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Banks Keep SMB Lending Gains Rolling

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When you combine a strong economy, healthy retail demand and the willingness of small business owners to reinvest their savings from tax cuts, it creates a positive atmosphere for small business lending ,” said Rohit Arora, Biz2Credit CEO, in a statement. percent approval rating in March of 2012, Biz2Credit noted.

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Brandless Turns To Subscriptions To Make Service Stickier

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With simple packaging that is nondescript by design and an ethos that values simplicity and quality above all, Brandless has made quite a name for itself in the short time it has been on the market since it was founded in 2012. And then building direct relationships with the community we serve,” she told Retail Dive.

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Challenges to monetary policy: lessons from Medieval Europe

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Royal monetary policy was conducted by practitioners recruited from the moneychangers and nascent banking community. This is done by ensuring money is produced according to the strictest standards and avoiding manipulating it to the king’s benefit ( inflation tax ). Monetary theory and policy in Medieval France.

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Can Rio de Janeiro Withstand The Olympic Pressure?

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In an effort to spur job growth, the Brazilian government offered tax and legal incentives for technology companies within Rio. The Cariocas startup community was launched in 2015 and is an example of the startup scene’s maturation, providing a place of support and information for startups in the city. Efficiency Drives Growth.

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What Apple Didn’t Tell You Last Week

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Stockholm is the largest city in the small country of Sweden that’s famous for a few other things, too: charming and beautiful people, long dark winters, short but amazing summers, generous government and social benefits, and having one of the most progressive tax systems in the world. times the average Swedish income.

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FTC Puts The Smackdown On Fake Online Reviews

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which was pretty busy this week on issues related to digital commerce and payments. million judgement on the defendants in this fake online review case — though, if the company pays $50,000 to the agency, as well as “certain unpaid income tax obligations,” that full judgement amount will be suspended.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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