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Walgreens Adds To Digital 3.0 Momentum

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While Lululemon bought an entire company to get closer to consumers at home, Walgreens expanded a partnership with Microsoft and Adobe to launch a new customer insights platform the company says will deliver personalized healthcare and shopping offerings. Two new projects have already been tagged for the initiative.

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UnitedHealth Earnings Show Healthcare At The Crossroads

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healthcare system was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, a reality illustrated by UnitedHealth Group’s latest earnings report published Wednesday (Jan. The company previously reported that demand for healthcare services fell to two-thirds of baseline levels at its low point this spring. Every aspect of the U.S. billion in 2020.

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Amazon Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Staying Secure, Gaining New Ground And Getting Competitive

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The massive attack attempt was thwarted by AWS Shield, a service custom-built to defend the cloud-computing platform’s clients from being tagged by DDoS attacks. As for Walmart, the deal injects scale into attempts to build out its third-party marketplace while the global pandemic is providing a tailwind for eCommerce.

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Move It Or Lose It: Apple, Amazon And Other Big Tech Rivals Square Up In Connected Fitness Smackdown

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If the thought of another monthly subscription is troubling you, so far at least one major health insurer, United Healthcare, has said it will pick up the tab for five additional months of Fitness+ service after completion of the free trial. Amazon’s Halo Looks for Traction. Google – Fitbit Combination Finally Gets a Look.

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Transcript: John Hope Bryant

Barry Ritholtz

So I knew what Bank of America was because my mother, it was a big deal to go to the bank and open a passport account, or to go there with my mother every couple weeks, and have, or my dad to make an appointment with a local, the local branch banker might have been the mayor, I mean, he was a very important guy back in those days.

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Amazon Prompts USPS To Monetize The Mailbox

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Mail volume is off (we’ll get to the financials) and, at the same time, the service must pay billions of dollars in healthcare and retirement benefits annually. That Elf on the Shelf may be even more of a tough pill to swallow, at least in terms of price tag (and also ‘cause they are kinda creepy). Walmart , Inc.

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Transcript: Angus Deaton

Barry Ritholtz

Healthcare minimum wage. We’ll talk more about healthcare, which obviously is a world of difference. Which was in the sense, you know, I felt a lot of awe at the amazing things that went on in America and also a good deal of shock. Why don’t we talk first before we get to healthcare. Sort of idea, right?