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Google, Facebook Rivalry Now Extends To Events
Google, Facebook Rivalry Now Extends To Events
July 27, 2018  |  Google

Google has updated its events feature to include personalized suggestions and a new design that puts more event information in the search results. Last year, Google...

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Bitcoin Daily: Mastercard CEO Calls Crypto ‘Junk,’ Iran Moves Forward With Crypto Plans
Bitcoin Daily: Mastercard CEO Calls Crypto ‘Junk,’ Iran Moves Forward With Crypto Plans
July 27, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Iran is reportedly gearing up to create its own national digital currency, Fortune reported. According to reports, a plan is in the works to “create...

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SEC Blocks Winklevoss ETF
SEC Blocks Winklevoss ETF
July 27, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week stood by its move to stop a bitcoin exchange-traded fund, citing “unpersuasive” arguments as to how...

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Spotify Loses $458M In Revenue, Tallies 180M Users
Spotify Loses $458M In Revenue, Tallies 180M Users
July 27, 2018  |  Earnings

Spotify’s second quarter as a public company shows that it has increased its paid subscriptions by 40 percent, but it lost $458 million in revenue....

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Deep Dive: Luring High Income Millennials To The Gas Pump
Deep Dive: Luring High Income Millennials To The Gas Pump
July 27, 2018  |  Gas Station Retail

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Cap One Scores Walmart’s Credit Card Business
Cap One Scores Walmart’s Credit Card Business
July 27, 2018  |  Retail

Walmart has announced that Capital One will become the exclusive issuer of Walmart’s credit card and co-branded credit card program in the U.S. The partnership...

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Venezuelan Bolívar Loses Five Zeros
Venezuelan Bolívar Loses Five Zeros
July 27, 2018  |  International

The Venezuelan government said it will knock five zeros off its currency — the bolívar — instead of the three it had planned. According to...

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Starbucks Mobile Order Tool Accounts For 13 Percent Of US Sales
Starbucks Mobile Order Tool Accounts For 13 Percent Of US Sales
July 27, 2018  |  Earnings

Loyalty and mobile continued to do some productive lifting for Starbucks in its fiscal third quarter of 2018, as those two factors contributed to an...

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Discover Sets Pullback in Personal Loans, Touts Strong Q2 Results
Discover Sets Pullback in Personal Loans, Touts Strong Q2 Results
July 27, 2018  |  Earnings

Discover Financial Services Inc. reported an increase in second quarter earnings as the credit card issuer had strong loan and revenue growth — and also...

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