PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

General Motors (GM) is leading a Series B funding round for $23 million for Yoshi , an on-demand car maintenance service, CNBC reported. COVID has been interesting for us," he said, CNBC reported. "We markets, CNBC reported. Since then, it's expanded and works in oil changes, car washes and windshield fixes in five major U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

have introduced programs to fast-track payments that typically take up to 60 days to be paid, Reuters reported. The car giants say they are making these payments a priority because keeping small wholesalers thriving is critical for automakers as they reopen factories, according to the report. General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The University of Michigan Survey of Consumers reported that its Index of Consumer Sentiment registered a 78.9 Whether Congress and the president can agree on another round of federal stimulus for individuals or companies has been a moving target in recent weeks, with much drama but not a ton of actual movement on the matter.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

Before that, the group claimed to have attacked Michigan State University and Columbia College of Chicago, in a dark web blog accessed by Cointelegraph. billion in fraud, hacks and theft in just the first five months of 2020, according to a study by crypto intelligence company CipherTrace.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Given the size of market moves this year it’s not surprising that rumors have started about the viability of certain leveraged companies, so expect more of the same in the months ahead, but make no mistake the US banking industry is in a much healthier state than it was in 2008. The services index peaked in November 2021 at 68.4 in July.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Amazon has launched a new style of truck that is bigger and boxier, similar to those used by competitors at the United Parcel Service (UPS), Reuters reported. The company is working on fixing the delays in deliveries spurred by the pandemic. Amazon’s van-buying tendencies have been a help for auto makers, PYMNTS recently reported.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Several companies have enjoyed the fruits of partnering with the eCommerce giant, to be sure, but the partnerships — at least, some of them — are proving short-lived. There are another 120 workers slated to be let go in Michigan. “We That’s the partial takeaway, as Amazon has cut ties with UPS and FedEx. Smaller Firms Feel The Brunt.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Little Caesars, which is said to be the third-biggest pizza chain in the world, had never offered delivery until now, Reuters reported. Little Caesars, which is based in Detroit, Michigan, has stores in 24 countries and all 50 U.S. will team with DoorDash Inc. The new capital was courtesy of the T.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The company is something of a canary-in-a-coal mine in detecting economic trends and it certainly adds evidence that a global slowdown has begun. It could be that we will soon begin to see clear evidence of a slowing economy, but with core inflation remaining sticky into early 2023 rate hikes will continue.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

And the electric automaker, which is based in Michigan, is reportedly in discussions with General Motors about potential funding, Bloomberg reported. According to unnamed sources in the Bloomberg report, talks with Rivian and GM are still occurring, and it is not known if GM would have equity in such an arrangement.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Department of Labor (DOL) reported on Thursday (Sept. Companies which have helped to provide a bridge to some semblance of normalcy, principally in technology, have seen increased demand for their services,” Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst with Bankrate.com, said in a statement. For the week ending Sept.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Synchrony Financial said a message was erroneously sent to customers about an Amazon.com card and that a data breach had not occurred, according to a report by Reuters. We have confirmed none of your personal data was compromised,” the financial services company said in an email to customers. On Monday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2019

VentureBeat , citing the company, reported the $52 million was more than eight times its Series A raise in February of 2017, when it raised $6.3 Clinc told VentureBeat that the $52 million was among the largest single investments made in a company focused on conversational AI. million in funding.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2020

Amazon has been secretly working for years to cure the common cold with an initiative called “Project Gesundheit,” according to a report from CNBC. The company has staffed more than 100 people in a research and development group called Grand Challenge, which exists under Amazon’s cloud computing division, AWS.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The companies will together invest up to $2.3 billion through a new, equally owned joint venture company, which will establish a battery cell assembly plant on a greenfield manufacturing site in Northeast Ohio. GM is also reportedly working on a new version of its most profitable pickup truck model in an effort to take on Tesla.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

As sporting events and move-in weekend are not set in stone in towns with colleges, those who own small companies question how their businesses will perform without events that typically fuel commerce. The COVID-19 health crisis has already made almost every college in the country get used to virtual learning earlier this year, CNBC reported.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

The numbers could remain stagnant because of the policies adopted in several countries that discourage returning to work, Goldman said, as reported by CNBC. such policies include a loan program to provide companies with funds to pay displaced employees and boosting unemployment payments with an extra $600 per person. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Amazon has discontinued a program that would send users free samples based on the products they previously purchased, according to a report by CNBC. Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The trouble, Aaron Terrazas, director of economic research for trucking logistics company Convoy, told USA Today is the timing. The first wave of vaccines are going out just as the holiday shipping season is setting to go into overdrive. But that, of course, leaves the half that had not.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

According to a report in FoxBusiness.com, the store is being called Amazon Storefronts and gives customers access to a more than one million products from close to 20,000 U.S. The products will run the gamut from back to school to kitchen and housewares, noted the report. Amazon also reported that it lent more than $1 billion to U.S-based

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that allows autonomous cars to operate on the roads without requiring a human being to be behind the wheel, according to reports. The new law puts the responsibility on companies making the technology to make sure the cars are safe and don’t cause accidents.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Amazon has discontinued a program that would send users free samples based on the products they previously purchased, according to a report by CNBC. Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

The grocer will sell topical CBD products derived from hemp such as balms, oils and creams in 945 locations in 17 states, CNBC reported. The company will sell the products in states such as Arizona, Washington, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Michigan, among others. percent who use e-cigarettes.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

The company reportedly provides a complete conversational AI solution with a 90 percent containment rate. Clinc, for its part, is a provider of conversational artificial intelligence technologies for companies such as USAA, Barclays, ??bank, bank, OCBC Bank and others.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

Reports in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday (Jan. in December, its lowest level since late-2016, according to reports. “Over the past few months, owners’ expectations for the future have tempered, while reporting continued solid economic activity,” the NFIB stated, reports said. last August.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The former Google project is now a standalone company that falls under the ever-widening Alphabet umbrella. John Krafcik, former Hyundai executive turned CEO of the new Waymo, was quoted as saying at a press conference in San Francisco: “We’re now an independent company within the Alphabet umbrella.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The company, which recently completed an audit, set aside funds to cover issues tied with a lending program it discontinued last year. The move cleared the way for Sterling to file an overdue annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

For example, New York City has just extended its Restaurant Week To Go, an off-premises-only version of the event, for an additional four weeks, reported Eater. Additionally, the Delivering on Restaurant Rewards report found, restaurant customers who belong to loyalty programs spend twice as much as those who do not. Washington, D.C.’s

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

To provide discounts on routine healthcare that shoppers might skip or delay due to cost, Walmart’s Sam’s Club is collaborating with multiple healthcare companies. The company updated its website with a link to Walmart Health and activated the Walmarthealth.com website in August. Every bundle also comes with prepaid health debit cards.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

The Trump administration anticipates a $1 trillion figure could be in the cards for the next round of stimulus funding, with an eye toward possibly including back-to-work incentives, liability protections and more, Bloomberg reported. And recent analyses have the economy taking until 2030 to start fully recovering.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In today’s top payments news, the Department of Justice approved Mastercard’s acquisition of Finicity, and Airbnb filed for an IPO that could value the company at $30 billion. The company's portfolio could grow from two to eight stores by the end of the year, and is "aiming for 30 stores" next year. Airbnb filed paperwork with the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Facebook employees reportedly made known internal concerns about the issue in September 2015, according to reports. And the company “repeated the same line to the U.K.’s The spokesperson continued, “In December 2015, we first learned through media reports that [GSR’s] Kogan sold data to Cambridge Analytica, and we took action.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Five senators wrote a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, asking him to explain how security surveillance company Ring uses peoples’ data and video, according to a report by CNBC. Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

Reports in The New York Times on Friday (Aug. According to reports, it is common practice for government entities to award contracts contingent upon a supplier’s ability to create jobs and meet minimum salary requirements. “This case is about holding a huge company’s feet to the fire.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

The largest increases in claims for the week ending May 23 were in Maine (11,941), Oklahoma (10,274), Michigan (7,859), Kentucky (6,417) and Oregon (4,913). Despite a report on Wednesday (June 3) from ADP, the New Jersey human resources management services company, which revealed that U.S. employers cut 2.76

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The company also reported a large fourth-quarter loss that reflected a significant increase in its loan-loss provision.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

A recent survey by the University of Michigan showed a drop in consumer confidence in August to its lowest level since Trump was elected. companies operating in China. “If Trump reassured reporters that his administration is still negotiating, adding “we can’t allow China to rip us off anymore.”. It’s a double-edged sword.”.

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