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MiHC La Puerta Portal Opens the Door to Success for Hispanic Students in Detroit

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Perficient developed the La Puerta portal framework as a way of giving back to the Detroit community and to pave the way for students to benefit from a college education. In Detroit, that number is even lower – 6.1%. MiHC is doing important work to advance education and career placement within Detroit’s Hispanic community.

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Today In Payments Around The World: Checkout.com Lands $450 Million In Series C; Pakistan Rolls Out Instant Digital Payment System

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The system was created over years through an effort involving the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the State Bank of Pakistan, with help from the United Nations, the U.K. Mobileye Expands Self-Driving Vehicle Tests To Detroit, Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai. and the World Bank.

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Grocery Tracker: Instacart’s National Push

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As of today, Instacart operates in 41 U.S. markets and is slated to roll out to four more this week in Detroit, Columbus, Ohio, Las Vegas and the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. However, TechCrunch said that there isn’t much likeness in context or operations. “We expansion prospects.

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VCs Back Autobooks For SMB Banking

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The new funding also saw participation from CU Solutions Group, Baird Capital, Detroit Venture Partners and Invest Michigan, the company said, adding that the round follows its self-funded $2 million in seed financing. “We

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Gas Station TV, Verifone Combine Pump Assets Into GSTV

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In a press release , the companies said the combined business will operate under the GSTV brand and deliver 3.3 National and regional marketers across all industry sectors now have a way to reach valuable, attentive consumers. billion annual impressions through more than 18,000 locations in all 50 states by year’s end. “We

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Want To Build A Retail Experience? Get An Incubator

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According to the report, he said that “Greenhouse will operate as a separate unit that sits outside of our walls, both figuratively and literally. We did this purposefully to allow the team to take on industry challenges while being progressive, disruptive and responsive to perpetually evolving consumer and culture.”. Today, the U.S.

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Philadelphia Mall Owner Takes Care Of Its Own

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“The experience of the mall CMBS [commercial mortgage-backed security] from Starwood is certainly symptomatic of the larger narrative,” said Christopher Sullivan, chief investment officer of United Nations Federal Credit Union, as reported in Yahoo! But apparently they’re doing something right in Philadelphia.