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M2 is money in the form of traverlers checks, regular checks, e-money, and similar forms of secondary money. It is peculiar to see that the total number of deposits made is more than the amount of currency available. E-money is harder for banks to track, especially when they are in the hands of third party business such as Paypal. If the central banks underestimate how much money is flowing through the economy, the government will think to print more money, which would cause inflation.

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War Toy Ad

Submitted by crshen on Thu, 08/16/2012 - 1:01pm

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http://ec.europa.eu/avpolicy/docs/library/studies/finalised/studpdf/oview.pdf

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Another major challenge for e-commerce is to deal with different cultures and rules from different countries. Ads for war toys like these are banned in Greece, but not in the U.S. If this ad was shown on a website hosted by the U.S. and a citizen from Greece happened to find it, that citizen could file a court order to have the company in the U.S. take the image down. The question is, does the company in the U.S. have to comply with Greek rules?

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Yearly Comparison of Cyber-Crime Complaints

Submitted by crshen on Thu, 08/16/2012 - 12:52pm

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http://www.ic3.gov/media/annualreport/2011_ic3report.pdf

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Yearly Comparison of Cyber-Crime Complaints

A good majority of the victims include older generations who are not as tech-savvy or knowledgeable of the dangers of the internet. The different types of crime are as follows: FBI impersonation, loan intimidation, automobile-auction, romance scams, work-from-home scams, overpayment, identity theft, advance fees, non-auction and non-delivery of merchandise.