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HSBC To Staff: Stay Off Bank’s Social Media Accounts

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21) to stay off the bank’s social media sites after a report was leaked to BuzzFeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). . HSBC is a much safer institution than it was in 2012.”. The 233,000 worldwide employees of HSBC Holdings Plc were ordered on Monday (Sept.

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 Ransomware Gains Traction, UK BEC Fraud Spikes

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We are seeing gangs involved in drug trafficking and firearms offenses turning to fraud, targeting victims across the U.K. These criminals are exploiting new technologies to commit fraud, posting adverts on social media to try and recruit money mules,” he said. Corporate Wire Fraud.

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Facebook Played Favorites With Data

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Reuters , citing documents released by British lawmakers, reported that between 2012 and 2015 executives at the social media network operator — including chief executive Mark Zuckerberg — tracked how competitors were growing and then denied some access to user data that was available to other companies.

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

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Date: March 21, 2012. Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, Date: 2012. By 2012, Microsoft would take a $6.2B Zynga and OMGPOP. Price: $210M. Caterpillar and ERA. Price: $677M.

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

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Companies across industries from food delivery to mobile payments disintegrate for all kinds of reasons, from technology errors and logistical challenges to overspending and outright fraud. That July, it banned Holmes from owning or operating a lab for two years. Table of Contents. Powa Technologies. The rise and fall of Theranos.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

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The company announced it was effectively ceasing operations immediately and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting more than 1,100 people out of work overnight. After evaluating the vehicle, the EPA gave The Coda a fuel economy equivalence of 73 miles per gallon, the highest of any electric vehicle on the market in 2012.

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 1

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03:04 pm Experian Fraud & Identity – https://www.experian.com/decision-analytics/identity-and-fraud/fraud-and-identity.html – @Experian – Adam Fingersh – GM and SVP, Fraud and Identity Solutions & John Sarreal. operation of Russian-based company. Reminds me of Amex real time alerts.

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