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  • Brazilian Football Club Avaí to Launch Cryptocurrency, $20 Million ICO

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    Just days after French soccer giant Paris Saint-Germain football club (PSG) announced its own cryptocurrency, complete with an initial coin offering (ICO), Brazil’s Avaí Football Club has come up with a similar plan. Announced Wednesday, Avaí FC has partnered with blockchain-based sports investment ecosystem SportyCo and football investment platform Blackbridge Sports to raise funds worldwide through the ICO, aiming to raise […]

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  • The Shameful State of Online Advertising

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    Or how we sacrifice our privacy and receive nothing in return We’re running out of visual metaphors to conceptualize the amount of data that technology companies hold about us. Amazon is shipping our data in 18-wheelers, Google has built 15 small villages around the worldto store our information, and Facebook just granted scholars to 52 tons of pepperoni pizzas worth […]

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  • Why Most Plans are Terrible. And How to Improve Them.

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    It’s Time to Get Comfortable with Uncertainty. “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail,” was the advice of Benjamin Franklin and every sanctimonious boss that ever lived. Yet what happens when our very plans set us up for failure? We’ve all heard about the importance of planning. It’s an easy thing to preach, […]

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  • Major Reasons for the Failure of DOOH Projects

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    By Alex Mardikian Businesses that seek to implement DOOH ad solutions need to be wary of the pitfalls that will lead to the failure of the project. Digital signage providers and integrators are in the know about issues that must be considered for the successful implementation of DOOH. If you are unable meet your business […]

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  • The first truly American cuisine is having a revival

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     Without measuring any ingredients, Southwestern Pueblo chef Norma Naranjo scoops handfuls of flour, baking powder, salt and shortening into a stainless steel bowl. Naranjo dribbles in tepid water as she kneads the simple ingredients into dough. When it becomes pillowy, she gathers a bit in her fist, pinching small rounds between her thumb and forefinger. […]

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  • Has crypto-currency peaked?

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    If you believe crypto-currencies are the future this has not been a good week. The value of Ethereum, Bitcoin’s main rival and “the future of crypto” not so long ago, has lurched ever lower and is now 80% below its peak. Meanwhile, US regulators have acted against companies involved in crypto-currencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) – […]

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  • ‘I plead guilty’: Paul Manafort enters cooperation deal with Mueller team

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    WASHINGTON – Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donald Trump’s campaign, pleaded guilty Friday to two felony conspiracy charges and reached an agreement to provide “complete cooperation” with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Manafort’s plea deal brings investigators further into the president’s inner circle of advisers and added another conviction to their […]

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  • If you want to stay in business, ask this question

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    If you want your company to stay relevant in the future, ask yourself this simple question: “What if our company were founded today?” With this question you can open up all the relevant topics you need to go through when forming a vision of your company. A vision that will ensure that your company will stay […]

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  • China to ask Wall Street for ideas on improving U.S. ties

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    HONG KONG – China will ask Wall Street firms for ways to improve ties with the United States and suggestions to open up its financial sector at a day-long meeting in Beijing on Sunday, people familiar with the matter said. The Chinese government sent invitations for the hastily-convened meeting a few weeks ago as trade […]

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  • Bitcoin Will Rebound, But Altcoins are ‘Never Coming Back’: BitPay Exec.

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    A top executive at one of the oldest and largest cryptocurrency payment processors said that he firmly expects bitcoin to rebound within the next year but that altcoin prices may never again see their early-2018 peaks. Sonny Singh, chief commercial officer at BitPay, said during an interview with Bloomberg that his firm has “never been more bullish” on […]

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