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Wal-Mart scraps its Amazon Prime rival

  Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is scrapping its ShippingPass program, which struggled to compete with Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime, opting instead for a two-day shipping model that doesn’t have annual membership fees. Subscribers of ShippingPass, which had offered two-day delivery for a $49 membership, will receive refunds as the service is eliminated, Wal-Mart said in a statement. The new approach — ...

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US regulations for drone flights over people face delay

  Bloomberg A long-awaited framework for allowing drone flights over people — a key step in the growth of the industry — has been put on hold because of security concerns, prompting fears that the standards will get caught up in the Trump administration’s anti-regulatory push. The dreams of companies such as Amazon.com Inc. to deliver packages via drone or ...

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Obamacare’s uncertainty puts USA health insurers in limbo

  Bloomberg Obamacare looks like it’s going away. Until that happens, big health insurers aren’t sure what to do with it. Republicans and President Donald Trump haven’t given details on how they’ll repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Uncertainty about the law, which covers millions of Americans, has left companies trying to figure out if they’re better off stuck ...

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