Amid these marketplace fluctuations, businesses are turning to payment companies for solutions that enhance efficiency and digitization. That’s what Dean M. Leavitt, founder and CEO at Boost Payment Solutions, told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster for the series “What’s Next in Payments: Quarterly Scorecard” The health of the consumer market often serves as a leading indicator for B2B activity.
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Mellow Mushroom celebrates 50th anniversary with limited-time-only anniversary menu. Founded in Atlanta, Georgia & now operating 160+ locations across 17 states, the iconic pizza bakers are all about being high on pizza, people and passion. Each location is locally owned and operated, providing a local flare baked in with Mellow’s trippy vibes.
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Walmart announced the closure of all its health clinics and related telehealth services. The Arkansas-based retailer said it decided to shutter all 51 Walmart Health centers and the Walmart Health Virtual Care offerings after realizing it wasn't a sustainable business model.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is the first pediatric medical center to sign value-based contract. Boston Children's Hospital is now part of the health plan's pay-for-equity financial payment model. Blue Cross has one of the country's largest pediatric primary care physician organizations, with more than 500 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and integrated behavioral health providers.
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Scientists are expanding their investigations of consciousness to a wider range of animals, including octopuses and even bees and flies. If there’s “realistic possibility” of “conscious experience” in an animal, it is irresponsible to ignore that possibility in decisions affecting that animal”, the researchers write in a document they call The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness.
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Social media and a rolling news cycle have led to significant increase in and diversification of the types experts circulating in the public sphere. It has also introduced media dynamics into the production of knowledge. One of the most striking trends in science communication over the past decade has been the shift in the profiles of science communicators, and the techniques they use. Many of them regularly use social media to post conversational updates that combine science content with details about their lives, hobbies and opinions.
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Terique Owens signed with his father's original team, the San Francisco 49ers. "All we ever asked for is an opportunity. He’s wanted to make his own name and carve his own path to get to where he is," Terrell Owens tells CBS Sports.
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Limitless Sports Club is providing a modernized youth basketball experience. The goal is to set kids up for long-term success through both physical and mental preparation. Mark Waite credited the game of basketball for helping him grow up off the court. He’s helping kids gain confidence in a time that’s so important to their development.
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This story appeared in The Eagle's April 2024 print edition. This story was edited by Penelope Jennings, Zoe Bell, Delaney Hoke and Abigail Pritchard. Women’s soccer has recruited male practice players in recent years.
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Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube and Sanju Samson have all been selected in India's 15-man squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup starting on June 1 in the USA and the West Indies. The squad, announced on Tuesday afternoon, will be led by Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya as the vice-captain.
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