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Facebook Negotiates Sandberg DC Hearing Testimony

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With questions surrounding Facebook ’s market power and its plans for the Libra digital currency, the social media company is reportedly negotiating with an important congressional committee for COO Sheryl Sandberg to testify as early as October.

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Facebook Tracker: East, West And Everything In Between

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Facebook is getting big, and we don’t just mean popular: the social media giant has gotten bigger than its britches in more places than one, with new offices cropping up across the U.S. Henrico County, Virginia. The social media giant said in August that it had more than 20,600 employees. Chicago, Illinois.

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Restaurant Business Serves Up Mixed Plate For 2020

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The restaurant business is: a) healthy for 2020 or b) apprehensive about technology. The 2020 outlook report from the National Restaurant Association was released today and it paints a picture of an industry dealing with the countercurrents of solid consumer spending and disruptive technology. All of the above.

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Digital Privacy, Security Issues Take Spotlight At Congressional Hearings

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The move comes amid increasing global focus on matters related to online privacy and data security — and as the idea of regulating social media is gaining currency. And social media platforms have an obvious interest in playing nice with lawmakers, given the regulatory threats that hover over their business models.

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Best Banking Books To Create The Modern Banker

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Elizabeth is the Chairwoman of First Bank in Virginia and provides a formula for writing notes to clients, prospects, and employees to create an emotional connection. No single technology since the cloud has impacted banks as much as gen AI, and this action-filled book helps bankers create a vision for their organization.

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House Committee Says FIs Struggle To Pinpoint Domestic Terrorism Financing

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He said there had been a $60,000 bitcoin donation to Andrew Anglin, publisher of The Daily Stormer, after the attack in Charlottesville, Virginia. The study found that they also tended to latch onto new technologies quickly, and that they’ve relied on crowdfunding.

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Senator Mark Warner Drops New Policy Proposals For Regulating Tech

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Virginia Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, released a policy paper detailing 20 options for the government to start regulating big tech a lot more closely. The report did note that all of these firms deserved both credit and praise for technological transformation they have engendered around the world.