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Kristen Larson joins Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group

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She is resident in the firm’s Minneapolis office. Kristen’s practice involves consumer, small business, and treasury management products and services; digital banking; emerging payments; servicing; innovative technology; information security; operations; marketing; and complex service contracts.

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Modern Management

Independent Banker

Communicating with management. While auditors need to remain independent and objective, they also need to maintain a relationship with management to create effective reports. Also consider including the management’s responses in the audit reports—this is a good way for all the report’s users to understand the management’s feedback. &nbsp.

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SoftBank Announces $100M Fund For Minority-Led Startups

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In a widely-reported letter to employees, Marcelo Claure , SoftBank’s chief operating officer, noted that the new Opportunity Growth Fund “will be the biggest fund providing capital to black Americans and people of color.”. We have to put money behind it, set plans and hold ourselves accountable,” Claure wrote.

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Foundry Group Leads $30M Seed Funding For Matchstick Ventures

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Minneapolis-St. The company has already backed several startups, including Denver’s Soona, a same-day photo and video content creation studio that is dually based in Minneapolis and Denver, Colo. . Paul-based Matchstick Ventures raised $30 million in a second seed funding round led by Foundry Group, reports said on Friday (Sept.

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Amazon’s Great Infrastructure Expansion Rolls On — Now With A New Logistics IT Center

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The logistics IT center is slated for downtown Minneapolis and will reportedly create 100 new technology focused full-time positions. Amazon is always looking for the best and brightest software engineers to join our team,” said Dave Glick, VP of operations technology for Amazon.

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Uber Facilitated More Than $600M In Tips For Drivers

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In May, it launched mid-trip ratings and tips, and that has driven a 30 percent increase in tipping, said Uber Product Manager Dhruv Tyagi. Lyft , noted the report, is operating in fewer markets than Uber — Lyft is in the U.S. and Canada while Uber has operations around the world.

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Carl Icahn Bets On Mall Owners Defaulting On Debt

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But not everyone has lost faith in malls, with two of the largest money managers, Putnam Investments and AllianceBernstein Holding LP , holding a more positive outlook for the industry. Sources told The Wall Street Journal that Icahn can potentially gain $400 million or more if mall owners aren’t able to service their debt.