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Today In Retail: Bed Bath & Beyond Completes Sales Of Cost Plus World Market; Starbucks To Help Out Washington State With Vaccine Distribution

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In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond said it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to a private equity firm, while Starbucks will help Washington state with the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. Bed Bath & Beyond Finishes Sale Of Cost Plus World Market To PE Firm. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

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The Capital One-Discover deal raises thorny issues for Washington

American Banker

Its analysis will have to account for markets dominated by both big banks and the likes of Visa and Mastercard. The blockbuster merger proposal will be reviewed at a time when the Biden administration is expressing skepticism about consolidation.

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Dynamic Hedging and Washington Trust Bank

TrustBank

After a strong surge off the market’s March 23 rd low, volatility returned to the markets last week. Practitioners of this strategy believe that trading in and out of positions in response to daily market gyrations increases costs, reduces returns, and is almost guaranteed to undermine an investor's long-term objectives.

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Market Commentary: Week of January 19, 2021

SWBC's LenderHub

For the financial markets, it was just another week at the office! The nation is on edge as Washington, D.C. Last Week: It was another turbulent week for the nation and the world. became an armed camp after the prior week’s insurrection and threats of future violent protests.

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How to Use AI and NLG to Write Marketing Content

Perficient

Back in 2017, Julia McCoy at the Content Marketing Institute, wrote about Content Creation Robots and cited examples from the Washington Post and Associated Press. The Washington Post used a system they built called Heliograf to write social media posts from the content.

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Understanding US Market Returns in Presidential Election Years

TrustBank

Recently, many of our clients in Wealth Management & Advisory Services have been understandably curious about how this year’s elections might affect market returns. Putting aside the partisan noise, I decided to take a closer look at US market performance during presidential election years since 1980. political events).

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Report: Washington Post’s Arc Publishing On Delivering Digital Payments Choice

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Researchers are also predicting that the global demand for such integrations will likely drive double-digit market growth over the next five years. Recent studies suggest that the payments gateway market is on course to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.4 percent through 2025, when it is expected to total $42.9