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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

CB Insights

Summary: Another victim to financial woes and a leveraged buyout (by Bain Capital in 2010), Gymboree filed for Chapter 11 protection in June 2017. Summary: Nebraska-based Gordman’s struggled to adapt to e-commerce (it launched an online site in 2015) and experienced declining sales since 2012. Date: June 2017. Date: April 2017.

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Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. HQ: Omaha, Nebraska. Tags: SMB, capital raising, VC, venture capital, p2p, peer-to-peer, investing. Latest round: $19 million. Total raised: $89 million. Source: FT Partners. D3 Banking. Banking platform. Latest round: $16.4 Total raised: $33.4 Source: Crunchbase. FundedByMe. Latest round: $1.3

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Oil Capital: The History of American Oil, Wildcatters, Independents and Their Bankers 2016 Dwight L. A Term at the Fed: An Insider's View 2004 John Moody Moody, John The Masters of Capital: A Chronicle of Wall Street 2012 George S. Clark Clark, Bernard F. Clarke Clarke, Dwight L. Meyer Meyer, Laurence H. Moore Moore, George S.

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