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Amazon’s Saudi Arabia eCommerce Site Debuts

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The United Nations said in January that it had evidence of bin Salman’s involvement in that plot, which Saudi Arabia called “absurd,” according to Reuters. Bezos owns The Washington Post, whose journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi Arabia’s government, was murdered in October 2018.

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Grubhub Offers Eateries $30M In Promo Support During COVID-19

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Chicago-headquartered delivery unicorn Grubhub said it will spend $30 million to help support more than 100,000 independent restaurants and regional franchises as the coronavirus pandemic changes everyday life, the company announced on Thursday (April 2). Grubhub is donating its services to oversee the ordering and delivery operation.

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COVID-19 Shutdowns Re-Emerge, But Consumers Are Ready To Stay Home Anyway 

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Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious-disease expert, told The Washington Post. Across the pond in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed another strict national lockdown aimed at halting the coronavirus’ spread. Office for National Statistics , one in 100 people in England have COVID-19.

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Asia Pacific Ramps Up eProcurement Push

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Latin America is often considered to be the world leader in electronic invoicing thanks to government mandates, but the Asia Pacific region is quickly gaining steam in its eInvoicing efforts, too. At the time, Finance Assistant Secretary Antonio Lambino II spoke in Washington, D.C. On Monday (Aug.

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A Continued Decline in Housing Inventory

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A closer look at the data by metro regions in which Washington Trust Bank primarily operates shows that this decrease in available listings is occurring locally as well. The active listing count by metro region has also declined when compared to the previous 4 year average. National Home Price NSA Index reported a 13.2%

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Philadelphia Mall Owner Takes Care Of Its Own

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“The experience of the mall CMBS [commercial mortgage-backed security] from Starwood is certainly symptomatic of the larger narrative,” said Christopher Sullivan, chief investment officer of United Nations Federal Credit Union, as reported in Yahoo! But apparently they’re doing something right in Philadelphia.

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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

The bank, First National Bank of Keystone, was $1.1 She effectively ran the bank and its operations. Another depressed town due to the general economic malaise that bedraggled the region when the steelmaking industry moved elsewhere. And so went the birth of First National Bank of Keystone's meteoric rise.