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Uber's Kalanick Pours $130M Into Ghost Kitchen Properties

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The properties, including closed restaurants, body shops and warehouses and are in cities including Portland, Oregon; Las Vegas, Nevada; Columbus, Ohio; and Nashville, Tennessee. As the world began to reopen by early summer, Uber exited the industry, saying it didn't need to own real estate.

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Small Town Government, Big Time Cybercrime

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They attack every industry you can think of,” said Ron Bush, an information security consultant, in a recent interview with NWI.com. . 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. .

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The Robots Are Coming – And Some Are Already Here

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That’s a big price tag, but it’s not so bad when one considers that doing that using humans to perform that kind of plant surveying work would cost roughly $300,000. An increasing number of manufacturers are making biped and quadruped robots available for industrial production. Such robots aren’t cheap. How useful is Bittle?

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SMB Spotlight: A Little Love From Mastercard For More To Love Yoga

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That’s why these industry giants make a point of giving the little guys a leg up whenever possible. Four finalists will enjoy extended mentorship by the industry experts who judged the contest, and one winner, Somerville-based, plus-size yoga studio More to Love , will receive $25,000 to grow its business.

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bareMinerals’ Back-To-Basics Retail Secret

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Before bareMinerals was a household name in cosmetics – its parent, Bare Escentuals , was a smallish bath and body retailer with an unusual product that had a small problem. That partnership carries a steep price tag – Nilsen will be paid $500,000 to be the face of the of the firm – making it one of the larger brand–blogger hook-ups to date.

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How Tech Is Reinventing How Brides Say Yes To The Dress

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We are aiming to disrupt this industry because it is really broken, and you can see that with the big-name players like David’s really suffering financially,” she said. “We But we’ve developed a lot of patterns in-house for a lot of body types, and there are a lot of cool things to be done in mass customization,” Vorhees said.

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Framing The FinTech Build Vs. Buy Debate

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There is a tipping point where the company cannot keep throwing bodies and money at the new issues tied to transaction monitoring that keep cropping up. This type of analysis should take place in a context where the fines are becoming more frequent, more varied and with higher price tags. Think of it as cross-pollination.