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FIS Buys Worldpay In $35B Cash, Stock Deal

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For Worldpay, it expands its distribution footprint and accelerates its entrance into new regions. Once the deal is closed, the combined company will offer enterprise banking, payments, capital markets and global eCommerce services to financial institutions and businesses around the world.

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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The upcoming launches in the Midwest – in one city that is considered the capital of the region, and in another that is a growing destination for young, digitally-minded professionals, including those priced out of the Chicago housing market – represent more significant progress for the new mobile network technology. 5G Potential.

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Amid Economic Vigor, Small Firms Struggle To Find Talent

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McMahon told the media outlet about one small business owner in Jacksonville, Florida who attributed rising investments and hiring to recent tax reform. However, what may be more concerning is that, even with a tight labor market, small business employers aren’t increasing wages must. Annual wage growth declined, too, by $0.64

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NFL-Twitter Deal Gives Social Commerce Its Make-Or-Break Moment

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In 2015, Yahoo forked over $20 million for the rights to live stream a single game — and not a particularly exciting one between the Buffalo Bills (yuck) and the Jacksonville Jaguars (yuck again). An in-the-know source told Adweek that Twitter is also looking into leveraging region-targeted ads as a function of its global broadcast range.