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Silicon Valley Loses Grip On Tech Firms

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Remote work practices and policies made necessary by COVID-19 and embraced by employees and companies alike are taking a toll on Silicon Valley, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Dec. And just weeks earlier, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it was moving its headquarters to Houston, Texas from Silicon Valley.

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And Then There Were 20 — The Amazon HQ2 Finalists

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“Getting from 238 to 20 was very tough — all the proposals showed tremendous enthusiasm and creativity,” said Holly Sullivan, head of worldwide economic development for Amazon Public Policy, in a company statement. According to Bloomberg, HQ2’s chosen location will see a large impact from the eCommerce giant’s presence.

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Hurricane Florence’s Retail Punch

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“We do not engage in surge pricing, and product prices do not fluctuate by region or delivery location,” an Amazon spokesperson noted. “We Industrial production also took a big hit last September before surging in October, largely driven by Houston’s petro-chemical industry surging back online.

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

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(Nasdaq: TCBI) "We serve the needs of commercial businesses and successful professionals and entrepreneurs located in Texas as well as operate several lines of business serving a regional or national clientele of commercial borrowers. We are primarily a secured lender, with our greatest concentration of loans in Texas.

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