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Uber Announces Seattle Price Hike To Meet Minimum Wage Law

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Uber trips will jump 24 percent in cost starting in the new year in Seattle, with the rideshare company raising prices to accommodate a new law requiring drivers be paid the city's minimum wage, GeekWire reported. minimum wage in 2021. That means the rideshare companies will have to pay their drivers at least $0.56

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LimePod Car-Sharing Service Calls It Quits In Seattle

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In the second closure of a free-floating carshare in Seattle in two months, Lime has announced it is winding down LimePod. BMW’s car-sharing service, ReachNow , stopped operating in Seattle and Portland in July. Lime will continue to operate its on-demand electric scooter and bikeshare service in Seattle. 14, GeekWire reported.

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Seattle Startup Delivers Low-Income Families Discounted Local Produce

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The Seattle startup Pacific Coast Harvest , which connects local farms and home delivery, is now offering a discount program to assist low-income families, GeekWire reported Sunday (Sept. The startup recently teamed with the city of Seattle and area preschools to give low-income families the same service at a discount.

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UPS Takes On Postmates With eBike Trial In Seattle

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UPS is teaming up with the city of Seattle on the downtown delivery pilot project, which will use pedal-assist cargo eBikes and customized, modular trailers. The pilot will operate in the Pike Place Market and downtown Seattle area on sidewalks and in designated bike lanes.

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Seattle Bank explores BaaS, embedded finance

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Seattle Bank is preparing to enter the banking as a service and embedded finance markets as part of its digital banking and post-core conversion strategy. The $752 million bank is exploring microservices, moving to the cloud and establishing vendor relationships with API-first, open-banking capabilities.

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Seattle Warns NY About Amazon Effect Of HQ2

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Two politicians traveled to New York to warn the city about the troubles Amazon’s headquarters brought to Seattle, according to a report in Bloomberg. Amazon announced last year that it was going to build a new campus in Queens.

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Cashierless Stores Take Seattle Grocery Cues To Asia

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Thousands of miles from Seattle, where Amazon Go opened in January , the cashierless checkout model is taking hold in other parts of the world. While Sng would not compare his shopping experience to Amazon Go, he did note that the company was looking to expand the concept to markets outside of Singapore “in the near future.”

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