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The PYMNTS 2018 Summer Top 10 List

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Since we would hate for anyone to go into the end of 2018 behind the eight ball, we decided to pay tribute to both a great bit and a great deal of news with our own top 10 list of the biggest news of summer 2018. It is not an exaggeration to say that 2018 has been the summer of movie subscription service MoviePass ’ discontent.

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Starbucks Hits 16.3M Mobile Users, Eyes Expanded Delivery

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Investors were eager to see if the brand’s efforts to streamline its special offerings, and efforts for holiday 2018, had brewed up a merrier picture. There were areas of investor concern, though, particularly the slowing growth in the Chinese market. By the numbers, Starbucks delivered. Earnings came in at $.68 As of Tuesday (Jan.

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Grubhub Acquires LevelUp

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CFO Adam DeWitt stated new markets, year to date, have reached a count of 70. DeWitt stated on the call that LevelUp, a seven-year-old firm based in Boston, serves 200 regional and national brands, with a point-of-sale (POS) approach that seeks to replicate each brand’s experience online.

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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

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And — according to Jet — the new app will also be better customized regionally for shoppers, making use of local imagery and messages on the homepage and throughout the site. Jet will also factor in locality when deciding which products are featured in its assortment for that region. Boston, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.

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How Big Tech Is Finally Tackling Cybersecurity

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Facebook, for example, disclosed that an unprecedented data breach in September 2018 exposed the social media accounts of up to 90M users — including login credentials — effectively compromising access to any site that lets users log in with their Facebook account. Collectively, FAMGA has poured nearly $2.5B Table of contents. Confirm.io

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

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2018 VC Report: AI FUNDING LEPT 29% IN US. He received his MBA in 1993 from UT Austin before joining Credit Suisse First Boston as an Equity Research Analyst, where he focused on computer hardware and software. Jeff began his post-graduate career as a Management Consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. BILL GURLEY.

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18 Corporate Innovation Labs In Healthcare

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Innovation centers across the globe in Boston, London, California, and Shanghai serve as regional hubs that can connect with local entrepreneurs, scientists, and technologies. Verily has also invested in a handful of deals in 2017 and 2018, most notably a $375M investment to Oscar Health in August. Founded: 2015. Founded: 2015.