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Buying into AML risks in real estate

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million existing homes and 612,000 new construction homes were sold. According to the National Association of Realtors, there were more than 106,000 real estate brokerage firms in the United States. New York City and Miami were the original targets under the first order in 2016. In 2017, over 5.51

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What To Make Of The Gradual Return Of The In-Office Workforce

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But not every city is San Francisco, and when one looks at a place like Dallas-Fort Worth, which has led the nation for the last two months in the number of workers returning to their offices, the story is a bit different. Nationally, however, the reality seems to be somewhere between San Francisco and Dallas.

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Facebook Rolls Out Curated News Feature

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With the soft launch of a new curation product called Facebook News, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and News Corp CEO Robert Thomson engaged in a discussion at the Paley Media Center in New York City. The news curation product is said to showcase daily news of a high quality, Venture Beat reported.

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Team USA Launches Omnichannel Strategy For Olympic Retail

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Through a pop-up store in New York City, consumers are able to browse and buy gear from official Olympic sponsors, such as Nike, Swatch and Oakley. professional sports leagues such as the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Football League (NFL). 1 city for sales of Team USA gear,” Boyle said.

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How A New Name Sparked An Unattended Retail Turnaround

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Stockwell’s founder maintained at the time that the name was meant as an homage to the small (often immigrant-run) grocery shops and corner stores that dot urban neighborhoods in New York City. There are now over 1,000 Stockwell machines spread across the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Houston and Chicago.

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The Warehouse Building Rush Brought By eCommerce

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But in recent years, as the pressure to get packages to consumers faster and cheaper has gotten high, the desirability of out of the way places has taken something of a backseat to areas like the Leigh Valley, which are that much closer to New York City and the I95/I81 corridor that connects all the major commerce centers of the East Coast.

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Happy Returns: In-Person Returns For eTail

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Happy Returns currently has seven Return Bars operating in five major cities — Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Houston. In 2017, Sobie said Happy Returns is working to grow the national footprint of its Return Bars. Happy Returns will also be growing in its existing markets.