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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

31) the managing director of the 44-story landmark said it will close permanently next month and 200 jobs will be lost. the Irvine, California-based real estate investment trust which controls the hotel, said the notice to state officials “was not intended to imply that there is a permanent closure.”

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JULY 27, 2019

A host of potential resolutions to the mystery flooded across the web – the most popular being that this was some kind of marketing stunt by In-N-Out, possible portending a New York opening. The problem with marketing stunts is that they rarely thread that needle. But In-N-Out was pretty adamant that it wasn’t them. But they didn’t.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In PYMNTS’ latest B2B venture capital roundup, which yielded $75 million in new funding, startups embraced distributed ledger technology for B2B payments and supply chain management, with 80 percent of total funding landing at blockchain companies. Envoy Group. The $13 million raised for U.K.

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APRIL 22, 2020

When you look at the history of retailing you see that some goods and services lend themselves to the standardized experience and market disruption that you’ve seen from the Amazons of the world,” said Shift CEO Toby Russell. Second, it announced a special pricing program for essential California workers who need to travel during the crisis.

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MARCH 22, 2020

San Francisco crypto exchange Coinbase saw a spike in traffic and a surge of $2 billion during one 24-hour period amid the chaotic strife of the coronavirus-ridden markets. Other crypto companies have struggled with outages, market deficiencies and other issues.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Legislation in California that aims to expand worker protections for so-called gig economy workers has led to a debate in the state’s freight services market and a lawsuit hoping to block the law. New legislation in California, set to take effect in January, was met with resistance from the California Trucking Association (CTA), Yahoo!

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MARCH 1, 2020

Managed by Q co-founder Dan Teran was in talks to buy his company back from WeWork — which the office-sharing firm acquired in April 2019 — but those talks have apparently fallen apart, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Feb. WeWork reportedly paid $220 million for Managed by Q last year. 28), citing sources familiar with the matter. .

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

the digital payment and open banking provider based in Redwood City, California, has hired Jonathan Vaux as general manager of its European operations, the company announced on Wednesday (Sept. i2c Inc. , Vaux has more than two decades of experience in payments and product and service development, i2c said.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Initialized Capital Management has notched $230 million for Initialized V , the California venture firm’s fifth fund, which is geared toward backing early-stage companies, Bloomberg reported. Initialized Capital Management Co-Founder Garry Tan told Bloomberg, “We love finding tomorrow’s unicorns.”.

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JULY 16, 2018

Market watchers have sent out a warning that the U.S. Credit spreads are the other element that’s a pretty big tell,” said Gene Tannuzzo, senior portfolio manager at Columbia Threadneedle Investments in Minneapolis. Some fund managers also believe that a strong U.S. economy might be heading toward a recession.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The combined company, to be led by Metromile CEO Dan Preston , will have a pro forma market capitalization of approximately $1.3 Investors Social Capital, Hudson Structured Capital Management, Miller Value, Clearbridge and Mark Cuban have committed to investing $160 million through a private placement of INSU II Class A common shares.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

help students create lasting memories and friendships through shared experiences, and look toward international markets.” . “This new funding will allow us to. The college calendars are monitored and updated by what IRL calls “student ambassadors,” to assist students with tracking activities and organizing events. "IRL

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

It was a busy time for B2B venture capital this week, and while funding ranged across verticals from expense management to SaaS, there was a clear theme in investment rounds: high-tech data analytics. Data Management. The company said it will use the backing to focus on its go-to-market strategy and expand existing leadership.

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JUNE 22, 2019

It seems every firm is trying to find a way into the expansive — and ever-growing — “health and wellness” market. In the last few years, wellness has become a dominant lifestyle value that is profoundly changing consumer behavior and changing the markets.”. As of 2018 health and wellness was a $4.2 The industry now represents 5.3

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In today’s top news, the stock market takes its biggest hit since 2015 due to mounting fears over the coronavirus, and an ex-Microsoft engineer is found guilty of stealing $10 million in digital currency. Coronavirus Decimates US Stock Market $1.7T stock market is taking a hit due to mounting fears over the coronavirus.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

The company, based in Oakland, California, is one of the growing numbers of eCommerce sites trafficking in used goods, competing with old stalwarts like Salvation Army Thrift Stores. Despite concerns in the market about the COVID-19 pandemic affecting purchases of used clothes, ThredUp says it's added customers this year, Bloomberg writes.

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

This could also result in delays for customers and negatively impact a company’s bottom line, which is why new expense management solutions are emerging at a rapid pace. Similarly, the SaaS-based expense management market will register a CAGR of 8 percent between 2018 to 2025, with the global market size reaching $43.5

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MAY 14, 2020

Those include hiring in certain markets, delivering more packages on Sundays and working with shippers to manage capacity,” the firm said. Typically, FedEx manages volume by getting forecasts from companies months in advance for how many packages they intend to ship during certain periods. Macy’s Inc., Mercato Inc.,

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MARCH 7, 2019

Small businesses continue to struggle amid a tight labor market in the U.S., according to payroll and human resource management solution provider Paychex. “Businesses continue to face challenging hiring conditions due to the tight labor market,” said Paychex President and CEO Martin Mucci in another statement.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

19) that it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to California-based private equity firm Kingswood Capital Management, according to a statement. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. said on Tuesday (Jan.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

real estate market has spent the summer booming despite an economy hit hard by the pandemic. We’re basically seeing one of the most robust housing markets that we’ve ever seen,” Uher said. “We’re We’re basically seeing one of the most robust housing markets that we’ve ever seen,” Uher said.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

executive Tom Siebel , is pricing its initial public offering (IPO) above the marketed range, aiming to make $651 million, Bloomberg reported , quoting unnamed sources familiar with the goings-on of the company. The company, based in Redwood City, California, sold 15.5 The company, based in Redwood City, California, sold 15.5

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The San Francisco Chronicle , citing a letter to the California Employment Development Department sent by Apple, reported the layoffs are happening at Project Titan , its self-driving car unit. Tom Neumayr, a spokesman for the Cupertino, California iPhone maker, confirmed the letter sent to the state.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Ptolemus expects the v-commerce market to be dominated by fuel and parking payments. The category has also been moved by the late August announcement that Discover and Car IQ, a California FinTech, have partnered to create a payment platform for v-commerce payments beginning with automotive fleets.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

46, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Bern Benoit, 44, of Burbank, California. In Arkansas, a project manager employed by a major retailer has pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges for filing fraudulent bank loan applications seeking more than $8 million in PPP loans.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Subscription management platform provider Zuora is working with Kia Motors America to offer connected car subscriptions. Kia’s limited UVO service started in 2009, but it needed the right infrastructure to launch a mass-market version. Zuora was launched in 2007 in Redwood City, California by Tien Tzuo, Cheng Zou and K.V.

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Post-merger Banc of California will target "in-market relationship banking" by focusing on treasury management services and loan growth to boost "low-cost" commercial deposits, CEO Jared Wolff said.

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MARCH 3, 2020

California’s Assembly Bill 5 ( AB5 ) was signed into law last year, but the legislation, which lays out rules to classify workers as either employees or independent contractors, continues to cause debate and disruption, with the trucking industry, one of the most heavily affected markets. Easing The Transition With Technology.

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APRIL 2, 2020

Big Data analytics reached a market valuation of $29.87 Financial data is useful in helping banks develop wide-reaching marketing campaigns, but social data is critical to developing offers for specific customers. Every interaction tells banks what customers actually want, meaning FIs just need the right tools to interpret this data.

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AUGUST 30, 2019

Elwood Asset Management — owned by British billionaire and Brevan Howard Founder Alan Howard — is planning a $1 billion venture into the crypto hedge fund space. The asset manager is developing a platform that would tailor portfolios of cryptocurrency funds for institutional investors, the Financial Times reported on Aug.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Vouch Insurance , which offers insurance to high-growth technology firms through an online platform, said last week that it has raised $45 million in a funding round, and has expanded its service into California. The company’s platform offers insurance for general liability, management liability, cybercrime and a range of other coverage.

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APRIL 28, 2017

leads the rest of the world in the total value of FinTech investment due to the large amount of funds available to invest in the market, with investors focusing on late-stage, clear front-runner FinTech companies,” said KMPG U.S. The company said it will also look to expand into new markets. According to KPMG’s U.S. “In

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MARCH 13, 2019

Transparency is one theme: 40 percent of participants in the study noted they do not fully trust their partner to manage their combined finances. Read: For Richer or Poorer: How 5 People Co-Manage Money With a Significant Other.]. “He managed to lose over 70 percent of both of their IRAs … in an up market,” Lambert says.

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JULY 5, 2020

billion for Whole Foods , the online retail giant is planning to open its second automated-checkout grocery store in Seattle’s Eastside neighborhood and is hiring managers for a third store in the city’s Capitol Hill district, The Seattle Times reported. Three years after it paid $13.4 And it’s not stopping there. the Times reported.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Growth of FinTech funding seems unstoppable, with the latest analysis from Hampleton Partners finding enterprise financial services and integration, online financial services, enterprise financial software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) risk management as some of the hottest spots for investors this year. 2nd Address. 2nd Address.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

As legal cannabis spreads, the industry is a big opportunity for FinTech, as industry players struggle to manage intense compliance requirements and limited access to traditional financial services. API management platform Cloud Elements landed an undisclosed investment from American Express Ventures, the companies said this week.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Socure provides cloud-based fraud prevention and identity verification functionality to its business customers, and said in its announcement it plans to use the funding to focus on sales, marketing, research and customer support team expansion. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California.

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