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Yum! Brands On How Delivery, Digital And Takeout Are Their Future

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Brands beat Wall Street’s expectations when its earnings were released Wednesday, as an assortment of new menu offerings were successful in drawing more foot traffic into its Taco Bell and KFC locations this quarter. Brands’ efforts at expanding its digital offerings (like mobile order-ahead) and delivery options in the U.S.

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IBM Finalizes Red Hat Acquisition

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It was also noted that IBM will keep Red Hat’s Raleigh, North Carolina headquarters along with its brands, facilities and practices. The company will operate as a distinct IBM unit. Red Hat, which launched in 1993, specializes in Linux operating systems, an alternative to Microsoft Corp.’s s proprietary software.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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This belief is based on “the Company’s operating plan, that current working capital and expected continued inventory and capital expenditure financing is sufficient to fund operations and satisfy the Company’s obligations.”. New Markets. The Miami vending machine has a new design and is definitely an attention-getter in new markets.

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Amazon Expands Amazon Home Services To Twenty New Metro Areas

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In a press release , the eCommerce giant said the new cities include Indianapolis, IN; Las Vegas, NV; San Antonio, TX; Ann Arbor, MI; Cleveland, OH; Milwaukee, WI; Boulder, CO; Raleigh, NC; Trenton, NJ; and more. Local service providers opt in based on where they operate and the services they offer.

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Grocery Roundup: Ahold Delhaize Acquisition, Another Toilet Paper Rush And A SNAP Explosion

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Under the terms of the deal, FreshDirect will keep its brand name, be supervised by a seven-member board and continue its independent operations in New York City. Today Farmstead’s services are only available in California and in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina.

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Data Enabler Startup ItsOn Brings Wireless Carriers Into The 21st Century

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What’s unique about ItsOn is that it virtualizes business services such as billing, charging, rating and payments by moving these functions to an operator-managed cloud environment. RO: ItsOn recently partnered with STC to launch a digital mobile brand called Jawwy. A great example is roaming.

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Why Wyndham Is Getting Into Grocery With Peapod And Instacart

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Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C.; According to Larry Hambro, vice president, brand operations, Hawthorn Suites, consumers’ lives are increasingly oriented around having what they want available to them at the tap of their phone – and that there is not reason for that to change just because a guest is traveling.

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