Cambridge Analytica dismantled for good? Nope: It just changed its name to Emerdata [Thu May 3 2018]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 3 May 2018 ***************************************************************** Cambridge Analytica dismantled for good? Nope: It just changed its name to Emerdata Shock shutdown – THE TRUTH ***************************************************************** Business * Cambridge Analytica dismantled for good? 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