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Should Las Vegas Casinos Bet On The Tourists Returning?

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Las Vegas casinos shut their doors in mid-March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, sending Nevada’s unemployment rate to a worst-in-the-nation 28.2 I’m starting to get nervous that shows are never going to reopen,” Nina Kane, a dancer and aerialist who has made her career on Vegas stages, told The Wall Street Journal.

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Grocery Tracker: Instacart’s National Push

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markets and is slated to roll out to four more this week in Detroit, Columbus, Ohio, Las Vegas and the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. And with 80 percent national coverage, these current stats wouldn’t come as much of a loss. billion back in March, grocery delivery startup Instacart is eyeing some major U.S.

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Justice Department Announces Three Dozen Indictments In $530M Cyber ID Crime Spree

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Members of the Infraud Organization acquired consumers’ identities and sold them, as well as compromised credit and debit cards, and all over a period of seven years. The forum had amassed nearly 11,000 members, according to the indictment.

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Building Bridges For Chinese Consumers To U.S. Commerce

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million Chinese nationals visited the U.S. merchants don’t accept the only Chinese credit card that they have, Union Pay. If Alipay were a nation, it would be the third largest on Earth. If Alipay were a nation, it would be the third largest on Earth. According to the U.S. Commerce Department , 2.97 Travel Association.

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Renewed Energy Around Convenience Stores As DashMart Joins The Fray

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The National Association of Convenience Stores ( NACS ), as quoted in Food Navigator , reported in April that over half of convenience stores are reporting more grocery sales since the pandemic hit, and that “… c-stores are pivoting to provide more fresh items and products that can be brought home to consume as part of a meal.”.

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What’s Good For Veterans Can Be Very Good For Businesses

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It started in the early 1980s: The nation began to repent for what was commonly viewed as the shabby treatment of Vietnam War veterans. Hall told a story about being in Las Vegas and having his status as a veteran confirmed via ID.me It caught speed in the early 1990s upon completion of the Gulf War.

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FinCen Director On Why Casino Cooperation Is Central To Fighting Financial Crime 

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Blanco took to the stage at the 12th Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference yesterday (August 13). FinCEN expects that your casino or card club is monitoring your sports betting programs for potentially suspicious activity. The responsibility of casinos managing all of those new transactions.