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Black Friday: Collapse of Financial Markets, Poverty and Unemployment

Source:

Stephen Lendman

Global Research, January 17, 2016

Black Friday may be signaling big trouble ahead. What can’t go on forever won’t and never will. Eventually day of reckoning time arrives. Whether now is the moment of truth remains to be seen.

Paul Craig Roberts calls the US economy “a house of cards.” Phony government data created “the illusion of recovery.”

Monied interests never had it better for years, profiting hugely f

Research Proposal Recommendations

Where to Position Brazil to Maximize the Synergies with the other BRICS to Bring Peace, Dignity and Prosperity to the Region and to the World

Theme:

Similarities and Differences Between the Two Most Important Analysis about the BRICS written by Pepe Escobar and Professor Michel Chossudovsky from Global Research, Canada

By: 

Enrique Suarez

Master of Education & International Development

Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

http://www.wix.com/suarezenrique/delta

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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): Will Governments Agree to Pass Massive Powers to Transnational Capital?

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Our Birmingham

16 January 2016

Roger Godsiff MP for Birmingham Hall Green, has tabled a Parliamentary Question asking whether government will reconsider support for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership trade deal, following the announcement that a tar sands company is suing the American Government under existing trade law after it decided against a

How Big Oil Conquered The World

A Must-See Video Documentary

 Source:

James Corbett

Global Research, January 17, 2016

Corbett Report 28 December 2015

From farm to pharmaceutical, diesel truck to dinner plate, pipeline to plastic product, it is impossible to think of an area of our modern-day lives that is not affected by the oil industry. The story of oil is the story of the modern world.

And this is the story of those who helped shape that world, and how the "oiligarchy" they created is on the verge

The role of today’s risk managers is clear: to close the gap between strategic-level initiatives and the operational risks faced at the activity level.

To do this, many organizations are adopting risk-based GRC programs – both at the request of senior management and to meet the expectations of regulators. A large number of these programs rely on spreadsheets and shared drives to manage information collected across departments and levels. But today’s GRC software solutions are proven to unlock val

“You can buy things with your phone!” No kidding! But imagine what the response would have been had you made this statement in 1984: “Off your meds, eh?”

Purchasing via the smartphone may very well eclipse the popularity of shopping via laptop. And cyber thieves know this. They’re counting on you to slip up.

• Never click a link inside an e-mail, even if the subject line is a warning or alert to a fabulous sale. Cyber crooks know that the small screens on mobiles can easily hide tell-tale signs of s

Leadership is an important and relevant skill to develop for anyone--across all industries, across all corporate functions, both in and out of the office.  Michele Sancricca is uniquely qualified on this topic, having spent several decades as a leader in both the military and corporate worlds.  

I am privileged to have Michele as a personal friend.  Recently, I took the opportunity to pick his brain on the topic of Leadership.  Leadership topics discussed include leadership tools, leadership mist

No company is immune from hackers—even a toy company. Hong Kong based VTech got hit by a hacker recently. This company makes techy educational toys for kids, and its database got breached.

Customers go to the Learning Lodge store and download content to their children’s VTech devices. The devices for downloading to are a tablet, watch and action camera.

But recently, this gateway store was attacked.

Some customers’ private information—now in the hands of the hacker—may put them at risk for being vi

If you’re going to drone on and on about how you got hacked by a cyber thief, maybe it’s because you played with your new drone—you know, those rad little flying devices that hover via remote control over your street? Yes, they are hackable.

If you don’t have a drone, don’t be surprised if you get one as a gift this season, as Americans are spending tens and tens of millions of dollars on them.

First off, if you spot a drone, before you go, “Wow, cool, there’s a drone! Kids, come look at this!” co

Greta Roberts, CEO Talent Analytics, Corp.

When beginning a new predictive analytics project, the client often mentions the importance of a “quick win”.  It makes sense to think about delivering fast results, in a limited area, that excites important stakeholders and gains support and funding for more predictive projects.  A great goal.

It’s the implementation of the quick win in a predictive project that can be difficult. There are at least 2 challenges with using a traditional quick win approach

A group of people who are actively collaborating to commit identity fraud is known as an identity fraud ring. These rings are generally made up of two or more career criminals, often including family members or close friends. These rings work by members either stealing a victim’s identity or sharing personal information such as a date-of-birth or Social Security number. Though many fraud rings occur in large cities, there are a surprisingly high number of rings found in rural areas.

According to

Chinese Politburo is trying to manage markets and flow of money.

And, they are failing miserably.

The CDS events, Credit Default Swaps created a big crack in the US Capitalistic System.. in 2008/2009.

Money or Wealth is very slippery and difficult to manage or control.

India's new prime minister Modi was promising discovery and prosecution of India's Dark Money or Number 2 as it is called locally. But, Modi's efforts to discover dark money with India's powerful have not yielded results, at least not

The only certainty is uncertainty. The Uncertainty Paradox!

I finished last year writing about our tendency towards impulsiveness and our counter-tendency towards indecisiveness. Both are very real and are played out under different circumstances EXCEPT the underlying issue is ‘uncertainty’.

Impulsiveness is a problem because we fail to consider the uncertainties well enough while indecisiveness raises its ugly head because we can see all the uncertainties. The solution? A little bit of effort to

Accelerate Your Startup: It’s Time to Floor It

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David Skok

In the two previous articles I presented, David Skok discussed the first two of three key phases in a startup life cycle: finding a product/market fit, then determining a repeatable and scalable sales model.

Once you’ve determined that the sales funnel process you’ve designed is working in a repeatable and scalable way, with a viable business model — i.e. for SaaS businesses, the cost to acquire a customer (CAC) is less than a third

Accelerate Your Startup: Adding Gas to the Tank

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David Skok

Different phases of a startup’s lifecycle require different approaches to spending. In David Skok's previous post, he talked about the first phase: finding product/market fit where he described how entrepreneurs should have a laser-like focus on finding it, and why they should conserve cash to get there. In this post, he talks about the search for a scalable and repeatable sales model.

Identify a Repeatable, Scalable Sales Model

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Accelerate Your Startup: Get the Right Product/Market Fit

Source:

David Skok

As a VC and five-time entrepreneur, David Skok frequently sees two common mistakes being made by startups:

1. Companies spend too much attempting to grow the business when it’s not ready for such growth; or

2. Companies don’t spend enough money when the business is ready to scale.

It’s, therefore, a CEO’s responsibility to decide when to hit the startup accelerator pedal. There are times when it makes sense to step on the ga

Increasing cyber-hazards have been accompanied by another trend; Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) focused on IT (referred to as IT GRC) is changing. More and more organizations have been turning to a risk-based approach.

Traditionally, IT is comprised of a variety of underlying functions. These functions include:

• IT Asset Management, commonly used to inventory servers, computers, and other technology hardware;
• IT Risk Management, including vulnerability and threat identification an

Wow, a lawyer in Memphis got scammed by his secretary—she embezzled over $362,000 from him, says an article on wreg.com. Attorney Jerry Schatz hired Teresa Sumpter, 48, in July of 2013.

Little did he know that his assistant would end up stealing checks from his trust account, forging her signature on them, and opening three credit cards—all in his name. And she named herself as an authorized user.

And what did this conniving little pill do with the stolen money? Sumpter bought several vehicles, pa

The Fracturing of the European Union

 Source:

Peter Schwarz

Global Research, December 29, 2015

World Socialist Website

It is 70 years since large parts of Europe lay in ruins. Great power aspirations, nationalism and fascism made the continent the focus of two world wars, which together claimed nearly 100 million victims. Now, these same tendencies are spreading once again.

Everywhere in Europe, the ruling elites are moving sharply to the right. They are boosting military spending, taking part in the

Have you ever tried to take a picture or video of someone with your phone without them knowing? Sometimes it’s possible, but sometimes it’s not. Well, maybe you knew it was coming: “Ghost apps” are available that let you take images and videos without the target’s knowledge. You can then hide the images and videos in secret folders.

You can now spy on people with apps like Private Ninja Cam, Stealth Cam and Top Secret Camera. Scary enough, many users of these apps use this technology on sexting a