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Google Maps Enables Austin Parking Payments With Passport

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Passport has collaborated with Google to offer mobile parking payments in Austin, Texas through Google Maps. We’re excited to work with Passport to help drivers in Austin pay for parking more quickly and conveniently right from Google Maps,” Google Maps Product Manager Vishal Dutta said in the announcement.

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Austin Hobbs obituary

TheGuardian

My father, Austin Hobbs, who has died aged 91, was an old-fashioned bank manager whose work took him to the agricultural and coastal communities of the south-west. Austin was born on a farm in North Tawton, Devon, the fourth of five brothers.

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Austin Mayor Announces Cancellation Of SXSW Due To Coronavirus

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The annual music and culture festival SXSW in Austin, Texas has been canceled due to fears over the spreading of the coronavirus , according to a report by Dallas News. As recently as Wednesday, Austin Public Health stated that ‘there’s no evidence that closing SXSW or any other gatherings will make the community safer.’

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Amazon To Create 800 New Jobs At Austin Tech Hub

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Amazon announced on Thursday (March 28) that it is expanding its Austin Tech Hub, and will be creating 800 new tech jobs. Amazon said that since it opened its Austin Tech Hub, it has created more than 22,000 full-time jobs in Texas and has invested more than $7 billion in the state, including on infrastructure and compensation to workers.

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Austin Is Bringing The FinTech Heat

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Though Austin may fall in the shadows of bigger U.S. Nate Stewart, Group Product Manager for BigCommerce , an eCommerce platform with deep roots in Austin, provided a glimpse into what really helps Austin stand apart and why startups can’t help but flock to the city. Austin is home of 4,182 tech companies.

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Austin Reed Can’t Find A Buyer, Will Close All 120 Stores

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retailer Austin Reed is hanging up today, though, as its parent company AlixPartners Services announced that the brand was unable to find a buyer for its troubled assets and will be pursuing liquidation instead, Reuters reported. A paltry five Austin Reed kiosks already located in Boundary Mills outlet stores will continue to soldier on.

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Registration deadline approaching - Risk management summit 2017

Abrigo

The 2017 Risk Management Summit presented by Sageworks is set for September 25-27th in Denver, CO. The Summit is the industry’s leading life-of-loan conference, spanning loan origination through portfolio risk management in a CECL - current expected credit loss - world. One month before the primary registration period ends.