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Buzzkill: Coca-Cola Finds No Sales Lift from Online Chatter(adage.com)
2 points by bsims 14y ago|0 comments
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Everything We Know About What Data Brokers Know About You(propublica.org)
69 points by bsims 14y ago|24 comments
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by bsims 14y ago
You're correct about the book value and asset quality being an issue. I don't think a run on banks would be an issue if government orchestrated (especially if not during a crisis). More than likely it would be similar to how AT&T was do
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by bsims 14y ago
I have worked with a number of banks and credit unions. One of the biggest challenges on the regulatory side is that of unintended consequences. Lawmakers create a policy meaning to spare regional banks/credit unions, but ultimately they ge
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by bsims 14y ago
How much do you want to bet that someone manually goes through to scrub the personal information on every page...any other reasons the white out boxes would be so inconsistent?
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by bsims 14y ago
Anyone else find it weird they included his social security number (page 5)? With the amount of detail they included it seems as though it would be fairly easy for someone to use any FBI file on a deceased person for fraudulent purposes, ID
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by bsims 14y ago
>The classic pump and dump involves acquiring a position in an illiquid stock, spreading false information to get investors to bid up its price… This happened. The company paid exorbitant fees for PR and news services to hype the stoc
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by bsims 14y ago
Appreciate the comments, particularly those that provided specific organizations and links related to investigative journalism, white collar crime etc. I also hope the information was helpful to those who are involved in forming their own o
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by bsims 14y ago
The point was not to establish whether "white collar crime" existed already but rather to emphasize how little attention was being paid to it at that point in time. For example, since then inter-agency task forces have been established, med
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by bsims 14y ago
Can't speak to Washington, but he had a pretty extensive military/government background.
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by bsims 14y ago
Apologies for linking outside this thread, but some of the audience asked me to write this. Hope it is helpful. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5236372
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by bsims 14y ago
Here is a link to the post you guys were asking for. Hope it is helpful. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5236372
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What it's like to uncover a $1 billion fraud(stockfraudstory.blogspot.com)
177 points by bsims 14y ago|32 comments
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by bsims 14y ago
Thanks for sharing and good example of knowing the source of funds. To clarify, Yuri Milner was not an investor in the company referenced.
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by bsims 14y ago
DB, can you send me your email?
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by bsims 14y ago
To my knowledge yes, but it was reduced in the last batch. http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/11/26/y-combinator-reduci...
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by bsims 14y ago
Third set of eyes would be helpful. The most difficult part will be figuring out how to condense it down.
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by bsims 14y ago
Will do. Mind being a second set of eyes on it?
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by bsims 14y ago
About 8 years ago an investor in my first company was defrauded by a con artist. This led me on a crazy 4 year chase which resulted in the discovery of a series of pump and dump stock frauds worth over $1 billion (think Enron, divided into
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by bsims 14y ago
This was a great write-up, thanks for sharing. Similarly here is an article about the most common passwords for 2012. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57539366/the-25-most-com...
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by bsims 14y ago
What about finding some local business with a poor website and offering to build them a new website for $500 if they help you buy your next computer. Now you have $1,200 to buy a new Macbook. Don't just think about the cash you have now, th
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Ask HN: Has anyone submitted a .me Premium domain proposal?
1 points by bsims 14y ago|0 comments
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by bsims 14y ago
I totally agree with this. Considering some of the recent threads happening around suicide, people being civil about reviewing open source code etc., I thought mocking someone who recently died was in very poor taste.
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Terms & Conditions May Apply Documentary(variety.com)
2 points by bsims 14y ago|0 comments
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Census Dotmap: US Census data interactively mapped(bmander.com)
3 points by bsims 14y ago|0 comments
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by bsims 14y ago
How do you expect someone to answer this question?
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by bsims 14y ago
You should send this to the Buffalo Bill's new analytics department. Maybe a Hacker could get hired to an NFL team. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000121582/article/bill-...
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by bsims 14y ago
Here is a related post I was about to make but thought it would be relevant as a comment. "Why I disagree with LinkedIn endorsements" I was having a discussion with a VP of Lending last week about a new company I am working on to supplement
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by bsims 14y ago
Yeah it would definitely be interesting to get his take. But in the meantime making decisions with the best info at hand! :)
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Articles on co-founder equity issues and splits
5 points by bsims 14y ago|3 comments

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