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Perficient Colleague Transforms No-Kill Animal Shelter with Technology Skills

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One of these shelters is the Hood River Adopt A Dog shelter in Oregon. He wanted to use his experience in technology to help the shelter in a unique way. Transfo rming the Shelter with Technology. How Perficient was Introduced to the Hood River Adopt A Dog shelter? “We

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Oregon-Based Simple Bank Laying Off Nearly 10 Percent Of Workforce

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Portland, Oregon-based online bank Simple reduced its workforce by nearly 10 percent earlier this week, marking its second round of layoffs in 2017. “We have been acting like a bank instead of a technology company. “We “We have been acting like a bank instead of a technology company. And that changes today.”

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Self-Checkout Hits A (Small) Speed Bump

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But at least a temporary blowback to the technology has begun, some of which has landed the issue in court and some of which has led Walmart and other retailers to rethink how it is used. In fact, in Oregon, the matter has gone to court. You can see expansion of self-checkout machines in stores across the country and in Oregon.”.

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CORO Global Brings Gold Payment App To Alabama

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The company – and its gold trading app – just expanded its reach in the United States with the addition of a license to operate in Alabama. CORO says its app is designed to fend off cyberattacks through the use of hashgraph distributed ledger technology (DLT). The future is looking a bit more golden for CORO Global.

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What #Banking Trend Will Have the Greatest Impact on Your Bank?

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This was the question posed to Bank Profitability students as part of the Oregon Bankers' Association's Executive Development Program (EDP). Shadow Banking refers to banking-like operations that take place outside of the mainstream banking industry. and 53% indirect costs: operations, IT, human resources, etc.

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Fitbit Introduces $5K Emergency Ventilator To Address Urgent Pandemic Needs

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Fitbit, the manufacturer of activity trackers and wearable technology devices, has received federal approval for a low-cost emergency ventilator. David Sheridan, co-director of Emergency Clinical Innovation Oregon Health & Science University.

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Amazon To Shut Down Free Sample Program

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Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov. They asked whether the technology could be accessed by foreign entities and whether the technology posed a risk to national security.

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