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Amazon And Its Real Estate Effect

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Among those initiatives: Cincinnati, Ohio, and Sacramento, California, are changing workforce development programs to develop talent in the technology realm. Beyond that, Orlando, Florida, is mulling a community fund, one that the WSJ said will invest in tech companies that are locally based.

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Marketplace Lending And Curbside Delivery Sizzle, Ridesharing Fizzles

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Curbside delivery is coming to the grocery chain, starting with two test runs — one in Virginia Beach one in Sacramento. The nation’s largest retailer by sales is partnering with Alert Innovation to build out a robotic fulfillment center in its Salem, New Hampshire store. trillion in cash spent in 2016.

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Cities Partner With Apps To Create Their Own Ridesharing Services

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Like a few communities in the U.S., As Via rolls the service out in Arlington — and also in West Sacramento, California, in the spring — they might be part of a larger trend, as local governments seek to replace or augment their transportation efforts with their own rideshare services.

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