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Chinese eCommerce Firm JD.Com And Google Debut Online Store

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“What we can share at this stage is that we are conducting test operations during this early phase,” a JD.com spokeswoman said. Even though Google search hasn’t been accessible in China since 2010, the company maintains sales and engineering teams in the country.

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Data Shows 42 Pct Of Small Cap US Businesses Failing To Turn Profit

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The Russell 2000 index shows 42 percent of small-caps are either just breaking even or operating a loss. The number is the highest since 2010’s 44 percent, the index says. Technology groups have powered the buoyancy of those firms, the Financial Times reported. The number of small U.S. Nicholas Bohnsack , president of U.S.

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Cognitive Technology: A shelter in the storm of regulatory change

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It is also an opportunity to implement technology that can facilitate change. However, traditional technology is not the answer. More effective use of technology is key to better adapt to regulatory changes, cut costs and free up much of that locked-up capital. Companies require cognitive systems that can learn and adapt.

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Farfetch IPO Shows Luxury Retailers Ready To Ware Online

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The online marketplace has disrupted any number of verticals, changing the way we shop and spend, and where we grab must-have items — from books to rugs to lamps, and sometimes from across international borders. As the company claims in the F-1: “Farfetch is the leading technology platform for the global luxury fashion industry.

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

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And, as it stands, the share sale is the largest since Smart Technologies Inc.’s s 2010 U.S. The news comes after Lightspeed launched its Lightspeed Payments offering for retailers based in the United State that integrates payment processing with a POS for merchants operating physical and online shops.

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UK Bank NatWest Introduces Merchant Acquiring Service For SMBs

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NatWest Tyl will help institutions with online credit card payment logistics, both online and in store. RBS sold Worldpay to Advent International and Bain Capital for £2 billion in 2010, in a deal that proved fortuitous for the buyers, as the payments industry has flourished in the past few years.

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Amazon Gains Ground In Holdout Markets

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Take, for example, Italy, where Amazon has been operating since 2010 with what The New York Times describes as rather “muted success” since selling its first children’s book in the nation nearly a decade ago. Unfortunately, our country was one of those where technological understanding and tech culture is low.”.

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