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Autonomous Delivery Startup Nuro Nets $500M In Funding On $5B Valuation

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Rowe Price Associates, with participation from new investors, including Fidelity Management & Research Company and Baillie Gifford. The program was implemented in Houston and used both the R2 and autonomous Toyota Priuses, which were powered via Nuro's proprietary software and hardware.

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Apple To Shutter 30 More US Stores Again Amid Pandemic

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As instances of the coronavirus quickly increase in a number of regions across the nation, Apple plans to shutter 30 more stores in the United States on Thursday (July 2) at the latest. The tech company, which has 271 retail shops in the United States, has recently closed 47 stores again, CNBC reported.

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CFPB Feb. 2016 complaint report highlights prepaid card complaints, complaints from Texas/Houston metro area consumers

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The CFPB has issued its February 2016 complaint report which highlights complaints about prepaid cards and complaints from consumers in Texas and the Houston metro area. Nationally, debt collection complaints averaged 26 percent of all complaints received by the CFPB.). The CFPB began taking complaints about prepaid cards in July 2014.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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Wall Street is a tough master, especially for eCommerce companies. Miami is Carvana’s 24th car vending machine location to date — joining Nashville, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Raleigh, Jacksonville, Tampa, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. Ontario (L.A.),

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Domino’s Pizza Pedals Delivery Using Custom eBikes

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Domino’s Pizza is rolling out an eBike partnership to ensure food is delivered in the most efficient way possible, the company said in a press release on Tuesday (Aug.

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Walgreens Teams With VillageMD To Offer In-Store Health Clinics

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Walgreens Boots Alliance is teaming up with Chicago-based VillageMD to make Walgreens “the first national pharmacy chain to offer full-service doctor offices co-located at its stores at a large scale,” according to a Wednesday (July 8) press release. Walgreens Boots Alliance is the holding company for the pharmacy chain.

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How Faster Disbursements Can Help Solve Patients? Payment Pain Points

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The United States healthcare system is notorious for burdening patients with hefty expenses — a reality that existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic turned a national spotlight onto the issue. Consumers have some financial protections on their side against the high costs of healthcare.

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