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The Velocity of Risk – What Bankers Need To Know

South State Correspondent

Banks that are looking to enhance their risk management practices should consider incorporating the concept of the velocity of risk into their enterprise-wide risk management practices. In this age of social media, global interconnectedness, and market volatility, banks can be one tweet torrent away from a lightning-fast onset of risk.

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Auld Lang Syne: Remembering Social Media Milestones

Social Assurance

Though it’s now primarily used as a music and culture site, Myspace was one of the first social media networks that allowed personal profiles. 2007: The “#” first appears on Twitter and its name is changed among younger generations forever from “pound” to “hashtag.”. Consider 5-8 (per post, respectively) on Instagram.

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Burning Man: Silicon Valley’s Hottest Perk?

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The annual event, created by Larry Harvey and Jerry James in 1986, is now an international draw for visual artists, social media influencers, tech billionaires, independent thinkers and party animals of all stripes. There is no buying or selling, no stands, no marketing. In fact, it is actually offering to buy the tickets.

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Are Paper Catalogs Really Having A Moment?

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We’re sharing content in new ways because consumers are consuming content in new ways,” said Kendra Ferguson, media project manager for IKEA North America. According to the Data & Marketing Association , 9.8 billion in 2007. IKEA will reportedly reduce the print run of its 2019 catalog by 50 percent. The reason?

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Big Tech CEOs Didn’t Win Over Congress At Hearing

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But the hearing did highlight how the firms view their own positions in the market and what they think the future of oversight will look like. But lawmakers pushed back, citing antitrust allegations about iPhone app management features that seem to favor Apple’s own products. They also raised issues about the Apple App Store ’s rules.

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Why Publicity Stunts Go Wrong So Easily

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When planning a large-scale marketing push or publicity stunt, it can be easy to overlook the fact that getting attention is hard, and getting positive attention is even harder. And the summer of 2018 has already featured two flashy mass-market promotions that aimed for it, missed and got to watch things go spectacularly awry.

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Happy 10th Anniversary iPhone

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That is how the world first met the iPhone a little over ten years ago in January 2007, when Steve Jobs took to the stage to announce Apple’s latest and greatest innovation. And on June 29, 2007, we finally got it. In short, a lot of products come onto the market with big claims about changing the world. This is one device.

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