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Governor Murphy Announces Proposed Fintech Accelerator in Hoboken

American Entrepreneurship

NJ FAST is the fourth Strategic Innovation Center in the state and will support research and development, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the Fintech and Insuretech Sectors HOBOKEN, N.J. Prudential is thrilled to become an anchor partner on the NJ Fast accelerator. SICs can be accelerators, incubators, or research centers.

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Shareholders approve Bird-SPAC merger, stock promptly falls

TechCrunch

first spotted the vote news ; Bird is based in the Los Angeles metropolitan agglomeration. Shares of Switchback II Corporation are off more than 14% in morning trading today, appearing to sell off sharply in the wake of news that the blank-check company’s merger with scooter company Bird has been approved by shareholders.