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Solar-Powered eScooters Coming To DC

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15 per minute to operate. Last year, the company was acquired by Ford for $100 million. “We We think scooters are genuinely wonderful solutions, but they’re not the solution for everything,” said Dan Winston, a general manager over Spin’s Washington operations. Now, Spin has eScooters in 32 U.S.

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Penske Announces Launch Of Carsharing Unit

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Transportation company Penske Corporation announced that it is rolling out its new carsharing service in Washington, DC and Arlington, VA, this week. based call center and a local fleet operations team. Penske has also secured reserved parking options at Colonial Parking garages in Washington, DC.

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Retail Pulse: Framebridge Opens DC Store; Starbucks Hits 30,000-Location Milestone

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and Bethesda, Maryland, that will work to mirror the company’s online experience. The company provides customers with shipping labels and materials, shoppers mail the to-be-framed items to the company’s framing center and the stores will have the orders brought to the production facility. Starbucks Coffee.

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China's Financial Industry Firms Redo Plans, Funding In Wake Of More Oversight

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Jack Ma 's Ant Group , once on the cusp of being the future of finance in the country, had its double initial public offering (IPO) shot down by the government earlier this year, and the government is now clamping down on the efforts of other big companies trying to do the same things.

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Cardtronics Posts 22 Percent Revenue Growth

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Cardtronics , the world’s largest ATM owner and operator, revealed that it has exceeded earnings expectations for the third quarter of 2017. The company, which is based out of Houston, TX and operates globally, had total revenues of $402 million in the quarter ending September 30, 2017 – a 22 percent increase from $328.3

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VW To Test Robotic Chargers For Self-Driving Electric Cars

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A robotic arm attached to a 150kW DC fast charger would perform the task of plugging into the car’s charge port. It has 450 charging stations currently in operation, according to the company’s website. VW is partnering with Bay Area startup Stable Auto, a fleet charging firm, to roll out the test program.

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FinCEN and OCC address cryptocurrency: responsible innovation and pervasive hype

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Hsu discussed vulnerabilities in the cryptocurrency framework and recent volatility with stablecoins in pointed remarks at the DC Blockchain Summit 2022. Hsu discussed vulnerabilities in the cryptocurrency framework and recent volatility with stablecoins in remarks at the DC Blockchain Summit 2022.