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10 Weekend Reads

Barry Ritholtz

He manages a diversified portfolio of late-stage growth equity in technology, consumer, health care, and financial services sectors. Here on Earth, there was a 1.7 second signal arrival delay. Wellington is one of the world’s top 20 asset managers, was founded in 1933, and runs $1.2 trillion in client assets.

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Pakistan Launches Payment System To Boost Financial Inclusion

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Pakistan has debuted a government-run instant digital payment system to help with financial inclusion and government revenue, Reuters reports. Payments for nationwide financial support programs, like the Benazir Income Support Programme and the Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme , can also be made through Raast, Reuters reports.

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Intuit Buys Credit Karma For $7.1B

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Intuit closed a deal to buy Credit Karma for a price tag of $7.1 Consolidation of this kind has been sweeping the financial technology sector as of late, with Intuit’s deal just the latest example. The deal lays bare the growing need for financial services groups to accumulate data. billion on Monday (Feb.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

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Slicing the data based on sector yields the following: Against, there are no surprises, with energy being the only sector to post positive returns and with consumer discretionary and technology generating the most negative returns. to 25% for the Eurozone. Investment Implications: Asset Classes, Geographies and Companies.

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Phishing Attacks Continue To Find Fuel In A Global Pandemic

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Its “Sector 17 – The State of Cybersecurity in the Legal Sector” analysis found that 100 percent of law firms surveyed around the globe had been targeted in a cyberattack, pointing to the industry’s $1 trillion market value, making it a prime target for data breaches, phishing attacks and other malicious online activity.

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Supply Chain Management’s Impact On Hospitals’ Financial Health

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It is generally accepted that digital supply chain management (SCM) strategies are good for business, yet it can be difficult to put a price tag on just how beneficial enhanced SCM can be. Sixty-six percent said the biggest area impacting supply chain management strategy is the internal financial pressure to reduce waste and costs.

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The One Industry That Stands To Gain The Most From Blockchain?

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While few working applications of blockchain technology are in use today by financial service providers, the industry continues to place its confidence — and money — behind the technology. The latest is global consulting firm McKinsey, whose new report has put a price tag on the potential of blockchain: $110 billion.