |  Economy

Facebook wants to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) survive the coronavirus pandemic, and is offering $100 million in grants to 30,000 companies in over...

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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies
Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies
March 17, 2020  |  Retail

It was supposed to be a thriving retail center in Milwaukee when it was built seven years ago. Right downtown, 10,000 square feet, enough room...

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Economic Recovery, Consumer Spending Amid The Coronavirus
Economic Recovery, Consumer Spending Amid The Coronavirus
March 17, 2020  |  Today In Data

The start of U.S. economic recovery is likely approximately six weeks away, if China’s experience with the coronavirus provides lessons learned. While China’s economy is grappling to regain...

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Grocers Speed Up Hiring To Fill eCommerce Orders, Operate Stores
Grocers Speed Up Hiring To Fill eCommerce Orders, Operate Stores
March 17, 2020  |  Retail

As staffers need time away from work to tend to their children, or they become ill, supermarket companies are speeding up hiring to have workers...

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