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Uber Adds Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits Option

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This week’s announcement is an expansion of the program, which is now available in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Denver, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle and New Jersey. However there are still some parameters that riders need to take into account.

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Many Unemployed Still Waiting For Their First Check

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The surge of applicants has forced some states to hire more staff, expand calling hours and ease the filing process, the news service reported. One of the solutions some states, such as New Hampshire and New York, have adopted is to have applicants apply on specific days of the week based on their name.

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Site Visits Fuel Anticipation For Amazon’s HQ2

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According to a person with a understanding of the visits, the eCommerce retailer visited Chicago, New York City and Chicago, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to The New York Times in August, there are concerns that taxpayers could get stuck with a huge bill to cover those tax breaks and other incentives.

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Today In Payments: $50B In Crypto Moved Out Of China; Uber Health To Deliver Meds

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Publishers’ Letter Spotlights ‘Apple Tax’ – and Digital News Delivery. Several publishers – including The New York Times and CNBC – petitioned Apple’s CEO Tim Cook to offer a commission structure similar to the one given to Amazon. New Report: How Behavioral Analytics Help FIs Block Fraud at the ITM.

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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. New York City and Miami were the original targets under the first order in 2016.

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Amid The Losses, Taking Stock Of The Crypto Crash

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The New York Times offered a series of anecdotes yesterday that shows what happens when selling means that cryptocurrencies are down 75 percent from their peak (as they are now). In this space just last month, we noted findings from Boston College that showed that 4,000 ICOs had raised $12 billion.

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US B2B Startups Dominate $337 Million Worth Of Funding

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Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. Remesh, based in New York, deploys artificial intelligence to enhance corporates’ research efforts. Cybersecurity.

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