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Site Visits Fuel Anticipation For Amazon’s HQ2

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However, the suburbs of Montgomery County, Maryland and Northern Virginia, along with the District of Columbia, have “long been speculated to be frontrunners,” according to the paper. Austin, Boston, New York and D.C. In terms of geographies, unnamed sources say that Amazon might want an urban site.

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

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In 2016 when the Panama Papers exposed an international network of offshore entities involved in tax evasion, fraud, and sanction evasion, some of which included real estate holdings, regulations began to change.

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How Cannabidiol Products Are Infusing Luxury Retail

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Though marijuana has been made legal for recreational or medical use in 33 states and the District of Columbia, it remains listed as a Schedule I narcotic by the federal government, and is thus considered very illegal.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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Title: Boston startup Besomebody, once featured on ‘Shark Tank,’ shuts down app. Product: Besomebody. Shaikh cited three reasons for the decision. Most importantly, the demand wasn’t there, especially when it came to repeat bookings. “You You actually have to build a lot of administration around it,” he said.

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