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LimePod Car-Sharing Service Calls It Quits In Seattle

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In the second closure of a free-floating carshare in Seattle in two months, Lime has announced it is winding down LimePod. BMW’s car-sharing service, ReachNow , stopped operating in Seattle and Portland in July. Lime will continue to operate its on-demand electric scooter and bikeshare service in Seattle.

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BI Ignite 2019: Umpqua’s Go-To Platform Moving to a 24/7 Service, CEO Says

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Umpqua Bank’s Go-To human-digital live support platform is moving to a 24/7 service, Cort O'Haver, President and CEO of Umpqua Holdings Corporation, announced at Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 in Seattle on Tuesday. Access to the Go-To platform is free for the Portland, Ore.-based He said the decision had been made just that morning.

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Silicon Valley Investor Aims To Create Tech Hub In Maine

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A new research institute in Portland, Maine, is intended to electrify the local economy and provide a hub for multiple career fields outside of the major cities that dominate most tech job searches. The test project was introduced Monday (Jan. 27) by a host of officials including Gov.

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Amazon Donates Delivery Services To Help Feed Those In Need

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” The Seattle-based Amazon added that it has “piloted deliveries of hundreds of thousands of meals with Portland Public Schools and Seattle Public Schools, and delivered meals and devices for the Los Angeles Unified School District.”

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Uber Connect Expands For Holiday Package Delivery

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Paul, Nashville, New Jersey, the New York City suburbs, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, Portland, Salt Lake City, Seattle, St. Louis, Tucson and Upstate New York.

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Restaurant Operator Blames Bankruptcy On Wage Hike

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As a large employer in the Seattle metro market, for instance, the company was one of the first in the market to be forced to institute wage hikes.”. The wage increases in Portland, San Francisco and Seattle carried wage expenses to $10.6 Approximately 50 workers are on salary at its Seattle headquarters.

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Amazon’s Next Brick-And-Mortar Shop

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Blame the people or blame the media, but Portland has acquired a reputation as a haven for the slightly off-kilter and the anti-mainstream. Fortune is reporting that sources have confirmed Amazon’s intentions to open a third brick-and-mortar bookstore in Portland, Oregon.

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