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Ridesharing Startup Grab Aiming To Raise More Than $1B From Funding Round

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may raise more than $1 billion investment from strategic investors in a venture capital funding round including Alibaba and SoftBank. billion in venture capital in Grab through his eCommerce company or Ant Financial, the financial arm of the company. The company already has R&D centers in Seattle, Beijing, Jakarta and Singapore.

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The Frightful Five: Fake Apps And Hubcaps

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Furthermore, the device is still not available in Brazil, France, Italy, Spain or Australia, along with many other markets. Amazon told the Seattle Times that these two developments were unrelated and that the hiring lag was due to seasonal fluctuations. It is not yet clear whether Google will actually bring such a product to market.

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What’s Next For Real Estate In Amazon’s HQ2 Cities?

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The Seattle-based eCommerce operator and cloud computing provider decided to build in both Crystal City, an urban area in North Virginia near Washington, D.C., Meanwhile, in at least one city that Amazon turned down (Chicago), creative marketing types exacted a bit of benign revenge on the company via its own technology.

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The Week In Payments: Facebook Expands, Travel Rebounds And The Workplace Resets

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In fact, there were a lot of other things to talk about, as Facebook made a major investment in the Indian market, Expedia snapped up $3.2 billion deal on Tuesday (April 21) for a minority stake in Indian telecom startup Reliance Jio , giving the social media giant a larger foothold in the region. as their PPP funds have rolled in.

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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

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Jeff Bezos missed a major marketing opportunity there (as if Amazon needs it). Amazon says HQ2 will be a “ full equal ” to HQ1 in Seattle. As New Mexico’s capital city, Albuquerque naturally put in a bid, but the state’s more southern offering may prove more interesting, as it straddles the U.S.-Mexico Doña Ana County.

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Tech Center: Startup Genome’s 2017 Global Startup Ecosystem Report

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With the technology startup landscape drastically changing every few years due to new innovations, the report underlines how difficult it can be for regions outside of larger cities to catch on and stay afloat. These ecosystems tap into a worldwide circulation of ideas, knowledge, talent and capital. While global growth is only at 2.6

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Market opportunity. Stripe is ramping up its private market investments. Expansion into emerging markets. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Focus on developers.

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