Square Inc. said it acquired startup OrderAhead’s dining pickup website and app that allow people to place take-out orders and skip the line at restaurants. The deal gives the payments processor access to more diners and eating establishments for its Caviar food-delivery service, which Wednesday announced its own restaurant pickup program.
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Sharp vision: New glasses help the legally blind see
In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, Yvonne Felix wears eSight electronic glasses and looks around Union Square during a visit to San Francisco. The glasses enable the legally blind to see.
Square Tops Sales Estimates on Growth of Bigger Merchants
Square Inc., the electronic-payments company run by Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey, topped sales estimates for the fourth quarter, bolstered by larger merchants that are contributing an increasing share of Square’s payments volume. The shares climbed as much as 6.2 percent in extended trading.
Rain at J.P. Morgan Health Meeting Is a Tonic for Hotel Revenue
At this year’s annual meeting of health-care executives and investors in San Francisco, an industry criticized over the high prices of its drugs got a taste of its own medicine. The four-day J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, known more for speed-date meetings and deals than actual presentations, this year packed thousands of investors, bankers and executives into the rain-soaked Union Square neighborhood.