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Are you a bull or a bear, and how will it impact your planning for 2020 and beyond?

Gonzobanker

Major retailers have announced closings of 8,700 locations in the United States since the start of the pandemic. In addition, more and more CEOs are being asked to comment on diversity and other issues via social media that they might not have had to earlier. Do you know which loans will end up as work-outs post-COVID?

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

CB Insights

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. Zynga and OMGPOP. Price: $210M. a viral gaming hit for iOS and Android. Caterpillar and ERA. Price: $677M.

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CaixaBank Launches imaginBank, a Mobile-Only Bank for Millennials

Fintech Labs Insights

Chairman of “la Caixa” Group, Isidro Fainé underscored this point, saying that, with imaginBank , Caixabank has successfully leveraged both its “leadership in the world of innovation and mobility” and its “experience as a leading bank among the young client segment in Spain.”

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

No one has been more successful at using social media to generate awareness and a positive image for their bank than Jill (@JillCastilla, @CitizensEdmond). Jill’s use of Twitter is a model for any bank CEO looking to engage on social media. August 2012: Big merchants announce new consortium to combat interchange rates.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

CB Insights

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. In December 2012, Coda was forced to lay off 15% of its total workforce. However, it performed poorly on frontal impact tests, receiving just 2 stars for driver safety.

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

CB Insights

To some, Silicon Valley startup culture was as much to blame for Theranos’ failure as the company’s leadership. But despite the popularity of its sock puppet mascot, the online pet supplies retailer went out of business just 9 months after its Super Bowl ad, doomed by an untenable business model and the bursting of the dot-com bubble.

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Rise Of China’s Big Tech In AI: What Baidu, Alibaba, And Tencent Are Working On

CB Insights

Furthermore, many of BAT’s AI products — like smart speakers, AI in retail, and autonomous vehicles — are similar to what FAMGA (Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Apple) is working on. City Brain crunches data from cameras, sensors, social media feeds, and government data, among other things. Conclusion.

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