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4 Mistakes That Kill Crowdsourcing Efforts

Harvard Business

Back in 2011, crowdsourcing was fueling an explosion in open innovation. Precisely because they are unique, one Quirky product rarely improves another Quirky product, whereas one Uber ride helps benchmark the price and quality of another Uber ride and each Google search helps improve results of another Google search.

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Diving Into the Payroll Report: Wages Rebound (But Don't Get Too Excited), Revisions, Huge Jump in Labor Force

MishTalk

The annual benchmark process also contributed to these revisions. Job gains occurred in retail trade, construction, health care, financial activities, and manufacturing. Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses since the last published estimates and the monthly recalculation of seasonal factors.

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Italian Banks Hammered; Bad Loans Hit €201 Billion; End of Draghi PUT; Get Out Now!

MishTalk

cents on Monday, surpassing the previous record low of November 2011. Construction of a bad bank has been a constant headache for the Italian authorities. Lenders in the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index have erased about a third of their value since reaching a four-year high in July, falling to their lowest levels since November 2012.

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