A question that social scientists and economists have long puzzled over, how corruption arises in different cultures and why it is more prevalent in some countries than others. But finding correlations between corruption and other measures of economic or social activity has always been difficult. Continue reading… “Data mining shows global link between wealth and corruption”
By Nicholas Carlson, Business Insider
“In Spanish, we have a saying that when a genius points at the moon, a fool looks at the finger. I find that happens a lot with bitcoin.” —Wences Casares
Serial entrepreneur Wences Casares created Argentina’s first internet provider and later sold his online brokerage firm to Banco Santander for $750 million in 2000. He was 25 years old. Continue reading… “Why bitcoin can be bigger than the Internet”
The Chronicle of Philanthropy released its annual list of the top 50 philanthropists, showing that the tech industry now comprises roughly half of the top philanthropic giving in America. Continue reading… “Half of money given by top 50 U.S. donors from Tech elite”
Condominiums have been the easiest way to get a foothold into the housing market for many first-time homebuyers, a pit stop on the way to a dream home.
Continue reading… “Price gap between homes and condos at record level”
We project on them both the worst—they’re all lazy and apathetic!—and the best—they’re all progressive and caring—about our society so Millennials have taken on an almost mythic air in our country. Continue reading… “Millennials want to work for organizations that focus on purpose not profit”
A lot of us would love to work from home, and many workers today are lucky enough to be able to take advantage of workplaces that offer a bit of flexibility as to when and where they work. Continue reading… “The true cost of a flexible job”
Peer-to-peer financing site Lending Club and have put in place a strategic partnership designed to get more U.S. businesses to buy inventory from the alibaba.com’s wholesale marketplace. They will offer a new financial service called the alibaba.com e-Credit Line that will let U.S. companies apply for credit lines for $5,000 to $300,000, which they can then use to make purchases from the e-commerce giant. Continue reading… “Alibaba and Lending Club start new financing program for U.S. businesses”
NeuCoin, a new cryptocurrency that has been designed specifically to tip content creators and for online micropayments. Neucoin is a new startup currency based in Paris. Currently they have raised over $2 million from partnerships and business angels. Continue reading… “Bitcoin alternative NeuCoin designed for microtransactions”
In the same way that it has torn apart newspapers, radio and the postal service, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney worries that technology will disrupt the banking and financial services industry. His biggest concern is governments will fail regulate it until it’s too late – “an Uber-type situation,” as he said at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week. Continue reading… “Will the sharing economy disrupt the banking industry?”
Is there a best time for recruiters and sourcers to contact employed prospects? There are specific times when employees who previously said “no and stop calling me” actually change their mind and are fully receptive to a recruiting call. Continue reading… “Work anniversaries are the best time to recruit employed prospects”
In 1980 the states with the highest median income were Michigan, Wyoming, and Alaska, and the typical young worker in Detroit or Flint, Michigan, earned more than his counterpart in San Francisco or San Jose. Continue reading… “Millennials are $2,000 poorer than baby boomers at the same age”
In another demonstration of the power of machines to solve problems that used to be the sole domain of humans, Persado Inc. has raised another $21 million for software that aims to replace copywriters with computers. Continue reading… “Replacing human copywriters with computers”
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