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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

Cybersecurity Ventures, a US research firm, predicts that cyber-attacks “will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015” ( PwC, 2018 ). If you are an IT company that creates software, hiring developers to check code can be a good defensive strategy. So, why is data on devices prone to attack? References.

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Is the Stock Market in Big Trouble?

The Fearless Marketer

Do you remember the stock market crash of 2008? On Monday, September 29, 2008. Until 2018, it was the largest point drop in history. On Monday, September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. Fast forward to 2018. in October for its biggest monthly drop since October 2008, while a 6.9%

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

Record number of small business sales in 2018! 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Between 35 & 45% of these owners are 65 or older (2018). Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015? This as per bizbuysell.com. Our first question is: what is “small?” Pretty small. And guess what? Easy money.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: IMF "Baseline Scenario.

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. The optimistic scenario assumes 2% growth, but that scenario does not start until 2018, and only if labor reforms in Spain and Europe take place. Projections 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018. Dollar Collapse News on the Dollar's Death Spiral.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Gold Backwardation.

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Using the above oil chart as a basis (assuming the gold chart were the same), backwardation implies that someone could borrow money today and pay it back in 2018 for 80 cents. or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy.

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

Inequity and discrimination result from failure, one person at a time, one action at a time (Greenleaf, 2008). Leadership is a system increasingly influenced by technology and consists of the leader, followers, the situation, and time (Sosik & Jung, 2018).

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Growth of Fintech and Disruption of Brick-and-mortar Financial Institutions

Tom Spencer

The idea that technology can be configured to drastically improve the delivery and usability of finance began taking off following the financial crisis of 2008, when consumer distrust for traditional banks combined with the increasing popularity and functionality of smartphone apps. Statista (2018) Mobile Banking in the United States.