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Today In Retail: Bed Bath & Beyond Completes Sales Of Cost Plus World Market; Starbucks To Help Out Washington State With Vaccine Distribution

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In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond said it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to a private equity firm, while Starbucks will help Washington state with the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. Bed Bath & Beyond Finishes Sale Of Cost Plus World Market To PE Firm. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

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Dynamic Hedging and Washington Trust Bank

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After a strong surge off the market’s March 23 rd low, volatility returned to the markets last week. Practitioners of this strategy believe that trading in and out of positions in response to daily market gyrations increases costs, reduces returns, and is almost guaranteed to undermine an investor's long-term objectives.

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How to Use AI and NLG to Write Marketing Content

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Back in 2017, Julia McCoy at the Content Marketing Institute, wrote about Content Creation Robots and cited examples from the Washington Post and Associated Press. The Washington Post used a system they built called Heliograf to write social media posts from the content.

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Square Partners With Washington Nationals To Offer In-Seat Concessions

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Payments company Square has partnered with the Washington Nationals and Levy Restaurants to let fans order concession menu items right from their seats, according to reports. Fans can use the Square-owned Caviar app and the Square POS terminal to order everything from food to beer and wine while enjoying the game from the stands.

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Report: Washington Post’s Arc Publishing On Delivering Digital Payments Choice

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Researchers are also predicting that the global demand for such integrations will likely drive double-digit market growth over the next five years. Recent studies suggest that the payments gateway market is on course to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.4 percent through 2025, when it is expected to total $42.9

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TikTok’s Head To Connect With Legislators In Washington

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As suspicions surrounding the app’s ties to China continue to increase, TikTok chief Alex Zhu will meet with legislators in Washington, D.C. reportedly wrote in a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that “ample and growing evidence” exists “that TikTok’s platform for Western markets, including the U.S.,

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Big Tech CEOs Head To Washington July 27 To Testify In Antitrust Probe

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The concern has long been that each of the four Big Tech firms have used their position to squeeze out competition and dominate the market. That suit concerns Google’s alleged abuse of its power in the advertising market. tech scene and he wants to change that. All four firms are also being looked into by the U.S.