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Some Silicon Valley companies are suggesting workers who relocate to remote locations should have their pay reduced to reflect their new lower costs of living — and employees are none too happy about it, the Wall Street Journal reports. “In Houston is third, at $145,807. The top federal pay location is San Francisco.

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That report goes on to say that Udelv “will provide H-E-B with one of its Newton second-generation autonomous delivery vehicles, which are already in service in trials in the Bay Area, Arizona and Houston, providing deliveries on behalf of some of Udelv’s other clients, which include Walmart, among others.”. Kroger Push.

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The company’s products have no cabs, which makes the vehicles lighter and less costly to fuel than trucks that require drivers. The company works in partnership with fleet managers to deploy those vehicles, or sells them outright, and has clients such as supermarket chain Lidl. For instance, Kroger Co., For instance, Kroger Co.,

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This isn't the first time Walmart has teamed up with a driverless automobile company. Previously, the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer announced autonomous vehicle ventures with Nuro in Houston , Ford in Miami , Gatik in Arkansas and with Waymo , owned by Google corporate parent Alphabet , in Phoenix. Rowe Price and Honda.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

NCR’s $39 per share all-cash offer topped Apollo Global Management’s earlier bid for $35 per share to acquire Cardtronics, Bloomberg reported. Cardtronics, based in Houston, Texas, specializes in managing ATMS and self-service financial kiosks. Shares of Cardtronics climbed 0.3 percent to reach $41.19 as of Monday morning. .

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MAY 20, 2019

NCR, the payments company that makes self-service kiosks, point-of-sale terminals and automated teller machines, among other payment devices, has reportedly tapped Bank of America Equities to find a buyer. At the start of May, Bloomberg reported that the company had started exploring options after receiving interest from would-be suitors.

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JUNE 1, 2020

With curfews descending on some American cities due to violent clashes between law enforcement and protesters, Uber , Lyft and DoorDash have ceased operations during the curfew hours, CNBC reports. Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Tacoma and Seattle.

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MAY 29, 2020

Pharmacies lose money if consumers and their insurance companies cannot meet their prices, for example — a reality that has spurred many drug manufacturers to offer partial reimbursements to help soften the impact of their high prices. Find the Feature Story in the Report. Download the Report to get the full story.

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JULY 14, 2020

As the pandemic upends their entire business model, malls are turning to their own parking lots as new sources of revenue for events like outdoor concerts or drive-in movies, CNBC reports. Brookfield Properties , for example, has signed a deal with entertainment company Kilburn Live to turn five parking lots across the U.S.

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JULY 12, 2020

United States citizens took to the road to travel for the 4th of July weekend, the surging coronavirus not deterring them, CNN reported , citing cell phone data. that Cuebiq has access to, CNN reported. Hospitalizations from the highly infectious virus have risen in around a dozen states since Memorial Day weekend, CNN wrote.

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MAY 29, 2020

Following a pilot program in Australia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East, this new feature is aimed at helping Americans with essential trips during the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Francisco-based company said. Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Tacoma and Seattle beginning June 2, Uber said.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

eCommerce business president and chief executive officer, said the merchant is dedicated to providing shoppers with an attractive assortment of online goods, and, for that reason, it bought brands such as Bonobos, CNBC reported. Marc Lore, who is Walmart’s U.S.

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Reporting Since the real estate industry was exempted from AML requirements in 2002, the onus has been on financial institutions to identify and report suspicious or fraudulent activity. Think about a situation where someone uses a corporation to purchase real estate in cash. In the GTO, FinCEN began requiring U.S.

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JUNE 25, 2020

As coronavirus cases spike in Texas, the state’s officials have walked back their reopening plans for the state, CNBC reported. There are currently 4,389 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the state, a rise from 2,793 a week ago, CNBC reported, citing the state’s health department.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

To thrive in the eCommerce age as it contends with Amazon , Walmart is planning to make its supercenters the heart of a network of businesses operating together to drive profits and bring in customers, The Wall Street Journal reported. The giant stores are large operations offering 100,000 products and are approximately 180,000 square feet.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company will reportedly open three stores on Feb. 20, which is the day that the brand is expected to announce a foldable phone and the Galaxy S10, Apple Insider reported. The outlet reported that the first Samsung stores will be at Roosevelt Field on Long Island, The Americana at Brand in Los Angeles and The Galleria in Houston.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

According to a report by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the country will see a scarcity of 46,000 to 130,000 physicians by the end of the next decade — and that shortfall won’t be felt equally. Among millennials, 45 percent report having no primary care doctor. Shorter Wait Times. Delivery Programs.

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MARCH 15, 2019

“Verizon launched the world’s first commercial 5G Ultra Wideband network in October 2018 with the rollout of 5G Home broadband internet service in Houston, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Indianapolis,” the company said. Meanwhile, at the CES show in Las Vegas in January, companies demonstrated potential 5G use cases. 5G Potential.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

WhyHotel, a company that offers pop-up hotel rooms in recently built luxury apartments, has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round, according to a report by VentureBeat. The company has properties in Seattle, Houston, Arlington and Tysons Corner, Virginia.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Uber was declared “not fit and proper” to operate in London — the ride-hailing company’s largest European market — and now has three weeks to appeal, according to a Monday (Nov. London regulators refused to renew the ride-hailing company’s operating permit over safety concerns and drivers using false identities.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

And so the CVS store is changing, reports noted , starting with three new concept locations in the greater Houston area, which have been recreated as miniature healthcare clinics. The news also comes as CVS has acquired Aetna for $70 billion and officially rebranded as CVS Health, denoting its new identity as a care company.

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AUGUST 31, 2017

Food companies nationwide have poured out assistance to those affected by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey, feeding emergency workers, donating meals and working overtime to get grocery stores and restaurants open again in the greater Houston area and Southeast Texas. And progress — slow though it may be — is happening.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Amazon has announced that it is opening a pop-up store at its headquarters in Seattle, according to a report by GeekWire. The store is an expansion of one of Amazon’s new concepts that hasn’t been talked about much in comparison to the company’s other retail initiatives, like Amazon Go. In Las Vegas, there’s a camera theme.

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MARCH 25, 2019

and SoftBank -backed robotics firm Nuro recently announced the rollout of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston. The companies said the service will be available via two Kroger stores in the Houston area and reach customers residing in four local zip codes. In the U.S.,

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JANUARY 11, 2021

“These decreases are historic,” the Real Estate Board of New York wrote in a new report showing that average Manhattan retail asking rents fell in all of the island’s 17 retail corridors during autumn. The board added that eight of 17 retail corridors are “experiencing their lowest price per square foot averages in at least a decade.”.

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MAY 8, 2020

The Houston-based company reported that total revenues fell by 4 percent to $306.6 Cardtronics reported GAAP net income of $5.8 million, down from $318.3 million compared to Q1 in 2019. . Cardtronics’ ATM operating revenues dropped to $291.9 million, down 4 percent from $302.6 million in the prior year. “We

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APRIL 12, 2019

Juul Labs, the company that makes the popular vaporizer, has announced a new program to track its devices and figure out how they get into the hands of minors, according to a report by TechCrunch. Recently, the company gained the ability to track the serial numbers from the making of the Juul all the way to where it was sold. “As

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But that doesn’t mean the money doesn’t flow during the baseball playoffs – evidence of that comes from Jim McIngvale, a Houston furniture store owner known as “ Mattress Mack ,” who just put $3.5 million on the Houston Astros to win the 2019 World Series. As The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (Oct. elections.”.

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JULY 16, 2019

McDonald’s has added DoorDash as a delivery partner, ending its exclusivity with Uber Eats , according to a report by CNBC. The move to partner with DoorDash will begin on July 29 in Houston, Texas, in over 200 restaurants. Another delivery company, Waitr Holdings Inc., and delivery has ballooned into a $3 billion business.

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The company says the concept features a broader selection of health and wellness items. CVS Health started to test out HealthHUB locations last year in Houston to “overwhelming customer satisfaction” per the announcement. The retailer, however, reported disappointing results on Wednesday (Jan.

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Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York, said the attorney general is investigating Apple after a privacy flaw revealed that FaceTime users could listen in on people they called before the recipient accepted or rejected the call, according to a report in Bloomberg. A software update will come later in the week, the company said. “We

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Tide, the laundry brand owned by CPG Detergent, is introducing a service called Tide Cleaners, an on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service, at 1,000 locations in cities across the country, according to reports. The company’s goal is to have Tide Cleaners at more than 2,000 spots across the United States by the latter part of 2020.

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Customers will be able to order items from 17 stores with the program, according to reports. The company rolled out its services in the country in September of last year. Months later, it was reported that Kroger was broadening its delivery deal with Instacart by gearing up to expand the number of stores where it offers the service.

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“Everything that we are doing on grocery and convenience is driven by the fact that we are seeing strong consumer appetites from new consumption trends, people who are confined and cannot go out,” European General Manager Stephane Ficaja told Reuters in a Thursday (April 16) report.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

The three telecoms — SK Telecom, LG Uplus and KT — launched 5G last month, though, according to one report , “they currently provide access with mobile 5G routers since 5G phones aren’t set to come out until March of 2019.” At the CES show in Las Vegas this week, companies are demonstrating potential 5G use cases. In the U.S.,

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In one example reported by abc13.com, com, in Texas, Houston based Upper Hand salon owner Rachel Gower, said that the business was adding a $3 charge, tied to sanitation, to guest checks. The Wall Street Journal reported that in at least one case — where the Kiko Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Lounge in West Plains, Mo.

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Later in that month, teen apparel retailer Charlotte Russe, personalized-gift company Things Remembered and Payless filed for bankruptcy. In the meantime, Simon shares were down more than 2 percent after the company reported first-quarter funds from operations of $1.08 retailers so far this year than in all of 2018.

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