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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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Connecticut AG Launches Antitrust Probe Into Amazon’s eBook Business

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Our office continues to aggressively monitor this market to protect fair competition for consumers, authors, and other eBook retailers,” Mr. Tong said in a statement, per WSJ. A spokeswoman for Tong’s office told the Journal that Amazon is cooperating with the subpoena. The tech giant is also being probed by China.

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Walmart Expands eCommerce Grocery Delivery Partners

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The pilot program, which will start next month at stores in Surprise, Arizona, will initially have human drivers as backups “until both companies and regulators deem them approved for a safe removal of the safety driver.”.

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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. We’re] now ready to work closely with America’s largest retailers to bring convenience and savings to hundreds of thousands of people.”. Udelv also debuted its brand-new delivery vehicle, called the Newton, which is based on Baidu’s Apollo open source platform.

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Food Delivery Shows No Sign Of Abating In Summer

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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. The interest among established buyers in growing food delivery operations is far more than a U.S. phenomenon.

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Starship Tech Robots To Deliver At 100 More Colleges

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The latest campuses that will get the delivery robots are Purdue University, University of Pittsburgh, George Mason University and Northern Arizona University. Regulations for the autonomous robots, unlike self-driving cars and drones, has come relatively easily. Indiana University will see them in September. Bayer said.

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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. The Payments System Regulator in the U.K. to offer diners and shoppers rides to a shopping center in Chandler, Arizona. payments watchdog will review banks that process card payments for merchants.

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