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Baidu Partnership Aims To Put Blackberry In The Driver’s Seat

Baidu Partnership Aims To Put Blackberry In The Driver’s Seat
Baidu Partnership Aims To Put Blackberry In The Driver’s Seat
January 04, 2018  |  Partnerships

BlackBerry, the Canadian maker of mobile devices, is teaming up with Baidu, the Chinese internet search giant, to create self-driving car technology, according to news...

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Russia And Venezuela Hope To Use Digital Currency To Defang Sanctions
Russia And Venezuela Hope To Use Digital Currency To Defang Sanctions
January 04, 2018  |  Blockchain

Where there is a will — and some digital currency — it seems there is a way. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Millennials Were The Wind In Amazon’s Sales In 2017
Millennials Were The Wind In Amazon’s Sales In 2017
January 03, 2018  |  Retail

Approximately 44 percent of U.S. eCommerce sales, and 4 percent of total U.S. retail sales, were generated by Amazon in 2017, according to findings from...

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Gene Munster Thinks Amazon Will Buy Target
Gene Munster Thinks Amazon Will Buy Target
January 03, 2018  |  Retail

The early part of a new year is always rife with predictions, and venture capital firm Loup Ventures co-founder Gene Munster deserves credit from coming...

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Department Stores Start 2018 With A Bang On Wall Street
Department Stores Start 2018 With A Bang On Wall Street
January 03, 2018  |  Retail

So far, so good for department stores in 2017: Early holiday sales results have spurred enthusiasm on Wall Street, which has turned into a happy...

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MoneyGram Stock Sinks After Regulators Kill Ant Deal
MoneyGram Stock Sinks After Regulators Kill Ant Deal
January 03, 2018  |  Partnerships

It looks like MoneyGram will not be bought by Ant Financial after all, as a U.S. government panel has officially rejected the deal over national...

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Kenyan Regulatory Plan To Divide Safaricom Abandoned
Kenyan Regulatory Plan To Divide Safaricom Abandoned
January 03, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

It looks like Safaricom will survive as a single business — Kenya’s telecom regulator has reportedly backed off a plan that would have seen the...

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Business-Loan Growth Bottoms Out For No Clear Reason
Business-Loan Growth Bottoms Out For No Clear Reason
January 03, 2018  |  Banking

Experts are facing a puzzle when it comes to business-loan lending. Loans have dropped to their lowest levels since the days following the financial crisis...

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