The Latest Gig Workers: North Korean Diplomats
The Latest Gig Workers: North Korean Diplomats
October 09, 2017  |  International

With tough sanctions by the United Nations effectively isolating North Korea from the world, the country’s embassies have been forced to engage in illicit businesses...

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Analyst Warned Of Equifax’s Lax Cybersecurity Last Year
Analyst Warned Of Equifax’s Lax Cybersecurity Last Year
October 09, 2017  |  Safety and Security

Financial company MSCI had warned Equifax a year before its massive data breach that there were signs it wasn’t protecting the data of its millions...

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Treasury Investigates Illegal Data Gathering Of Financial Records
Treasury Investigates Illegal Data Gathering Of Financial Records
October 09, 2017  |  Safety and Security

The U.S. Treasury’s in-house watchdog is reportedly looking into claims that officials at the Treasury department broke the law by looking at the financial records...

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Amazon’s Next Move To Online RX Sends Drug Store Stocks Tumbling
Amazon’s Next Move To Online RX Sends Drug Store Stocks Tumbling
October 09, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon will be deciding before Thanksgiving whether to move into the online selling and delivery of prescription drugs, and the news that the ecommerce giant could...

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TransUnion Beefs Up Cybersecurity Lobbying
TransUnion Beefs Up Cybersecurity Lobbying
October 09, 2017  |  Safety and Security

TransUnion, the credit reporting competitor to Equifax, has brought on a team of cybersecurity-focused lobbyists in Washington, D.C, reported Recode. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Belgian Post Group Snaps Up Radial For $820 Million
Belgian Post Group Snaps Up Radial For $820 Million
October 09, 2017  |  Retail

The Belgian Post Group — also known as bpost — is working to establish a more robust delivery presence in North America. To that end,...

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ADP: An Unlikely, But Likely, Player In Paying Gig Workers
ADP: An Unlikely, But Likely, Player In Paying Gig Workers
October 09, 2017  |  Gig Economy

Gig workers are an exploding workforce in the U.S. According to the PYMNTS.com Gig Economy Index, these workers account for 3.7 percent of total GDP —...

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Can Subscription Commerce Revive Floundering Movie Theaters?
Can Subscription Commerce Revive Floundering Movie Theaters?
October 09, 2017  |  Subscription Commerce

In the 1970s, a date night at the movies was a relatively cheap affair. For just an easy $4 and some loose change, moviegoers could...

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Data Dive: Win, Lose Or Draw Edition — American Express, Shake Shack And Amazon
Data Dive: Win, Lose Or Draw Edition — American Express, Shake Shack And Amazon
October 09, 2017  |  Daily Data Dive

With the MLB playoffs underway, the NFL well into its regular season and Washington, well, being Washington as usual, this week was all about keeping tabs...

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