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Walgreens Set To Open Primary Care Clinics In Houston

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Walgreens and VillageMD , a leading national provider of primary healthcare, have announced a partnership to provide primary care services for adult patients in the Houston, Texas area. billion in healthcare spending. billion in healthcare spending.

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Mall Parking Lots Now Revenue Streams For Owners

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Brookfield Properties , for example, has signed a deal with entertainment company Kilburn Live to turn five parking lots across the U.S. into outdoor venues in Denver, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis and Woodbridge, New Jersey, with more such venues on the way, CNBC reported.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

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While the current growth rate needs to be left to each bank based on their capital cost, market, and risk tolerance, the general guide is that growth should be in the 3% to 5% range for this year. When offering a higher money market or CD rate, the direct damage done to cost of funds is often the least of a bank’s worries.

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What’s The Reward For Early 5G Deployment? Asia Will Soon Find Out

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That could give the country an edge when it comes to showcasing payment and commerce uses of the mobile network technology — and provide the rest of the world with an example of what might not work so well with 5G-enabled features. A big part of the 5G pitch involves its retail capabilities. In the U.S., Rollouts in the U.S.

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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“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. 5G Potential.

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SMBs And Customers Wrestle With The COVID (But Not Covert) Surcharge

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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. In one example, the “peak surcharge” from UPS , in place since April, comes in at $1.81 per pound for express shipments that come from China.

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Inside Chipotle’s Decade Of Digital-First Ordering Innovation

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Pizza chain Domino’s , for example, is planning to test self-driving vehicle technology in one major metro region. The company has partnered with autonomous technology firm Nuro with plans to put driverless delivery vehicles to work in Houston, Texas, by the end of 2019. New restaurant models are also being tested in other markets.