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Big Telecom Companies Ignore Phone Scammers
December 12, 2018 Privacy Invasion
Telephone scammers steal $37 billion a year from elderly Americans. And the problem is about to get much, much worse, very soon. Tariffs and the Law of Unintended Consequences
December 11, 2018 Global Economy
While tariffs are being tossed around like chips in diplomatic talks, businesses and people are facing real consequences. Video Game Makers Game You Through Microtransactions
December 10, 2018 Technology
As regular readers know, I’m an old-school gamer. My first video game system was an Atari 2600, with Combat!, Pitfall, Q-Bert … even the much maligned E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial game. But gaming has changed considerably since the days of the Atari 2600. No longer do you just buy a video game and play it at […] Tariffs Are Not the Problem, Investor Sentiment Is
December 10, 2018 Economy
The problem isn’t really tariff rates. The problem is how investors think about tariff rates. Investor sentiment moves markets, not low tariff rates. Hedge Funds Find an Edge With Big Data
December 7, 2018 Technology
In the investment world, Big Data has become big business. Alternative data provides intelligence that is relatively unknown to the rest of the market.