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Raiders Stadium Caught In Contractor Non-Payment Lawsuit

PYMNTS

National Football League franchise the Oakland Raiders has been named in a lawsuit amid allegations of non-payment for construction on the team’s new stadium in Las Vegas. Reports in the Las Vegas Review-Journal this week said a subcontractor working on the stadium, ADF International, filed a lawsuit claiming it is owed $2.8

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B&M’s Inventory Issues Aren’t Going Away Online

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If storing and shipping an entire nation (or world’s) supply of products is the next great Gordian knot of online retail, then it pays to look at how the industry’s top dog is faring at the task. percent and 44 percent, respectively), the same couldn’t be said for Amazon’s logistics operations.

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The Solar Industry’s Most Active Investors

CB Insights

Investors like the US Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation have also been highly active in giving out grants and financing debt rounds. Among Engie’s investments is PEG Africa , a solar home system that operates across West Africa on a pay-as-you-go model. grant from the local Municipal Government of Dongguan.

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California Dreamin’ (Of A Higher Minimum Wage)

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The $15 hourly minimum wage would be the highest in the nation, and the proposal represents a potential game-changer in the battle to raise the federal minimum wage, which currently stands at $7.25 an hour on Jan. 1, 2017, then to $11 an hour one year later and will see annual increases of $1 until reaching $15 an hour on Jan.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Agnani, Director of Policy and Civic Engagement, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, Washington, D.C. O’Connor, Senior Vice President, Lending and Operations, Community America Credit Union, Shawnee Mission, Kan. New Consumer Advisory Board members are: Seema M.

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Field of Dreams

Independent Banker

Tony La Russa was a professional baseball manager for 33 years, serving the Chicago White Sox, the Oakland Athletics and the St. He was unanimously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013. He was unanimously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013. Louis Cardinals.

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Building from Scratch

Independent Banker

National Award Recipient. Bank Headquarters: Oakland, Calif. Like a craftsman bricklayer steadily assembling a sturdy house, Nelson built her successful career and her community bank in Oakland, Calif., Two years later, Nelson moved as a single mom to Oakland, where she again found a job as a teller at a regional bank.

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