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Cyber Attack Hits US Health Department As It Tries To Fight Coronavirus

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The incident could’ve been connected with a spate of rumors about a national quarantine, which a text by the National Security Council confirmed was not true — there wasn’t any such quarantine in effect as of Monday, March 16, and messages saying there was were fake, the text said.

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Youth Sports: Don’t Wink At The Ref — Just Pay Them Faster

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Faster payment schemes are advancing worldwide, with the global real-time payments market expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32 percent between 2019 and 2025. including one from TD Ameritrade , a Nebraska-based brokerage firm. Deep Dive: Security in the Time of Faster Payments. Elsewhere in the U.K.,

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The Blockchain Wave Isn’t Always Smooth Sailing

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Some policymakers are beginning to step into the space, including in the state of Nebraska, in which a lawmaker has submitted three bills focused on distributed ledger and cryptocurrency technology. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly blocked trading for UBI Blockchain stock, based in Hong Kong.

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Online Grocery Ordering Coming To SNAP Recipients

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The pilot itself will also extend beyond New York’s borders: Alabama, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington are all slated for tests. Earlier this year, when food stamps were handed out early as a response to the government shutdown , their effects were felt powerfully in the market.

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End-Of-Summer Edition: Retro Malware, Bitcoin’s Surge ‘N’ Split And Apple Watch Sees Other People

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EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse — with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia all enjoying prime viewing slots between start and finish. That same thing will, of course, be looking up. Today, between 12:05 p.m. EST/9:05 a.m. PST in Oregon and 2:48 p.m.

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June’s Top 12 Mobile Pay Moments

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And what better way to mark that milestone than with a monthly recap of the Top 12 news items in one major market in the payments ecosystem: mobile payments. Samsung Pay is the first mobile payment service of its kind to be launched in Spain, giving it a head start in the market over Apple Pay and Android Pay. Apple Pay — 20 Months In.

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Chapter 11 Watch: Cosi Files, But Are Sears, Claire’s Next In Line?

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Cosi now plans to close 29 of its underperforming company-owned stores and has secured $4 million in debtor in possession financing from a string of investors who want to buy the chain out of bankruptcy. 99 Cents Only Stores LLC, Nebraska Book Company, Inc., The company also fired CEO R.J. Dourney and other executives in August. .

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