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FICO Research: Student Loan Explosion Hurts Other Borrowing

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Our latest research shows that: The number of US consumers aged 25-34 with student loan debt of at least $50,000 doubled from 2005 to 2015. From 2005 to 2015, the average student loan debt shot up from $5,363 to $12,951 among consumers aged 25-34. trillion and is increasing by more than $2,700 per second.

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2015 Marriott Breach: Prelude To 2018 Cyberattack?

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In 2015, the Wall Street Journal reported Marriott had a smaller breach in which malware was installed on point of sale systems in hotel restaurants and gift shops. That was announced four days after Marriott announced it was buying Starwood Hotels & Resorts, noted the paper.

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Data Mining OK’ed By LinkedIn For Economics Research

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Bloomberg reported that LinkedIn (owned by Microsoft ) is allowing access to its data so that it can be used by academic researchers. Among the chief protocols and protections: The researchers will have had to have their proposals approved by the networking site. The researchers will not be able to download the data.

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Data Enablers: Wiland’s Marketing Research Helping Consumers

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And then there’s the challenge of how to use marketing research to reach the right consumer in the right channel and the right time with the right message. The Colorado-headquartered marketing research business was founded in 1971 by the current president and chairman Phil Wiland, who launched and sold consumer catalog and online brands.

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Amazon makes up 60% of US online sales growth in 2015 – research

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(The Paypers) Amazon accounted for 60% of US online sales growth in 2015, according to a recent research.

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Online Lending To Small Business Increases 50 Percent Between 2015 And 2017

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Between 2015 and 2017, the amount of lending to small businesses by the five leading online lending providers increased 50 percent, according to a new report from NDP Analytics, a Washington, D.C.-based based economic research firm. billion in 2015. Collectively, the amount of those loans reached $3.9 billion in 2017 from $2.6

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Research And Markets Finds Connected Home Market Growing

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Research and Markets announced on Wednesday (Sept. 21) the addition of a new research report looking at the connected home market and the cyber risks it could face. The study surveyed 5,600 U.S. consumers in April who were age 18 or over. Of the 10 percent of U.S.