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How Toys R Us Kids Became Amazon Adults (And What’s Next)
How Toys R Us Kids Became Amazon Adults (And What’s Next)
May 19, 2018  |  Retail

There have been a number of great commercial jingles in the history of commercials — tunes so catchy that they stick, almost forever, and remind us...

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Bitcoin’s Rally May Be Short-Lived, Coinsecure Reaches Out To Investors After Hack
Bitcoin’s Rally May Be Short-Lived, Coinsecure Reaches Out To Investors After Hack
May 18, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin has fallen to its lowest level in about a month, after climbing to a high of nearly $10,000 in early May, Coindesk reported. The...

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Trump Wants USPS To Double Rates For Amazon
Trump Wants USPS To Double Rates For Amazon
May 18, 2018  |  Amazon

Months after President Donald Trump tweeted criticisms of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), news has surfaced that the president had personally asked U.S. Postmaster General...

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Tidal Looks Into ‘Potential Data Breach’
Tidal Looks Into ‘Potential Data Breach’
May 18, 2018  |  Safety and Security

After learning of a potential data breach, Tidal’s CEO Richard Sanders said that the company “immediately” tried to find the source of the issue, and...

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Emailage: Partnerships Are Key To FinServ Growth
Emailage: Partnerships Are Key To FinServ Growth
May 18, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

A few years back, when Emailage was one of the first companies to talk about the importance of the email layer in risk assessment. The conversation...

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Walmart’s ‘Code Eight’ Becomes ‘Jetblack’
Walmart’s ‘Code Eight’ Becomes ‘Jetblack’
May 18, 2018  |  Retail

Walmart’s personal shopping venture has a new name: After a rebranding, the company’s Code Eight effort is now known as Jetblack. Those who visit the...

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Will Consumers Take On Too Much Debt In 2018?
Will Consumers Take On Too Much Debt In 2018?
May 18, 2018  |  Loans

The rate of credit card delinquencies jumped 52 basis points (BPS) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2018, and will likely continue to increase over...

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CanPay Enables Cannabis Customers To Buy Online, Pick Up In Store
CanPay Enables Cannabis Customers To Buy Online, Pick Up In Store
May 18, 2018  |  Payment Methods

The grass is slowly getting greener in the commercial cannabis industry. This week, on May 17, debit-based cannabis payments solution CanPay announced its eCommerce integration,...

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Funds Reconsider Facebook Holdings
Funds Reconsider Facebook Holdings
May 18, 2018  |  Facebook

Unsatisfied with Facebook’s moves to step up privacy on its platform, multiple socially-conscious investment firms are unloading or reconsidering holdings in the social media company....

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