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New York City Council Bans Cashless Food And Retail Stores

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The New York City Council on Thursday (Jan. Applebaum added that communities of color in New York City are more than twice as likely to lack access to a bank and are less likely to host a branch of a bank than the national average. 23) passed a ban on cashless food and retail stores.

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High-End Retailers Block Access To Storefronts In New York

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As government measures to decelerate the spread of the coronavirus have come into place, many upscale retailers in New York such as Chanel, Celine and Fendi have blocked access to their shops with plywood. In other retail news, department stores in the U.S. Upscale department stores such as Selfridges and Harrods in the U.K.,

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Neiman Marcus Looks To Associates For Social Media Commerce

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In an effort to drive sales, a luxury department store chain is connecting customers with their sales associates through personal social media accounts, The New York Post reported. Associates post fashion advice — like how to dress up jeans — and text updates about new items that have arrived in-store. “We

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Attorneys General From 47 States To Probe Facebook

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In a New York-led antitrust probe into Facebook , New York State Attorney General Letitia James said on Tuesday (Oct. The social media company’s shares dropped 3.9 percent on the news, CNBC reported. However, it has since grown to almost the entire nation.

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NY To Lead 47 AGs In Nationwide Facebook Antitrust Probe

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In a New York-led antitrust probe into Facebook , New York State Attorney General Letitia James said on Tuesday (Oct. The social media company’s shares dropped 3.9 percent on the news, CNBC reported. However, it has since grown to almost the entire nation.

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NY Lawmakers Push For Public eBanking System

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Lawmakers in New York have proposed a public electronic banking system that would essentially function like payment service Venmo, with the purpose of including more people in the economy in an attempt to stimulate growth, according to Vice.

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TikTok?s Data Privacy Policies Draw Eyes Of EU Authorities

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The EU’s investigative unit will form a task force to examine TikTok’s activities across the 27-nation bloc following a request from a lawmaker concerned about its data collection and its security and privacy risks. Faced with compelling evidence that this wildly popular social media platform is blatantly flouting binding U.S.

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