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Walmart Associates Train For Black Friday With Virtual Reality

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To enhance the training of its employee associates, Walmart is investing in virtual reality (VR) to help employees experience retail situations like the Black Friday rush. Walmart Senior Director of Digital Operations Brock McKeel said, according to the outlet, “The biggest advantage for us at Walmart is our associates.

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Two Perficient Colleagues Quoted in Forrester Report on Emerging Insurance Technologies

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Insurers are constantly striving to improve their operations, provide better experiences for customers, and minimize risks. ” And, while AI itself doesn’t inherently produce bias, models trained on biased data can exacerbate certain prejudices in decision-making processes.

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Toys R Us Eyes Liquidation Of US Operations

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operations, currently in bankruptcy, according to recent Bloomberg reports. The plans come as the company has yet — and the emphasis may be on “yet” — to find a buyer for those operations or finalize its debt restructuring plans. Overseas operations are also hampered, reports have noted, with the company’s U.K.

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FDIC settles Operation Choke Point lawsuit

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The FDIC has announced that it has entered into a settlement of the lawsuit filed against it and the OCC in 2014 by a trade group and several payday lenders challenging “Operation Choke Point” — a federal enforcement initiative involving the FDIC, OCC and other federal agencies. In July 2017, the D.C.

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Online Sports Betting Gets A Super Bowl Workout

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5), details emerged about the success and failure of the new online sports betting regime in the U.S. million worth of wages with legal New Jersey sportsbook operators, but that gambling operators lost $4.6 A clear picture of online gambling spend, losses and trends is yet to emerge, but some general data points provide detail.

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Dermatology 2.0: Dr. Dhaval Bhanusali Goes B2B With Online Skincare Platform AIRE

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He’s creating online platforms to better digitally integrate the entire dermatological field — including the SkinStore, which is the operation’s commerce arm. He said some other doctors are using their sales proceeds to support residency training for dermatologists, or to help offset their costs during a pandemic.

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German Railway Operator Ditches Mobile Ticketing

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According to Telecompaper , many Deutsche Bahn patrons still buy paper tickets at the station, print their online tickets at home or use a paper-based subscription for their train fare. The company’s DB Navigator app reportedly has less than 100,000 registered users, and the service is expected to be shut down by the end of the year.

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