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UBS Leads New Blockchain Settlement Group

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Credit Suisse Group AG, Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Banco Santander SA, Commerzbank AG, ING Groep NV, KBC Group NV, Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Mitsubishi UFG Financial Group Inc. You remove settlement risk, the counterparty risk, the market risk. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

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Wall Street Investors Place Their Bets On Millennials

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When it comes to stock market picks, Wall Street investors are placing their bets on the buying power of the millennial generation. Alexander Captain of Cat Rock Capital Management introduced Netherlands-based Takeaway.com NV. Meanwhile, two other investors were focused on mobile food ordering.

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Retail Pulse: Mattress Firm Mulls Bankruptcy; Walmart Plans Robotic Grocery Pickup

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Steinhoff International Holdings NV, which acquired the company in 2016, has reportedly sought to restructure some of its subsidiaries’ debt. If you told [shoppers] 10 years ago, ‘You’re going to buy a bed-in-a-box and you’re going to love that,’ they’d say ‘What?’” In Other Brick-And-Mortar News….

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