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Pilot Raises $60 Million To Help SMBs Modernize Finances

PYMNTS

It also assists in tracking and controlling spending, with monthly variance analysis that can help SMBs make better decisions on budgeting and spending, the release stated. Our first job out of college was owning a business in Boston,” Pilot Co-Founder and CEO Waseem Daher said in the release.

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Walmart Presents A Ten-Point Plan To Renew U.S. Manufacturing

PYMNTS

Citing an analysis by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Walmart said decreasing policy barriers to domestic manufacturing creates an opportunity to recapture approximately $300 billion in consumer goods that are currently imported, including furniture, cookware and sporting goods. manufacturing.”. million jobs being added in the U.S.

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US B2B Startups Dominate $337 Million Worth Of Funding

PYMNTS

Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. Its platform provides proprietary cyber-risk analysis technology to corporate customers. PYMNTS breaks down the latest deals below.

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Innovation in the Asset Management industry

Tefkin

Companies such as Betterment (disclosure, Anthemis is an investor & I am a customer) make investing in a diversified portfolio of ETFs easy and provide additional services such as automated rebalancing and tax optimisation. Commoditization of Analysis. as the Blooomberg article explains: . “We

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Guest Post: First Quarter Economic Commentary by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

At least we are not in Boston. Falling oil prices, and falling gasoline prices, are like a welcome tax cut for consumers who are saddled with low wage growth and lack of good jobs. We need a change of seasons! A New Year of Volatility 2015 ushered in a whole new season of volatility in the bond and stock markets.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. McKinsey hires experienced data engineers to work directly with clients, helping them build out a more sophisticated data analysis function.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

The “traditional M&A” was often driven by a desire to boost EPS (earnings per share), with companies seeking to combine assets with a similar business, merging with a business in a lower-tax jurisdiction, or looking to gain desirable assets owned by other businesses.