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Silicon Valley Loses Grip On Tech Firms

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And just weeks earlier, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it was moving its headquarters to Houston, Texas from Silicon Valley. Among the reasons for corporate relocations cited by the WSJ and San Jose Mercury News in articles about the moves are cost-of-living disparities and differences in personal income taxes.

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Remote Tech Employees Face Pay Cuts In San Fran

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“In an era where companies rain free food, massages and yoga studios on their software engineers, the cold rationality of geography-based pay risks alienating employees used to being courted,” the WSJ article states. Houston is third, at $145,807. The top federal pay location is San Francisco. Los Angeles and Washington D.C.-Baltimore

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Simon Says It Hopes To Save Struggling Mall Retailers

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A total liquidation would have left them with more than 200 empty shops, the article said. Simon also announced a partnership in May with Ohio-based marijuana company Green Growth Brands to open 108 locations this year at its properties, including Roosevelt Field Mall in New York and The Galleria in Houston.

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Facebook Rolls Out Curated News Feature

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It showcases developing stories from certain publishers that curators deem to be relevant to the national conversation, as well as original reporting from local publications with the inclusion of New York, Miami, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, among other places. We’ve gotten these secondary tabs to work.”.

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What’s The Future For NBA-Related Retail In China?

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That’s because China eCommerce giant Alibaba apparently has removed any products related to the Houston Rockets from its search results. Ma, a former English teacher, launched Alibaba 20 years ago from his shared apartment in the city of Hangzhou in eastern China, the article said.

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Departure Delayed For Airline Recovery

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As reported by CNBC , United Airlines said in late July that its September domestic schedule is down 40 percent from 2019 levels, even as some international flights like Chicago to Tel Aviv, Chicago to Hong Kong, and Houston to Amsterdam have been added back to the schedule. The four largest U.S. billion loan.”.

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Credit unions continue to see growth in auto lending

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In a recent article from Credit Union Times , 71 million consumers had an auto loan in the first quarter of 2015, the most since the recession and an increase of 1.2 Overall auto lending at credit unions is up more than 30 percent in recent years, a positive sign that CUs remain competitive in an evolving banking landscape.

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