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How Singapore Is Fueling A ‘Smart Nation’

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Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. Singapore is poised to become the world’s first country to make the notion of a “Smart Nation” an actual reality.

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Canada’s Lightspeed POS Inc Raises $179M In IPO

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National Bank Financial, JPMorgan Chase & Co. The company, which had early investors such as Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, has over 700 people in its employ and was started in 2005. As a result, the Canadian company has a valuation of roughly C$1.7 and Bank of Montreal headed up the share of sales.

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Why The Biggest US Retailer Will Stick To Stamps

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billion in revenue and cost $5 billion to operate. The United Kingdom’s postal retail operator has arranged with retail banks to enable customers to access their banking services. France’s postal operator, La Poste Group , established a bank in 2005 to provide banking services through its retail facilities.

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Community FIs Battle Against Low Interest Rates To Help SMBs Thrive

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When the company was founded in 2005, Premal had initially turned to one of the big names in banking, but ultimately decided to go with a community bank to service the organization. Interest rates' historic lows are adding pressure on small banks to continue operating, noted Shah. That's one of our biggest fears," he said. "We

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The Lundgren Era At Macy’s Is Ending

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In 2005, Macy’s (still called Federated Department Stores Inc. The nation’s largest department store chain recently put up its worst quarterly numbers since the Great Recession. Today, Macy’s operates about 870 stores in 45 states under its namesake brand, as well as Bloomingdale’s. at the time) bought out the No.

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BEC Run Out Of Detention Center Nets Millions

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He and an accomplice operated from Nigeria, targeting the U.S., In terms of data illuminating larger trends, the National Cyber Security Alliance found that roughly 50 percent of smaller firms have been victim of a cyberattack. New Zealand and a number of other countries. The scams netted an alleged $25 million from 2014 to 2016. “In

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Another One Bites The Dust: Toys ‘R’ Us Files For Bankruptcy

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The debt load came care of a 2005 $7.5 The nation’s largest specialty toy store faces $400 million in debt payment due in 2018, which was onerous enough that the company hired Kirkland & Ellis, a law firm that specializes in corporate restructurings, in June. And it is a lot of debt: $5 billion at last count.

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