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California Opens Door For San Francisco Public Bank

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation allowing for the establishment of public banks in the state, and advocates in San Francisco are jumping at the opportunity. According to reports, the nation’s only public bank currently operates in North Dakota, and was established in 1919.

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Google Testing Same-Day Delivery In San Francisco

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According to the report, the service — dubbed Google Shopping Express — is being tested with a small number of consumers in San Francisco and suburbs around it. NBC News reported that national, regional and local merchants are testing Google Shopping Express with big-name retailers including Target and Walgreens.

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U.S. Legislators To Figure Out Autonomous Car Laws

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The committee will listen to a few trade groups from automakers and technology companies, as well as a transit official from San Francisco and a few different safety advocates. Legislators have been working for years on legislation to get rid of the barriers that would allow the vehicles to operate freely on roads.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

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ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. The community bank provided nearly 480,000 PPP loans totaling more than $13 billion to businesses across the nation. “I

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Twitter Hack Of 130+ A-Listers Invites FBI Probe

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We’re just now getting to an understanding of how critical [social-media platforms] are to how our nation operates,” Neil Jenkins , chief analytic officer at Cyber Threat Alliance , a nonprofit whose mission is to improve sharing of cyber-threat data, told the newspaper. The social media’s headquarters is based in San Francisco.

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More Chinese Companies Could Be Banned By Trump

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operations in the San Francisco Bay area. In his order to ban TikTok , Trump said there was credible evidence ByteDance is a threat to the country’s national security. “If Last week, he gave ByteDance , the parent of TikTok , the popular video-sharing app, until Sept. 15 to sell its U.S. Microsoft is in talks to buy it.

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Chinese Consumers Shut Their Wallets In Face Of Coronavirus 

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Staff and customers’ safety is our first priority and we have comprehensive, precautious measures being implemented to all restaurant operations and office staff.”. citizens from Wuhan — under quarantine — to San Francisco. The massive national holiday is considered peak time for international travel among Chinese nationals.