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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How financial institutions can stay safe and secure online

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First held in 2004 The history of Cybersecurity Awareness Month October is a special month for cybersecurity enthusiasts. Launched to provide resources Cybersecurity Awareness Month was launched in 2004 by the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) and the U.S.

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Visa, Olympics Team Up For Athlete Financial Literacy Courses

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Kate Johnson, Visa’s vice president of global sponsorship marketing, was an American rower who won the silver medal in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. There’s also a course on how to build a social media brand in front of the games. Johnson started her athletic career at 15, and she was a member of nine U.S.

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Kombucha, Bingeing, Legos And Wine: How We’ll Keep Busy In Quarantine

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The phrase has since been uttered quite a few times, by many, many sports luminaries: Magic Johnson, Nancy Kerrigan, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the 2004 World Series Boston Red Sox. Simms gave the answer that has since become so famous as to become a meme: “I’m going to Disney World!”. Americans are brave people. Strong people.

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Giving The Gift Of A Good Read – On Subscription

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Avid social media users know that soon, the annual wave of posts about Jólabókaflóð will start appearing on Facebook timelines, Instagram stories and Twitter feeds. You probably have seen a social media meme referring to its translated name: Yule Book Flood, a tradition of Icelandic Christmas.

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Shopify’s Grand Retail Experiment

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Founded in 2004, retail innovator Shopify offers a cloud-based, multichannel commerce platform that enables merchants to put the customer at the center by transacting with them across any of the channels they want to transact in. Social media as a channel has recently become the most talked about. How do you sell on Facebook?

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The Kaepernick Controversy And Nike’s High-Risk Strategy

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Judging by the balance of social media posts and media coverage, it seems safe to assume that on Tuesday, the world was a bit more interested in Colin Kaepernick and Nike than in Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court. And it also meant that a public miss was less public, simply because the stage was a lot smaller.

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Taco Bell Embraces Fast Food’s New Decadent Reality

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In 2004, documentarian Morgan Spurlock released “Super Size Me.” ” Four years later, “Food, Inc.” ” hit the silver screen.