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Boston Market Deploys AI To Fight Fraud, Improve ROI

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Card network Mastercard and California-based AI and speech recognition company SoundHound have partnered to establish a voice-based, drive-thru solution for quick-service restaurants (QSRs). Boston Market On The Fraud-Fighting, Customer Service-Enhancing Power Of AI.

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Today In Payments: Apple Seeks Punitive Damages Against Epic; Boston Telemedicine Company Amwell Prices IPO

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After Epic Games asked a California judge to reinstate Fornite in Apple’s devices, Apple has filed a counter-lawsuit accusing Epic Games of greed and deceit in the fight over the iPhone maker’s App store. Boston Telemedicine Company Amwell Prices IPO. Apple Seeks Punitive Damages In Battle Against Epic Games.

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Cannabis Startups Expected To Boost Warehouse Rents In Boston, L.A.

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Industrial rents in already-expensive cities like Los Angeles and Boston are expected to get a boost because of weed startups, according to Bloomberg Markets. That trend is expected to continue in cities in California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada, all of which are now legalizing recreational weed.

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HomeStreet to Buy Calif. Branches from Boston Private

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billion-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that it will buy two branches in the California markets of Granada Hills and Burbank from the $7.3 billion-asset Boston Private Financial Holdings in Boston.

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Nearly 100 Pizza Huts To Test Beer Delivery

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Brands’ Pizza Hut is bringing beer delivery to approximately 100 of its restaurants in California and Arizona. The new rollout will include cities such as Tucson, Prescott and Winslow in Arizona, and Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Sacramento and Santa Barbara in California. As it stands, over 1,700 Pizza Hut locations in the U.S.

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Chargeback Fears Prompts Delay Of Merchant Funds

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Not only has Square processed $100,000 in Bluebonnet payments annually, she said, Square’s lending arm has offered customers financing and she has used its software for customers to book sessions and launch marketing campaigns, the report said. Hudson told WSJ she plans to drop the company.

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With Wynn’s $402M In Net Losses, Is Online Gambling The Future Of Gaming?

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The executive noted in The Wall Street Journal that individuals were visiting beaches in Southern California in droves, and eateries were opening for business once again in Texas. Wynn Resorts runs the Encore and Wynn properties on the Strip as well as properties in Macau and the Encore Boston Harbor.

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