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US Treasury Tells Banks To Treat Hemp Businesses Like Any Other

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The nation’s marijuana regulator has told financial institutions to treat the $500 million hemp businesses the same way they would any other businesses. The reminder is intended for banks with clients that include marijuana retailers or individuals that grow, process, or manufacture pot. Hemp Inc.,

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Food Delivery Shows No Sign Of Abating In Summer

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The interest among established buyers in growing food delivery operations is far more than a U.S. regulators recently approved Amazon’s $575 million purchase of a 16 percent stake in Deliveroo, a London-based food delivery business that operates in both England and Australia. phenomenon.

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Walmart Expands eCommerce Grocery Delivery Partners

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As they are busy managing jobs, soccer practice, dance lessons and social schedules we are on a mission to do more than keep a little extra money in their pockets,” Tom Ward, senior vice president of Digital Operations, Walmart U.S., said in a press release.

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Walmart, Udelv Pair On Self-Driving Delivery Vans

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The pilot program with Walmart will happen at stores in Surprise, Arizona. Level 4 is known as high automation, where the car can operate without human input but only under select conditions, defined by factors like road type or location. The Newton, which can fit up to 32 customers’ orders at a time, is a level 4 autonomous vehicle.

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Five At Five: Amazon To Offer Yext On Alexa Devices

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Also, Waymo will begin offering self-driving rides to Walmart customers in Arizona and Grubhub is acquiring LevelUp. Consumers will be able to get hours of operation, location, contact information and other data, just using voice commands. The Payments System Regulator in the U.K. Meanwhile, Waymo is working with DDR Corp.

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What’s Driving The Future Of Autonomous Delivery?

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Indeed, while so many thoughts are targeted on the oncoming future of autonomous cars and vehicles, the real story happening right now is focused on food and other retail shipments, and on solving the always vexing problem of last-mile deliveries. Technology is progressing as consumer attitudes shift on what constitutes effective deliveries.

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Shared Economy, Last-Mile Logistics Could Help Deliver COVID Vaccine

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There are now three different firms on the verge of submitting highly effective vaccines to regulators worldwide for emergency approval. The retailer has made the Walmart app more Rx-friendly, opening express lanes in stores to reduce the amount of time people spend waiting in lines for refills.

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