Large consumer data breaches are driving the enterprise security market.
When floor traders disappear will we lose something? It’s a very good question. How would 1987 have looked if all the trading was by algos?
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The world might be pretty different if Google had been acquired by Excite for $1.6 million.
Fireside chat with Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page
The WSJ had a profile of Alex Salmond, the man behind the Scottish independence movement. It is hard to imagine what practical benefits will really accrue to Scotland if this movement succeeds.
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The New York Times had a good profile of Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba group (which is basically like a Chinese Amazon, Ebay, and Paypal all in one). The company IPOs shortly.
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