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Amazon Opens Three More Brazilian Logistics Hubs

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The eCommerce surge generated from the COVID-9 pandemic has prompted Amazon to open three additional logistics hubs in Brazil, according to a report in Reuters on Monday (Nov.

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Blockchain Startup Ripple Registers Trademark For New PayString Offering

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Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for PayString, which will likely be a new offering, according to a report in CoinDesk on Friday (Nov. Since its founding in 2012, Ripple has received funding totaling $293.8 Silicon Valley’s Ripple , a blockchain payments startup, has filed a trademark with the U.S.

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Airbnb Files For IPO Likely To Value The Company Around $30B 

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Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday (Nov. In October, news surfaced that Airbnb would list its shares on the Nasdaq, likely making it that market’s largest listing since Facebook 's $16 billion IPO in 2012, according to a published report. Airbnb filed paperwork with the U.S.

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Airbnb Establishes Host Endowment Ahead Of IPO

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Its filing will be available after the Nov. The company’s listing will be the biggest Nasdaq filing since Facebook's $16 billion filing in 2012. Airbnb , valued at $18 million in April, is expecting to raise about $3 billion in its IPO. The listing is anticipated to be among the biggest this year. 3 election.

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Online Grocer Ocado Acquires Robotics Companies To Drive Automation

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Owning Kindred Systems of San Francisco and Haddington Dynamics of Las Vegas will help Ocado tackle “one of the world’s hardest challenges in robotics, the picking and packing of groceries,” the company said in a press release on Monday (Nov. Ocado is embroiled in a patent lawsuit over robotically operated warehouse technology with AutoStore.

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Bank Branch Closings Take Toll On Rural Communities 

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lost bank branches between 2012 and 2017, with rural areas feeling the brunt of the closures, according to research from the Federal Reserve released on Monday (Nov. More than half of the 3,114 counties in the U.S.

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FinTech Plaid Teams With Banking Platform Jack Henry

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“We developed Plaid Exchange to make open finance as simple as possible for financial institutions — no matter their size,” Niko Karvounis , Plaid head of product, institutions said in a statement on Tuesday (Nov. Plaid was launched by William Hockey and Zach Perret in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco. .

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