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Walmart Plans More Health Clinics In Atlanta Area

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There are already four such clinics, with three in Georgia and one in Arkansas. But Walmart is looking to open more, CNBC reported, as it attempts to get into the health market. James Gardner, a Boston-based retail healthcare consultant, told CNBC opening clinics in different places will let Walmart test its success.

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Why Google Ditched Perishables

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It was less than a year ago — February, to be precise — that Google appeared as the latest player in an increasingly crowded food delivery market that was intent to make a move on grocery. markets up and into effect in Target’s home market of Minneapolis. The big news at the time was perishables.

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The Walmart/Amazon Whole Paycheck Matchup

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All of those things are precisely what Sam Walton staked the Walmart brand on 56 years ago when he opened the first store in Bentonville, Arkansas. That curiosity was piqued by my walks to the office when I am in town (I live in Beacon Hill in Boston) and my mental counts of the number of Amazon boxes I see out on trash day.

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A Deep Dive into the Distribution of the FICO Score Across the US

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Paul and Boston. In terms of score improvement over the 10-year time period (April 2009-April 2019), MSAs heavily impacted by the recession and housing market “bust” observed the largest increase in average FICO® Score over that time period. Nice year-round weather and a hot job market comes at a cost! MSA 1 (City) Level View.