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Retailers Woo Homebound Consumers With Big Deals

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With the closure of nearly all casinos nationwide, the online gambling trade group iDevelopment & Economic Association (iDEA) is asking states to free up restrictions so casinos can replace some revenue lost from shutting doors — and help refill state tax coffers, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Big Names Embark On Spring Hiring Sprees

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Standing one’s ground in an Amazon -dominated retail market doesn’t happen by accident. The retailer has announced that it will be adding more than 1,000 new employees to its technology teams this year, increasing the size of its tech department by more than a third. Tech Giants. Prominent U.S.

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: HQ Enhancements, Empathetic AI And Special Guest Bernie Sanders

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“We are striving to attract and retain the best talent in order to win the future of retail and the key component of that is the work environment that we are creating,” said Dan Bartlett, Walmart’s executive vice president of corporate affairs, who is overseeing the project. Particularly when it comes to AI and advertising. Guess what?

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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Trade has been a big topic of conversation on the campaign trail, as have debt, taxes, wages, immigration and monetary policy. 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible? There is the answer we thought we would get when we asked store front businesses about taxes — and then there is the answer we did get.

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