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Identity As A Service To The Rescue

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With the two-headed Facebook-Instagram giant now bustling online marketplaces and not just social sharing platforms anymore, stakes are getting higher faster. billion phones with fingerprint scanning that will go to market at the same time, and you’ve got the makings of a serious online security upgrade. Add those to the 4.6

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A ‘Diaper’ By Any Other Tax Code: The Complexities Of Selling Across State Tax Laws

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An Illinois bill could aid both by making online marketplaces responsible for tax collection on the third-party sales facilitated through their platforms. National Retailers On Staying Compliant When Tax Exemptions Are Only Statewid e. Around The Next-Gen Sales Tax Wor ld. Easing tax compliance helps governments and retailers alike.

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36 State Attorneys General settle with CarMax over non-disclosure of open safety recalls

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Any vehicles sold online, including through www.carmax.com or the CarMax mobile app, must also clearly and conspicuously disclose on the first page of the overall description of the vehicle or vehicle history report that the vehicle may be subject to an open recall for safety issues that have not been repaired.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Online lending .

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When One State’s Tax-Exempt Necessity Is Another’s High-Tax Discretionary Purchase

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Louisiana exempts most food purchased outside restaurants, for example, while Missouri exempts clay pigeons and targets used in skeet shooting. Campaigns against taxing obligatory items are spreading across the United States, forcing states to rethink their revenue generation decisions.

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Car Insurance for 16-Year-Olds: How Much Does It Cost?

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The national averages are as follows: Males: $7,483. The specifics of your driver profile related to any of the above can result in a car insurance premium that’s either higher or lower than the national average. Louisiana $12,702 $6,044. Louisiana $10,893 $5,484. Average Cost of Car Insurance for 16-Year-Olds.

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Senate Grills Facebook’s Marcus Over Libra

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Louisiana Sen. to lead it its construction and regulation, lest the technology form factor be led by others from places “out of reach of our national security apparatus.”. Marcus went on to reaffirm Facebook’s commitment that it would not look to bring Libra online in the U.S. He said the U.S. without regulatory support.