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• 'Lending circles' help low-income communities join the financial mainstream, study suggests
• Security protocol for online banking and Facebook has ‘serious weaknesses,’ say researchers
• SEC-mandated XBRL data at risk of being irrelevant to investors and analysts
• Shopping online, privacy, data protection and third-party tracking
• There’s no business like grid business
• Credit Crisis, Debt Load A Double Whammy For Investment

'Lending circles' help low-income communities join the financial mainstream, study suggests Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:35 PM PDT An innovative financial lending program is helping low-income individuals, particularly immigrants, build credit and enter the financial mainstream, according to a pair of new articles.

Security protocol for online banking and Facebook has ‘serious weaknesses,’ say researchers Posted: 03 Feb 2013 06:24 PM PST The protocol that provides security for online banking, credit card data and Facebook has major weaknesses, according to researchers.

SEC-mandated XBRL data at risk of being irrelevant to investors and analysts Posted: 22 Jan 2013 11:31 AM PST Scientists recently completed a review of the state of XBRL, with a focus on its usefulness and usability for security analysis.

Shopping online, privacy, data protection and third-party tracking Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:10 PM PDT In the wake of yet another e-commerce data breach in which the names and email addresses of millions of online shoppers and credit card users have been accessed illegally, researchers in the US suggest that privacy discussions, and ultimately legislation must urgently focus on the expanding roles of third-parties handling pervasive online customer profiles.

There’s no business like grid business Posted: 16 Nov 2009 07:37 AM PST Scientists have embraced the Grid, but businesses have held back, concerned about complexity and security. Now a European research team has built a platform opening the Grid's vast resources to business users.

Credit Crisis, Debt Load A Double Whammy For Investment Posted: 09 Nov 2009 02:42 PM PST Firms with heavy long-term debt that came due amid the nation's recent credit crisis slashed investment more than three times as much as companies whose paybacks ducked the meltdown, a new study found.

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