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Samsung’s Galaxy S5 smartphone may have eye scanning technology, to outdo Apple’s fingerprint sensor that was introduced with the iPhone 5s. (#Samsung #Galaxy #S5 could just scan your #iris. Seriously outdoing #iphone5s. See on http://www.independent.co.uk

Morgan Stanley’s Sharma: Emerging Markets Will Continue to Struggle Moneynews Emerging stock markets have opened 2014 on a sour note, and that weak performance is likely to continue, says Ruchir Sharma, head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley… See on…

The Opportunity in Emerging-Market BondsBarron’sThe question of which bond markets one should be exposed to has become more acute in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s moves to taper its quantitative easing policy. See on online.barrons.com

The Biggest Threat to Gold Isn’t ETFs — It’s Emerging MarketsBarron’s (blog)In 2013, exchange-traded fund investors were gold’s bugaboo. The more ETF sellers, the lower the price of gold. See on blogs.barrons.com

NPR (blog)Episode 282: Inside The Credit Card Black MarketNPR (blog)If you know the right people — and if you can get other criminals to vouch for you — you can go online and buy huge bundles of stolen credit cards.…

Target breach exposes lackluster credit card security; U.S. See on http://www.searchengineoverdrive.com

Neiman Marcus Group said it was told by its credit-card processor in mid-December that some unauthorized purchases may have been made with customer cards, the second retailer after Target Corp (Neiman Marcus says some client credit cards may be compromised……

Profressor and Director of The Center for the Study of Fraud and Corruption at St. Xavier University, William Kresse talks latest in Target breach. See on wgntv.com

Leader biometric technology provider of iris-based identity authentication products and technology solutions. (http://t.co/60k80FQEfa#Myris #biometrics #authentication product to test in 2014! See on http://www.eyelock.com