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Sunday, May 28, 2017
The Latest: Trump didn’t sound like conventional president
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Couple who paid off $18,000 in 54 days shares their No. 1 money saving tip
May 21, 2017 at 08:34AM
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Experts: Trump is edging closer to ‘impeachment territory’
May 21, 2017 at 08:34AM
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Cramer’s lightning round: I’ve got a message for the struggling Gilead Sciences
May 21, 2017 at 08:34AM
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Tom Hardy to star as Venom in coup for Sony’s resurgent Spider-Man franchise
May 21, 2017 at 08:34AM
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Experts: Trump is edging closer to ‘impeachment territory’
May 21, 2017 at 08:36AM
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Don’t hug me, bro! Watch Hillary Clinton try to duck a hug from ‘Donald Trump’
May 21, 2017 at 08:34AM
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Why you shouldn’t buy a new MacBook right now
May 21, 2017 at 08:34AM
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Op-Ed: Here’s who loses big time if Sprint and T-Mobile are allowed to merge
May 21, 2017 at 08:34AM
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Affordable Housing: Hits Misses
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Monday, May 8, 2017
LPL fined $1M over credit union rep failures
Massachusetts securities regulators fined independent broker-dealer LPL Financial $1 million for failing to supervise financial advisors working in Digital Federal Credit Union branches. They claim the LPL registered reps operating as credit union employees were part of securities sales contests in which they earned cash bonuses, used business “inconsistent and confusing” business cards and made “misleading statements” about their compensation.
“The credit union paid cash bonuses and operated sales contests to generate cash prizes based on commissions,” Commonwealth Secretary William Galvin said in a statement.
“What is worse – when my office did mystery shopping at one of the credit union locations, they were told by a dual credit union/LPL employee that the employee was paid by the credit union and did not receive commissions. This is not true,” Galvin explained.
According to Galvin’s office, LPL let its reps use a “doing business as” name, “which was essentially the same as the credit union. The use of the Digital Federal’s trade name in the broker-dealer business went “beyond the purpose of identifying where brokerage services [were] located.”
The post LPL fined $1M over credit union rep failures appeared first on CUInsight.
May 08, 2017 at 08:33AM
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Thursday, May 4, 2017
Put people over profit to stop fashion slavery, says campaigner
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The struggle against modern-day slavery in the fashion industry is being hampered by public relations spin and companies that still put profit, not people, at the heart of their business models, said…
May 04, 2017 at 08:42AM
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
FRST State Invt ICVC-Stewart Invstrs sells 1.22 cr shares of IDFC
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May 03, 2017 at 08:41AM
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國產百科全書撼維基 2萬學者打造 最快明年上網
原文刊於信報財經新聞專欄「StartupBeat 創科鬥室」
維基百科容許公眾修改，在網上有一定認受性。
中國大百科全書執行總主編楊牧之（Yang Muzhi）在早前舉行的中國科學院（CAS）會議上透露，內地已聘請兩萬多名學者打造第三版中國大百科全書，最快明年在網上開放，冀可打破維基百科（Wikipedia）的壟斷局面。
外界憂審查歪曲事實
作為首本國家級電子百科全書，內容自然包羅萬有，可細分為30萬個條目，收錄規模為《大英百科全書》的兩倍。出席同一場合的中國科學院院長白春禮表示，該書將推廣中國歷史遺產、增加文化軟實力，並揭示內地最新的科技發展。
為滿足全球市場要求，大英百科全書決定於2012年3月中止發行印刷版，全面轉向電子化。其他中國大型科網公司，例如百度、奇虎360等均推出自家的百科全書，吸引大量網民瀏覽。
時至今日，維基百科在多個國家正面臨不同程度的審查，上周更被土耳其當局封鎖。不過，該網大部分有關科技的文章，現時仍可在內地閱讀，但當搜尋「達賴喇嘛」或「習近平」等敏感關鍵字時，則會被屏蔽，無法跟伺服器連線。
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有評論認為，中國大百科全書由內地政府資助及監督，內容或因政治目的而出現遺漏及扭曲。有份參與計劃的駐美歷史學家黃安年則反駁，內地擁有一流的世界級團隊，有信心新書能夠超越維基百科，但前提是必須放棄過時的框架，才能適應21世紀發展形勢。
為了打擊網上虛假資訊泛濫的問題，Facebook本周一亦有新行動，從內部提拔哈迪曼（Alex Hardiman）擔任新聞產品主管，6月起正式履新，負責與出版商一起開發堵塞假新聞的產品。
維基百科網站創辦人威爾士（Jimmy Wales），上月底也成立新聞網站Wikitribune，透過網上眾籌招攬人才。網站本月底開始運作，內容涉及美英政治、科學及科技等，更容許公眾修改報道，確保消息準確無誤。
May 03, 2017 at 08:06AM
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Credit Suisse sells 24.36 lakh shares of HDIL
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017
zipMoney partners with Shopify to roll out buy now, pay later solution to global merchants
ASX-listed Sydney fintech zipMoney has announced a strategic partnership with global ecommerce tool Shopify, which will see the startup’s digital wallet solution rolled out to Shopify’s network of merchants.
zipMoney had been working with Shopify prior to the partnership, integrating its ‘zipPay’ digital wallet into hundreds of Australian Shopify-powered stores to give shoppers the option to buy now, pay later at the online checkout. Solidifying the relationship, the new partnership will help accelerate the inclusion of zipPay as an option for Shopify’s global clients.
In the longer term, the business said it will look to flesh out the partnership with Shopify and co-build a tighter knit native integration for the platform, which will provide more insights to merchants and further zipMoney’s ability to serve Shopify’s 377,000 large merchant base.
Expanding its ‘buy now, pay later’ solution to more online customers has been a strong focus for zipMoney in the last year, with the business having formed partnerships with Australian online payment gateway eWAY in March to enable zipPay as an option for Australian shoppers.
The company also partnered with Australian domain hosting provider Crazy Domains, following its acquisition last year of fintech startup Pocketbook for $7.5 million to tap into consumer financial services.
Looking to the new partnership, zipMoney’s cofounder and CEO Larry Diamond said he’s excited to work beside Shopify, adding that it would help fulfil the business’s aim of providing an interest-free loan option for shoppers at the checkout.
“Our partnership with Shopify provides enormous value to both retailers and consumers alike providing payment flexibility online and instore. Our aim is for Zip to be everywhere people shop, providing consumers with interest-free flexibility at the checkout,” he said.
Diamond and cofounder Peter Gray created zipMoney in 2013, looking to provide a way for online customers to access interest-free loans for their online purchases.
The platform integrates into an online retailer’s checkout and can be selected as an alternative payment option, giving customers up to 12 months to repay their debt. Having listed on the ASX in 2015, the business reported generating $11.2 million in revenue in the financial year to date, with transactions on the platform increasing by 66 percent in the March quarter to reach a transaction volume of $61 million, up 22 percent on the second quarter.
Speaking about the announcement, Shopify’s General Manager for Payments, Paco Suro, said the company is looking forward to working beside the Australian fintech, which looks to grow alongside the rise in alternative payments.
“We have seen the tremendous take up of alternative payments at the checkout as millennials and other customer segments seek better ways to pay. A partnership like this, provides enormous value to our merchants and their end consumers,” said Suro.
The partnership for zipMoney comes as local competitor Afterpay also inks deals with various payment providers and retailers.
Having last year partnered with Topshop to provide customers in its physical stores with access to Afterpay, the startup earlier this year partnered with Tyro to see its buy now, pay later solution rolled out to over 17,000 retailers using Tyro’s payment terminals.
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