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Smart Rosary Beads And Other Ways Churches Are Building Their Digital Flock

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In a telephone survey conducted between this year and last, Pew found that 65 percent of American adults describe themselves as Christians when asked about their religion, down from 77 percent in 2009. Where have all those church patrons gone? Well according to the data, literally nowhere.

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The Finanser’s Week: 8th May – 14th May 2017

Chris Skinner

London has been leading the charge to be the FinTech capital of the world, but many other cities are nipping at their toes. First it was my comment that you can’t have money without government.

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Why Mark Zuckerberg Gave The Pope A Drone

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Religion aside, whether you were raised Jewish and now an atheist like Zuckerberg, or a Buddhist like Chan … Surely, when you meet the Pope, one should bring a gift, right? billion are limited simply because it would be difficult for cables and wires to be laid in these developing parts of the world.

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Gaming The Odds Of The (Post Pandemic) Return Of Sports

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Welcome, then, to the wide world of sports, circa post-pandemic. Players’ salaries might come down significantly in a post-COVID-19 world where the exorbitant gaps between, say, an NBA superstars earnings and a cop or nurse or teacher’s take-home pay stands out in stark relief. The roar of the crowd piped in to amp up the players.

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Can Online Dating Keep Out Stalkers? Facebook Thinks So.

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there seems to be at least three times that number of seriously dark tales from that corner of the digital world. Can Facebook help bring more sanity — or, more accurately, a better sense of safety — to the world of online dating? How nice of them to have an open bar at their wedding ! Facebook’s Plan.

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Banking on a Prayer

Banking 2020

Discussing religion in any context is like treading on a minefield. Heaven’s Bankers: Inside the Hidden World of Islamic Finance,’ by Harris Irfan takes on a world that may be largely unknown even to many who have spent a career in financial services. That’s what the modern world is all about.

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Best Book Ever on Word of Mouth and Direct Mail Marketing

Jeff For Banks

How about a book that boasts adherents from about one-third of the world''s population (see chart)? This is not a post about religion. It has been suggested to not discuss religion or politics in a business blog. It has been suggested to not discuss religion or politics in a business blog. Source: [link] ?