by Data Age | Aug 20, 2014 | Business, Education, Industry, Management, New to the Industry
MORE than half a century ago, the three brass balls of the pawnbroker’s shop were a familiar sight on high streets across the land. On a narrow strip of Alfreton Road, between Canning Circus and Bentinck Road, there were five such businesses. Back in the 1950s,...
by Data Age | Aug 20, 2014 | Business, Industry, Management, Marketing, News
A television ad for Borro.com featured a couple talking about what they would spend their loan money on. Mentioning things like, ” help start a business, pay school fees” and “fly us to the Caribbean”. On-screen text listed a representative APR...
by Marc Cohen | Aug 20, 2014 | Business, General Merchandise, Industry, Management, Marketing, New to the Industry
For decades the expression “as GM goes, so goes the economy” was adhered to by many economists and Wall St. Investment firms. Times have changed and the new bell weather indicator is now Home Depot. Yesterday Home depot reported a healthy 5.8% increase in quarterly...
by Data Age | Aug 19, 2014 | Business, Buying Gold.edu, General Merchandise, Gold & Jewelry, Industry
1. What is a numismatist? Well, numismatics is the study of coins, tokens, precious metals and paper money. So, a numismatist is someone who studies those things, and a professional numismatist is someone who makes their living dealing with those things. ...
by Data Age | Aug 19, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business, Industry, Management, New to the Industry, News, Safety, Security
A group of hackers, believed to be from China, has breached a large American hospital network, stealing 4.5 million patients’ records. The target of the attack, Community Health Systems, revealed the breach in a regulatory filing on Monday. The hackers obtained...
by Data Age | Aug 18, 2014 | Business, Education, Industry, Management, Marketing
A fundraiser and awareness campaign for the ALS Association, the “Ice Bucket Challenge” has taken social media by storm since it popped off on July 29, with more than 176,000 people tweeting about it in the past seven days alone. The rules of the challenge...
