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JANUARY 21, 2021

COVID-19’s Price Tag Leaves Large Hospitals At Financial Risk. Dominick Colabella, CEO of Rectangle Health, told Karen Webster a drop in elective procedures has even put large hospitals at a financial risk. The pandemic has upended almost every dynamic of the healthcare system from funding to operations to profits.

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JULY 17, 2019

Pioneers of the first diamond-coated unclonable security tag for supply chain security and end-to-end tracking, DUST Identity has announced $10 million in Series A funding. Led by Kleiner Perkins, provider of the company’s initial $2.3 million seed investment in 2018, the Series A is also backed by Airbus and Lockheed Martin, among others.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

Deem CEO John F. Now, SMBs can get the efficiency and cost savings opportunities of planning travel the way big companies do, without an overwhelming process or price tag.”. Rise does away with the need to handle each segment individually. Rizzo said the company hopes to work with SMBs in a way that major travel companies once did.

Transportation 63

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JULY 16, 2020

Advertisers will be able to tag ads with the new information. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who was born in India, announced the investment plan. An image fetched by Google’s computers will appear alongside text in search results. Another feature will highlight information such a short-lived sale in search results.

Advertising 56

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JULY 15, 2020

High-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos , Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett , Tesla CEO Elon Musk and others, were taken over in a wave of hackings on Wednesday (July 15), according to CNBC. Google , in late May, reported a resurgence of hacking and phishing incidents.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The tool also categorizes payments so people can track business spending and tag payments to a specific job or client. entrepreneurs, startups and independents using Cashplus will be freed up from tedious admin, leaving them more time to get on with the things they do best,” said Cashplus Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rich Wagner. .

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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

CEO Lyndon Davies recently told the BBC that “we have observed hitherto successful and profitable companies worldwide crumbling under the pressure [of the pandemic], with losses, closures and tumbling share values.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

The big price tag on Honest Company, however, is as much a limitation as it is an honor. About a year ago, the firm was in negotiations with Unilever about a potential partnership or acquisition, but that price tag pushed them instead to grab up competitor brand Seventh Generation for $600 million. So, is Honest no longer a unicorn?

Valuation 55

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JULY 1, 2020

Two new projects have already been tagged for the initiative. In 2019, we detailed our vision to be the experiential brand that ignites a community of people living the sweatlife through sweat, grow and connect,” Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald said in a statement announcing the Mirror deal.

Healthcare 99

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JUNE 20, 2019

And it rolled out a social network for the reporting of crimes called Neighbors that aims to have users upload videos as well as tag posts with labels such as “safety,” “suspicious” and “crime.”. The announcement was reportedly made by Worldwide Consumer CEO Jeff Wilke on June 5 at the company’s Las Vegas “re:MARS” conference.

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MAY 28, 2020

Google’s security experts had their hands full in April, as its Threat Analysis Group (TAG) emailed 1,755 warnings to users whose accounts were targets of hacking and phishing attempts by cybercriminals. Plus, Samsung and SoFi have partnered to offer a new mobile money management tool. Google Reports Resurgence in Pandemic Hacking, Phishing.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants users to be able to talk to one another across Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. A “From Facebook” tag will be will be visible in all marketing for Instagram and WhatsApp brands. Instagram’s direct-messaging staff is already reporting to the Facebook Messenger team, the sources said.

Communication 64

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MARCH 15, 2017

High-end watch company Tag Heuer brings consumer customization to a new level with its new connected smartwatch dubbed the Connected Modular 45. Tag Heuer’s CEO and president of its LVMH Watch Division, Jean-Claude Biver, commented on this new connected smartwatch release in a statement to TechCrunch.

Technology 40

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MARCH 14, 2016

Brands are focused on creating beautiful content that’s valuable to consumers, but most of it now is lost in our long social media feeds, alongside posts of cats and family updates,” Mark Alhermizi, Tagly’s founder and CEO, told TechCrunch.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

However, at the end of the day, Visa chose Eon , a sustainability-focused startup run by Founder and CEO Natasha Franck, with an idea for making the products that consumers purchase trackable — not only to the point of sale, but beyond. All the entries were, by Reilly’s account, “impressive,” and the scores were incredibly close.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

Meanwhile, smart products platform EVRYTHNG is using printed codes that customers can scan on their phones in order to view digital identities, according to CEO Niall Murphy. Companies can also get — and provide — important information when customers scan a product’s code or engage with its RFID tag. Customer interaction.

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JUNE 4, 2020

Bloomberg reported that the statement will escalate a feud between Musk and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos , whom Musk tagged in the tweet. Elon Musk said in a tweet that it’s “time to break up Amazon ,” citing the eCommerce giant’s monopoly as a reason to take action. “Monopolies are wrong!”

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JUNE 4, 2020

Bloomberg reported that the statement will escalate a feud between Musk and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos , whom Musk tagged in the tweet. Elon Musk said in a tweet that it’s “time to break up Amazon ,” citing the eCommerce giant’s monopoly as a reason to take action. “Monopolies are wrong!”

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MAY 20, 2020

Soon, sellers, brands and creators will be able to tag products from their Facebook Shop or catalog before going live and those products will be shown at the bottom of the video so people can easily tap to learn more and purchase. Now, we’re making it easier to shop for products in real time. Both services are free.

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APRIL 8, 2020

CEO and co-founder of AfterPay, told PYMNTS. “It yogi spends $62,640 on [yoga accessories and classes] over his or her lifetime, and this barrier could stand to be reduced,” Jessica Thompson, founder and CEO of yoga mat eTailer, YOGO , said in the latest Buy Now Pay Later Tracker®. Looking at yoga, for example, “The average U.S.

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APRIL 15, 2016

This coming Thursday (April 21), Alexis Maybank, Gilt Groupe cofounder and its first CEO, will launch a new foray into digital retail: Project September. The Project September team then tags the items in the photo (clothing, accessories, etc.) with product details from a database it is currently compiling.

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JULY 22, 2019

Below, PYMNTS examines some of the latest data behind the rise in government bodies being targeted in cyber and ransomware attacks — and the price tags with which these attacks come. . 460,000: the price tag for the Florida city of Lake City to regain control of its data and systems after its ransomware attack.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

The Sursy Founder and CEO Lauren Richardson, for instance, traveled quite a bit for work. The house contains items that come with small wooden tags that printed with the hashtag #SHOPTOSTAY. If the traveler likes an item, they can scan a quick-response (QR) code on the tag and take the product when they leave.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s CEO, said that prior to Airbnb’s IPO, the company was thinking about changing how consumers arrange their trips, as telecommuting is possible for a number of individuals. The feature is expected to appeal to creators and brands, and will also allow users to add shopping tags to their posts.

Valuation 56

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JULY 23, 2019

The FTC will also claim that Facebook didn’t tell about 30 million people that they could turn off a facial recognition tool that tagged people in photos. However, some advertisers had access to the contact details without permission from users. The consequences of the settlement on high-level Facebook executives has not been disclosed.

Advertising 53

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

On the shoe front, both Nikes and Louboutin heels were returned at a much higher than average rate with tags still on, in the box and never worn. And now, according to James Reinhart, thredUP’s co-founder and CEO, the company is ready to put that data to work as it makes the next big leap forward in its corporate evolution.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Thursday (Nov. Speaking during The New York Times ’ DealBook conference that was covered by TechCrunch , the new CEO of the ride-hailing company disclosed the targeted IPO timeline. If it’s too difficult to come up with a price tag for the stake, Son could walk away.

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MARCH 18, 2020

The pain started to become very evident on Wednesday (March 18), as the trade group that represents mall owners asked for a government bailout and big retail names started to put a price tag on the revenue losses they expected to incur. Simon closed all of its 209 malls effective Wednesday night. while opening hours will remain unchanged.

Retail 64

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MAY 16, 2018

The Choosy founder and CEO ran a test at the beginning of the year to see if the concept would work, selling four styles inspired by Bella and Gigi Hadid. Fashion Through Social Tagging. The experiment was a success and served as an “aha” moment for the soon-to-launch company.

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JUNE 13, 2019

“We are thrilled to welcome Scoot to the Bird ecosystem, and look forward to working with the Scoot team as we further scale our complementary missions — to replace car trips with micro-mobility options for all,” said Travis VanderZanden, founder and CEO of Bird, in a press release.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Matthew Zeiler, founder and CEO of Clarifai, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster in a recent interview that he wants Clarifai to remain an independent AI company. Clarifai offers customers an image and video recognition API that users can teach to automatically tag, organize and search visual content using machine learning. “If

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

While the program is still just a pilot, journalists working for Mashable will be able to take a photo of, say, a celebrity and tag elements of his or her outfit with links to similar products available for sale on eBay. For example, Mashable published a photo of Tom Hardy at the 2017 “Dunkirk” premiere in London.

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JULY 21, 2017

The price tags attached to the deals were reported as $3.7 The $470 million price tag will be funded by $90 million in cash and a $380 million loan. Perhaps presaging the MCPS deal, Paysafe Group’s CEO, Joel Leonoff, discussed the status of his company with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster in May.

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JULY 2, 2019

Apple blamed its fourth-quarter revenue shortfall on its China business, with CEO Tim Cook saying at the time that the shortfall was 100 percent due to iPhone sales, largely in China. Demand has been slumping in China for Apple products in part because of the hefty price tag.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

The social media firm purportedly contravened an Illinois state law via a “Tag Suggestions” functionality that enabled users to identify their friends from photos put on the platform in the past. In July, Facebook had bolstered its settlement offer to $650 million in the case, up from a previous $550 million.

Compliance 61

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APRIL 1, 2019

Apple blamed its fourth-quarter revenue shortfall on its China business, with CEO Tim Cook saying at the time the shortfall was 100 percent due to iPhone sales, largely in China. Demand has been slumping in China for Apple products in part because of the hefty price tag.

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MARCH 19, 2018

When it’s time to check out, customers go to a dedicated counter where the cashier makes sure they scanned the correct number of items and removes a security tag. It’s the most competitive [retail] environment we’ve ever seen,” Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette said at ShopTalk, according to CNBC.

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