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Amazon Plans Whole Foods Expansions In Closed Sears Stores

PYMNTS

For example, Whole Foods managers went to a site in Utah that used to be a Kmart. Neil Saunders, managing director of retail at GlobalData, said Amazon is smart to secure former retail spaces, and that landlords are open to grocery stores because they help drive foot traffic. Sources told Yahoo!

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BOK scrambles to stem losses from shuttered tribal casinos

American Banker

Two years ago, the Tulsa, Okla., bank expanded its Native American casino lending business nationwide. It seemed like a great plan until the coronavirus pandemic struck.

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Retail Pulse: FAO Schwarz To Open New Flagship; Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery

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And Starbucks has a new investor : Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund controlled by activist investor William Ackman, now has about a 1.1 Louis, Orlando, Tampa and Tulsa, as well as additional areas of New York City and Seattle, the company said in an announcement. percent stake in Starbucks.

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DOJ settles another redlining case

CFPB Monitor

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has entered into a settlement with American Bank of Oklahoma (ABOK) to resolve allegations that ABOK engaged in unlawful redlining in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The DOJ opened its investigation of ABOK after receiving a referral from the FDIC.

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Amazon Sheds $35B In Four Days Of “Trump” Tech Crash

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“Technology provides the productivity gains for the global economy and many of the large-cap names like Apple and Amazon were carrying the torch for the market,” Channing Smith, a managing director at Capital Advisors Inc. in Tulsa, Oklahoma, said by phone. The firm oversees about $1.8 Banks were up 2.3 percent in that time.

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Entering the cannabis banking market

Independent Banker

When Oklahoma legalized the sales of cannabis for medicinal purposes in 2018, executives of $550 million-asset Blue Sky Bank in Tulsa, Okla., Cogent Bank designates specific cannabis subject matter experts in each market it serves and channels prospects to these relationship managers for optimal service. By Judith Sears.

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