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Today In Payments: New Funding Values Tink At $824 Million; Starbucks Shifts 45 Pct Of Stores Toward Drive-Thru, Order Ahead

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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. Tis the Season ….

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COVID Retail Update: Mall Group Asks For Bailout

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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. Other scary numbers are being thrown around. Add closures across the U.S.

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Airports Expand Range Of Digital Identity Technology

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And hopes for recovery have been dimmed as of late by the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, which has further dimmed prospects for consumers regaining their enthusiasm or flying the friendly skies. Among the segments affected by the pandemic, air travel remains near the top of the list when it comes to industries that have been hard hit.

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Transcript: Michael Lewis on SBF & FTX

Barry Ritholtz

Can I just tag along? I just knew I had this, I had a theory of, I had a theory about how I wanted my next book to work before Covid. I don’t wanna bore you with this, but before Covid I had made a decision that I wanted to walk into books with characters that I wasn’t gonna, I wasn’t gonna know what the story was.

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Transcript: Benjamin Clymer & Jeffery Fowler, Hodinkee

Barry Ritholtz

And it’s funny, actually, before I even get into that, coming to Bloomberg is actually my favorite place to go, because it is the only location that I visited pre-Hodinkee and post-Hodinkee. And so this is one of the few places, really, in the world that unites my pre-Hodinkee and present-day world. We were pre-revenue at that.

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Transcript: Stephen Suttmeier

Barry Ritholtz

So instead of pursuing business, I pursued pre-med. So, you know, after I, I, so what I did was I was looking around for finance jobs, and obviously you’re not gonna hire, you know, a pre-med bio major, an English writing major. When we talk about breadth, we’re talking about the numbers of advancers versus decliners.

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Transcript: Howard Lindzon

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He was a pre-IPO investor in companies like Facebook and Twitter. We’re going pre-Boba Fett. RITHOLTZ: No, so just put some jingle in your pocket LINDZON: Yes, this was our first real hit pre-internet. It’s kind of like pre-Twitter. Uh, Fred said to give me your number.” I’m going way back.

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