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And Just One More Thing…The World’s First Look At the iPhone X

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Although the $1,000 price tag was anticipated and expected, it was nearly universally commented upon, as it officially makes Apple the price leader in its category (by about $50, as the latest and greatest from Samsung clocks in with a $950 price tag). Perhaps there is something to that $1,000 price tag, after all. percent.

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A Closer Look At Ripple’s Money-Saving Claims

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Last week, Ripple published a report outlining some of its boldest claims about the potential of distributed ledger technology, including that it could save banks money. We break down the company’s argument as presented in “ The Cost-Cutting Case for Banks: The ROI of Using Ripple and XRP for Global Interbank Settlements.”

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Amazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax

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Ideally, the requirement should have been [a goods and services tax] instead of TDS,” adding that “most retailers have net profit margins of about 3 percent, and this means that 33 percent of their net income has been blocked as TDS.”. ‘Rent-A-Bank’ Practices Examined. Facebook Fines.

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The Difference Makers: Key Person(s) Valuation

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From Alfred Sloan at General Motors to Jack Welch at General Electric to Steve Jobs at Apple, there is a history of CEOs being tagged as superstars (and indispensable to the organizations that they head), in successful companies. and that effect, as I have noted in my earlier discussions of narrative and numbers, can be all encompassing.

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The Price Tags Of Unwise Business Spend

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Plus, research places a price tag on B2B sales efforts, the alternative lending industry and small business expense practices. Expanded globally, the price tag of wasted money hits $1.4 All the stats funnel into the picture of how companies are spending their money — sometimes, not so wisely. trillion every year, reports said.

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Face-To-Face V.2021: What Zoom Teaches Us About The Connected Economy

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Given its hefty price tag and IT requirements, the technology was installed in conference or board rooms and not individual offices. Every part of our lives is changing this way: how we eat, shop, pay, travel, bank, work, communicate, have fun, live at home and stay well. And it was location-dependent.

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Transcript: Brian Hamburger

Barry Ritholtz

RITHOLTZ: Because it means we don’t really know why we’re slamming these two companies together other than the fees, the banking fees. HAMBURGER: So, I love putting on sports in the background that I’m marginally interested in. RITHOLTZ: Your bucket list, which most people don’t tag. HAMBURGER: Really?