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Uber And Lyft Win Government Transportation Contract

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government is enlisting Uber and Lyft to help provide transportation services for public agencies and employees, Reuters reports. The deal is worth up to $810 million and will be able to assist over 4 million employees of the government nationwide. government was known to spend around $200 million on transportation every year.

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Amid Mixed Signals, US Economy Lifted As Consumer Spending Rises

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COVID-19 cases is on the rise, consumer spending in advance of the holiday season is boosting the economy, The Wall Street Journal reported. That’s even while household income likely declined as the effect of pandemic stimulus programs faded and Congress failed to enact new government aid programs. The Conference Board on Tuesday (Nov.

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OBL responds to the Chancellor’s announcement on the National Payments Vision

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OBL strongly welcomes the Government’s National Payments Vision , announced in Chancellor Rachel Reeves Mansion House speech , which sets out a clear plan to deliver further innovation and competition in the UK’s payments landscape. But we can go further.

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With Argentina’s Economy Slumping, Walmart Sells Stores To Grupo de Narváez

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Walmart, the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer, announced Friday (Nov. Walmart’s decision to sell its Argentinian retail operations, where it has over 90 stores and more than 9,000 employees, comes with one of the continent’s largest economies gripped in the throes of a severe economic crisis.

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ECB Cuts Key Rate, Initiates Bond Program To Stimulate Economy

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The European Central Bank (ECB) is hoping to revitalize the eurozone economy with a stimulus package consisting of a lower main deposit rate and a new bond-buying program, CNBC reported on Thursday (Sept. The interest rate was slashed 10 points to negative 0.5 percent, a record low. “In

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Alibaba Single’s Day 2020: Sales Records Broken, But New Chinese Regs Spoil The Party

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Alibaba ’s Singles Day performance on Wednesday (Nov. Singles Day — Alibaba’s popular shopping holiday that takes place every Nov. However, the company technically started Singles “Day” on Nov. The big gains were a great sign that the Chinese economy — and more specifically, consumer spending — is on a post-COVID rebound.

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Philly Fed Chief: Workers Need New Skills For Economic Growth

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Patrick Harker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, told Bloomberg on Tuesday (Nov. The economy will not grow unless we bring people up from the lower-skilled jobs into the middle class,” Harker said during an interview that will be part of Bloomberg’s Friday (Nov. The upended U.S.

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