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Sing It With Me: What’s the Mask Mandate Got To Do With Wealth Management?

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California, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Oregon, Illinois, and Rhode Island have announced plans to lift their statewide mask mandates or school mask mandates, and more states have indicated they will revisit mask requirements in the near future. Mask mandates are being lifted across the country.

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Today In How We Eat: Drone Deliveries Take Off, Walmart vs Amazon Prime

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This week, a new partnership was announced with Zipline technology to make on-demand deliveries of select health and wellness products with the potential to expand. According to Walmart, Zipline can operate within a Walmart store and from there within a roughly 50-mile radius, which is about the size of the state of Connecticut.

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US Patents Hit All-Time High In 2019

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Almost 50 percent of IBM’s 2019 patents related to “hot-button technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, security, blockchain and quantum computing.”. The top 10 fastest-growing technologies by U.S. Apple leads the wearables market, shipping 46.2 million units for the year.

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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

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Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. Varo coming in as a full national bank, with an already proven market fit and massive demand for more-affordable digital-banking solutions, is a very exciting moment,” Walsh told Bloomberg. million.

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Amid Changing Lifestyles, Homebuying To Continue Torrid Pace?

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million homes on the market. In terms of turnaround, properties were on the market for only 21 days. That means that sales — from listing to closings — have accelerated, as time on the market was 22 days in August and 32 days in September 2019. This implies that first-time buyers are being priced out of the market.

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Affinity Federal Credit Union On The Importance Of Accelerating Digital Transformations

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The CU, which has 20 branch locations within the tri-state area that includes New York and Connecticut, has upgraded its automated services to incorporate integrated cloud-based technologies and environments that involve artificial intelligence (AI). Embarking On A Digital Transformation.

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The Latest Analog To Digital Battleground: Store Shelves

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Sometimes, a technology takes longer than expected to find its footing in a market. It seems that electronic shelf-label technology may be taking a similar slow-burn path to growth in the U.S., particularly in the grocery market. That’s because the tech itself has been around for a while. In fact, Pricer U.S.

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