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Attorneys General From 47 States To Probe Facebook

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The social media company’s shares dropped 3.9 Our investigation now has the support of 47 attorneys general from around the nation, who are all concerned that Facebook may have put consumer data at risk, reduced the quality of consumers’ choices and increased the price of advertising.”. percent on the news, CNBC reported.

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NY To Lead 47 AGs In Nationwide Facebook Antitrust Probe

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The social media company’s shares dropped 3.9 Our investigation now has the support of 47 attorneys general from around the nation, who are all concerned that Facebook may have put consumer data at risk, reduced the quality of consumers’ choices and increased the price of advertising.”. percent on the news, CNBC reported.

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

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A healthy culture of dissent may have helped the company focus on its product issues before they became a national scandal, but workers who raised red flags were ignored and, if they persisted, asked to leave the company. Theranos’ failure also supports the age-old adage: Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The rise and fall of Klout.

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Stupid Bank Names

Jeff For Banks

In the mid to late 1990''s, my employer, First National Bank of Maryland based in Baltimore, bought Harrisburg, Pennsylvania based Dauphin Deposit Bank. But truth be told, MutualFirst Financial of Muncie, Indiana, the holding company for MutualBank, is publicly traded. They put together a transition team. I was on that team.

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Memes That Kill: The Future Of Information Warfare

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In internet-speak the word “meme” often refers to an amusing picture that goes viral on social media. ” From “Tutorial: Military Memetics,” by Dr. Robert Finkelstein, presented at Social Media for Defense Summit, 2011. Government regulation & national security. Final thoughts.