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National Restaurant Association Framework Aims To Close Gap Between Restaurants And Aggregators

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16), the National Restaurant Association offered up seven public policy tenets that – in collaboration with delivery aggregators – are being billed as a “framework” for the delivery industry. That roster includes Washington State, New Jersey, Chicago and New York City. With data sharing, to boot.

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SBA Struggling To Meet Demand For Relief Loans

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So far, $50 billion across 178,000 loans have been approved according to Larry Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Council. The Federal Reserve announced earlier this week that a new program was in the works that would facilitate buying the loans from banks, but no information has been released yet.

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Today In Retail: L’Occitane’s US Division Files For Chapter 11; AutoFi Rolls Out Division For Corporate Clients

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Plus, a new Federal Reserve Bank of New York study finds that individuals anticipate that the economy will rebound by next year. division has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey. L’Occitane’s US Unit Enters Bankruptcy As Part Of Lease Negotiations . L’Occitane’s U.S. Moreover, the study discovered that 54.6

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NJ Launches First Mobile App For Lottery Tickets

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New Jersey is the first state lottery to authorize lottery courier services formally, enabling the placement of orders via a mobile app, according to an announcement from the company. . Players in New Jersey can place orders in the app for favorites like Powerball, Mega Millions, Cash4Life, and New Jersey’s Pick-6.

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Senators Push For Bill That Would Force Retailers To Accept Cash

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Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) and Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) have introduced a bipartisan measure that would forbid merchants from declining cash payments from customers as businesses promote contactless digital payments amid the COVID-19 health crisis, CNBC reported. D-New Jersey) last year. If two U.S.

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JPMorgan: GDP Could Drop 40 Percent, Unemployment Could Reach 20 Percent

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JPMorgan Chase has dimmed its view of the future yet again, now saying the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) could sink by as much as 40 percent in the second quarter due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to CNBC. That’s an increase from the already-dire 25 percent drop JPMorgan previously predicted.

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NJ Online Gaming Revenue Set To Grow 66 Pct This Year

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With blackjack and roulette on mobile phones, the growing market for online sports wagering in New Jersey has introduced gamblers to virtual casino games. Mobile betting, however, is only allowed in five: New Jersey, West Virginia, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Nevada per earlier reports.

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