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SmartTag Startup Jiobit Sees $3M Seed Round

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Just recently, Jiobit closed a $3 million seed funding round with investors including Lior Ron, the cofounder of Otto (now owned by Uber); MATH Venture Partners; and Inflection Equity. Jiobit hopes to change that with its flagship tracker by leveraging wireless technology and machine learning that adapts to a child’s daily behavior.

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 The Amazon/Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Rethinking And Realigning

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It is a complicated question — and one greatly dependent on how exactly one lays out the math. This natural progression of integrating an acquisition allows us to fully leverage Walmart’s assets for Jet, and leverage Jet’s talent for Walmart,” Lore stated. market share. Au Voir : A Farewell To FedEx And Food Delivery.

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Start/Stop Cycle: Modern-Day Money Laundering And What To Do About It

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Also, in the 1920s, it had recently been ruled unconstitutional to make, transport or sell alcohol (because making a rule against something always stops people from wanting to do it, right?). The popularity of laundromats grew accordingly. Spoiler alert: People still wanted to drink.

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Transcript: Marcus Shaw

Barry Ritholtz

Also, transportation and logistics, Chattanooga was probably one of the biggest hubs for transportation logistics in the country. RITHOLTZ: Why is it not surprising that a math nerd is also a placekicker? You’re able to operate at a more efficient standard of living in terms of cost. SHAW: Well, it’s pure geometry.

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Transcript: Cathy Marcus, PGIM Real Estate

Barry Ritholtz

I was always good at math, but I really, I just didn’t relate to things that were more esoteric bonds options. But if you are in an old office building without great light, you have low ceilings, you have no amenities, you don’t have a lot of wellness attributes to your building, you’re not in your public transportation.

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Resetting Work/Life Balance By Getting Paid For Expertise

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Leveraging Educational Seminars And Webinars To Develop 401(k) Rollover Opportunities [34:33]. I started right out of college, and I remember throughout the early days of my career, I never wanted anyone to know what year I had graduated because I was like, “They’re going to do the math and figure out how young I am.”

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Transcript: Gretchen Morgenson

Barry Ritholtz

When you look at the history of the ’80s and even ’90s era LBOs, they seem to be a lot of lesser-known, not necessarily consumer-facing companies, transport and logistics and manufacturing. So, we talked earlier about RJR Nabisco. RJR is kind of one of the first names that average person would know. I want to get your take on it.