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India's Quikr secures $60M to boost product development and expand its mobile business

Kohl's hiring 34% more employees this holiday selling season than last

Hiring levels for holiday retailers may hit dot-com boom level

Costco Canada no longer accepting American Express cards

Overstock.com donating 4% of all Bitcoin transactions to foundations advocating cryptocurrency

And finally... Walmarts in New York are under investigation for collecting a fake "sugar tax" on 66,000 12-packs of Coca-Cola during Father's Day weekend. Story

 

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