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Japanese conglomerate SoftBank is boosting its lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C. From 2014 to 2017, the firm spent almost nothing to lobby Washington. . to work on issues that align with its portfolio investments, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (March 12). . SoftBank spent $1.94 million on lobbying in 2019.

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JULY 7, 2019

According to The Wall Street Journal , “the Internal Revenue Service is expected to update its 2014 guidance on cryptocurrencies in coming weeks, following an April request from a bipartisan group of 20 lawmakers. The newspaper said “crypto’s backers in Washington say regulatory clarity is vital to the sector’s growth.

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JULY 7, 2019

According to the Wall Street Journal , “the Internal Revenue Service is expected to update its 2014 guidance on cryptocurrencies in coming weeks, following an April request from a bipartisan group of 20 lawmakers. The newspaper said that “crypto’s backers in Washington say regulatory clarity is vital to the sector’s growth.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

She is currently CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Yellen was chair of the Fed from 2014 to 2018, and her tenure ended at a time when the unemployment rate was just over 4 percent. The three-member council advises the president on economic policy. economy recover from the pandemic-induced crisis.

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MAY 28, 2020

That list brings the total number of states where these benefits are available up to 25 along with Washington DC, with more states to come soon, the company said. Partnering companies working with Amazon are included in the deal, the release says. The full list of the states where the partnership is available can be found here.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

percent from $53,718 in 2014 to $56,516 in 2015. For most demographic groups, the 2015 income estimates were statistically higher than the 2014 estimates. percent between 2014 and 2015. percent between 2014 and 2015. million fewer people living in poverty in 2015 than in 2014. million in 2015.

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JULY 25, 2018

According to The Wall Street Journal , sales at the brand, which Trump launched in its current form in 2014, got a big boost during the 2016 presidential election. Ivanka Trump is shutting down her namesake fashion brand to focus on her role in her father’s administration. Trump addressed the staff later that day.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

The Washington D.C.-based FS Vector’s partner John Collins — head of policy at Coinbase from September 2014 to January 2016 — will serve as Facebook’s lobbyist. . The former policy executive of the crypto exchange Coinbase is heading a lobbying firm hired by Facebook to contend with U.S.

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APRIL 2, 2020

Matt Maloney, Grubhub co-founder and chief executive officer, also reached out to leaders in Washington, D.C. Grubhub was founded by Maloney, Jason Finger and Mike Evans in 2004 and filed an initial public offering in 2014. It has raised a total of $284.1 million in more than eight funding rounds.

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APRIL 11, 2016

Macy’s was the earliest to the table with same-day delivery , first moving toward it in 2014. Best Buy has also recently added NYC, as well as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Baltimore markets.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Uber already has a successful food delivery business, UberEats , which launched in 2014 and is now profitable in 27 of its 108 cities. But the company has had difficulties as well, shutting down its experimental product delivery service, UberEssentials , five months after it launched in Washington D.C.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Nordstrom is also implementing an in-store donation system at its six Washington state locations. The company also hasn’t decided whether to expand in-store donation services outside Washington state. The retailer is unsure how long the initiative will continue, Racked reported.

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APRIL 20, 2018

While Caviar has had ordering functionality for groups since 2014, the service introduced a new ordering portal for large groups with Caviar for Teams in 2016. Square purchased Caviar , a food delivery service, for an undisclosed amount in 2014.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Crypto fans in Washington say regulatory clarity is vital to the sector’s growth. The Internal Revenue Service is in the process of updating its 2014 guidance on cryptocurrencies following an April request from a bipartisan group of 20 lawmakers. Facebook chose to incorporate the group that will govern Libra in Switzerland.

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MARCH 4, 2020

H&M’s new CEO Helena Helmersson was its head of sustainability from 2010 to 2014 before becoming head of production and then chief operating officer, Fortune reported. Deborah Drew, the lead researcher on sustainable fashion at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., reads H&M’s 2018 Sustainability Report.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Originally $79 when it was introduced in 2014, the membership was then raised to $99. It’s part of the Seattle, Washington eCommerce giant’s sustainability efforts to achieve Shipment Zero, its vision to make all Amazon shipments net zero carbon, with 50 percent all of all shipments net zero by 2030.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Launched in 2014 by two Skype Co-founders, Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, Starship recently raised $25 million from Matrix Partners and Morpheus Ventures. with DoorDash and Postmates to test its robots in Redwood City, CA and Washington, D.C. Pricing has yet to be determined in the U.S., but in the U.K., million in total.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Pro.com, a tech-centric general contractor with licenses in Washington and California, announced that it has raised $10 million in a growth financing round. Now it has its own teams in place in cities in Washington state and California, including carpenters, electricians and project managers.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

1, which is based on sales growth in 2015 over 2014 of both public and privately held retail companies by U.S. Haggen, a Bellingham, Washington-based grocery store chain, topped the list after seeing an astounding 325 percent increase in sales to $2 billon in 2015. billion in 2015, after placing 57th on the list in 2014.

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APRIL 21, 2020

The San Francisco-based online food ordering and delivery service launched by Uber in 2014 said it will match up to $3 million in contributions made by customers, according to TechCrunch. The top five most generous states were Washington, Vermont, Montana, Connecticut and South Carolina, the report noted.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Culture of compliance is crucial to BSA/AML programs Culture of compliance within the BSA/AML framework is not new and was first introduced by FinCEN in 2014. With the 2021 change in administration in Washington, D.C., Would you like other articles like this in your inbox?

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The program is based on its previous efforts to invest in urban renewal, including the $150 million investment it made in Detroit in 2014. Since then, it has invested $40 million in Chicago and $25 million in Washington, D.C., reported Reuters.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

FS Vector Partner John Collins, who was head of policy at Coinbase from September 2014 to January 2016, will reportedly serve as Facebook’s lobbyist. The Washington D.C.-based A former Coinbase policy executive is reportedly heading a lobbying firm hired by Facebook to contend with U.S. regulatory issues.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

The settlement resolves an investigation into CarMax’s advertising and sales practices related to vehicle recalls since 2014. . In fact, as soon as NHTSA made available vehicle specific recall information in 2014, we began providing the information to customers nationwide and we continue to do so today.

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APRIL 24, 2017

The Secret Service tracked Seleznev for more than a decade before his arrest in the Maldives in 2014. Hayes, the United States attorney for the Western District of Washington. .” The conviction is a major win for the U.S., His father is Valery Seleznev, a member of Russia’s parliament and a close ally of Vladimir Putin.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

As detailed by The Washington Post, the members are looking into whether the tracking technology, which in turn restricts third-party access, is tied to anticompetitive behavior. Maria Cantwell, Democrat of Washington state, and is titled the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act. The bill was introduced by Sen.

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JUNE 18, 2019

For example, a 2014 report by The Washington Post that reviewed a ‘large cache of intercepted conversations’ provided by Edward Snowden revealed that 9 out of 10 account holders ‘were not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency had cast for somebody else.’”.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

Yahoo’s handling of the hacking of at least 500 million email accounts that occurred in 2014 is wrecking their chances of closing a deal with Verizon, according to the Huffington Post. Yahoo’s data breach occurred in 2014, but the company only disclosed it in September of 2016.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Reports from various news sources said this week that scammers who posed as city vendors bilked nearly $700,000 from the Washington, D.C. The Washington Post reported that a scammer used fraudulent emails and impersonated a construction vendor, and with an altered email address duped the D.C. city government.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

In 2014, President Obama’s administration issued guidance that enables banks to let marijuana growers, processors and retailers open up bank accounts without getting in trouble with federal regulators. Mnuchin told lawmakers that the Treasury is looking at ways to deal with the issue. During the Tuesday (Feb. Citing the memo sent to U.S.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

“Technically, when I look at this, there’s no question that we’ve violated the long-term uptrend support line off of the [2014] lows. Facebook is under fire after an explosive New York Times report, in which the paper said that Facebook hired Definers Public Affairs, a Washington D.C.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

The pilot programs are rolling out in Redwood City, CA, and Washington, D.C., Starship, which launched in 2014, by two Skype cofounders – Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis – has already raised $17.2 According to TechCrunch , Starship Technologies is working on these robots – in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

At best, 2014 has been an uneven year for home buyers. • Boeing Employees Credit Union, serving those who work or live in the state of Washington as well as current and former employees of The Boeing Company, based in Tukwila, Washington, rounded out the list, ranking first in the West. percent from one year ago.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

Spokane, Washington-based Obloco will beta test its white-label expense reporting solution with area businesses and Washington Trust Bank (WTB). Washington Trust Bank was founded in 1902, and now has more than 40 branches and offices in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. .” Obloco was founded in 2014.

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JUNE 9, 2016

Amazon’s move to kill its bike delivery program for its Prime Now service in Seattle, Washington, has left its bicycle messengers disheartened. The Prime Now service, which was originally launched in New York City in late 2014, was expanded to Seattle in August last year after its initial success.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Cicilline said to reporters at a Washington, D.C. Cicilline said to reporters at a Washington, D.C. House Antitrust Subcommittee, said he anticipates having a final report early next year about and any breaches of antitrust law among big technology companies. REPORT: What Apple Pay at Five Says About the Future of Mobile POS Payments.

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APRIL 18, 2019

The pilot itself will also extend beyond New York’s borders: Alabama, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington are all slated for tests. The new program has been in the works since the 2014 Farm Bill called upon the USDA to create an online purchasing pilot for SNAP recipients.

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