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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Finally, resolution of failing financial institutions requires that the deposit insurance fund be strongly capitalized with real reserves, not just federal guarantee.” percent in 2004, a decline of 1.1 By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004.

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Is Shopify a Fintech player now?

Lars Markull

The company was founded in 2004, went public in 2015 and the stock price is on a crazy 200% rally in the last twelve months. Facebook announced Facebook Shops that enables Facebook and Instagram Business users to create a shop inside their own social media presence. But what happened last week?

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Is Shopify a Fintech player now?

Lars Markull

The company was founded in 2004, went public in 2015 and the stock price is on a crazy 200% rally in the last twelve months. Facebook announced Facebook Shops that enables Facebook and Instagram Business users to create a shop inside their own social media presence. But what happened last week?

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

In a deal that aimed to open the Chinese coal markets, US heavy-equipment behemoth Caterpillar paid $677M in 2012 to acquire ERA Mining Machinery Ltd. The Chinese coal market is one of the biggest in the world and this deal looked like easy money. a leading producer of hydraulic coal-mine roof supports in China. Google and Motorola.

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From Instagram To Slack: 9 Successful Startup Pivots

CB Insights

Today, Instagram is one of the more popular social media platforms. Owned by Facebook, the image- and video-sharing service is worth an estimated $100B, boasts 1 billion users, and has spawned a new class of marketing careers for savvy users. Source: Wayback Machine. Source: Shopify Investor Deck 2016.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

CB Insights

Coda Automotive was an early player in the electric vehicle market, an early failure, and a great example of why being early is not always an advantage — even if the future your company envisions is probably the right one. Another, larger problem was that the market for electric cars did not take off the way that Coda expected.

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FinovateSpring 2015 Sneak Peek: Part 8

Fintech Labs Insights

Finaeos automates the back-office and capital raise compliance. Onovative’s powerfully simple marketing automation software helps financial institutions meet the challenge of cross-selling current customers. Whodini helps merchants engage customers using social media marketing, reaching loyal customers with targeted offers.