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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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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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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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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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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.

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How FinTech Helps SMBs Get A Grip On The Numbers

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Financial management is mission-critical to the health and vitality of small business (SMB), but it’s also one of the most difficult tasks for entrepreneurs and business owners that may have the skills to launch new products or services, but lack the accounting expertise to handle the numbers. Marrying Tech With Accountants.

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SMEs Forced To Live With New Normal Of Cyberattacks

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The price tag attached to a data breach on a small business has increased this year, according to new analysis from IBM and Ponemon Institute. With their newly released “ 2016 Cost of Data Breach: Canada ” report, the firms examined the financial impact of data breaches on 24 companies in Canada to assess the damage.