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Groupon Teams Up With Redeam To Expand Worldwide Experiences

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Customers will gain the ability to easily find, book and redeem a wider range of activities wherever they happen to be. The attraction and activity operators it serves include Walt Disney World, BigBus Tours, Boston Harbor Cruises, National Geographic Encounter: Ocean Odyssey and the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

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SWIFT Warns India Of ‘Unprecedented’ Rise In Corporate Loan Defaults

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Adding pressure to this issue is the fact that bad corporate debts and nonperforming assets on banks’ books are on the rise. A new report commissioned by SWIFT , with research conducted by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), is urging corporate banks in India to take action. Rising Risks, Demand For Digitization: A Double Threat.

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The Big Bucks Behind Sleep (Or Lack Thereof)

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But somehow, we are a nation of chronically under-rested people. The pods set up shop in places where the nap-needing tend to gather – university campuses and office spaces being their two main sweet spots – and offer the chance to book a 20-minute to two-hour nap online or on mobile with a few clicks or taps. But does it really work?

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Hertz And Avis Eye Uber Impact, With Rough Road Ahead

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In this case , “a bit” goes back as long ago as January 2016, when it came out that beginning in the third quarter of 2015, Uber began to displace rental cars, at that point only in Boston. And, as has been known for a while, Avis has a pact in place with Waymo, to help manage self-driving vehicles based and operating in Phoenix, Ariz.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

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He received his MBA in 1993 from UT Austin before joining Credit Suisse First Boston as an Equity Research Analyst, where he focused on computer hardware and software. After 4 years with the company, Brian joined Google as a Software Engineer and inevitably rose to become an Engineering Manager. BILL GURLEY. JEFF JORDAN. RAVI MHATRE.

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Drizly: The Amazon of Alcohol

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And Boston-based D rizly ’s news yesterday of its $15 million in Series B funding was a noteworthy milestone, for sure. . Our system standardizes the information properly, which when you think about the variety of ways small shops around the nation list and manage their inventory, is a huge challenge ,” Rellas said.

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Retail Bedfellows Roundup: Staples Shares Space, Affirm Finances Life Experiences

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Located in suburbs of Boston in the three cardinal directions that don’t lead to the Atlantic, the workspaces-within-a-store will range between 2,500 and 3,500 square feet and will feature dedicated areas for quiet and communication-heavy work. Using Data To Stop Data Breaches. Hacking is having a bit of a renaissance moment.

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