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MTrac Launches Marijuana Payments Platform For Louisiana

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The state of Louisiana has entered legal marijuana territory with medical cannabis access beginning this week. According to MTrac, its payments platform was developed in cooperation with “the main bank in Louisiana” that plans to provide bank account services to the state’s marijuana-related businesses. Global Payout Inc.

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Apple To Shutter 30 More US Stores Again Amid Pandemic

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As instances of the coronavirus quickly increase in a number of regions across the nation, Apple plans to shutter 30 more stores in the United States on Thursday (July 2) at the latest. Their reclosures reportedly are a negative barometer of the ease with which retail operations are able to resume throughout the country.

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New Orleans City Services Hit With Cyberattacks

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13) about “suspicious activity” on the city’s networks, and then later told residents that it had “activated its Emergency Operations Center.”. One of the tweets informed the city’s residents that it was working with “ cybersecurity resources” from the National Guard, the Secret Service and the FBI. On Friday (Dec.

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Identity As A Service To The Rescue

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That upgrade is coming in the form of national digital ID initiatives now underway in a number of countries from Argentina to Ukraine. federal government doesn’t issue a national identity card, so a number of states have taken it upon themselves. Add those to the 4.6 Passports aside, the U.S. Making Social Safe Again.

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A ‘Diaper’ By Any Other Tax Code: The Complexities Of Selling Across State Tax Laws

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Out-of-state retailers that sold into California, Louisiana and South Carolina are being asked to retroactively comply with remote seller laws, and pay taxes on sales conducted in the years before the laws were in place. National Retailers On Staying Compliant When Tax Exemptions Are Only Statewid e.

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36 State Attorneys General settle with CarMax over non-disclosure of open safety recalls

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Joe Wilson, Chief Operating Officer, stated: CarMax led the industry in recall transparency by sharing vehicle specific recall information in-store and online to ensure our customers know about open recalls prior to purchase.

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The Strange Spending Trends Around Sales Tax Holidays

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According to the National Retail Federation , as of last year parents entered August with about 45 percent of their back-to-school shopping done. This year 17 states will have sales tax holidays of one form or another — up from 16 last year, but down from the national high of 20 states in 2010. In 2017, Americans spent $83.6

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