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Where a six-figure salary is a must for home buyers
Market Watch - 29 Jan 2019 20:22
Rising home costs have priced 3.5 million households out of the market.
Prevent Cash Flow Problems in Your Small Business - Read These 3 Tips
Small Business Trends - 29 Jan 2019 13:00
Cash flow issues? Here is how you can avoid them.
U.S. House panels to hold joint hearing on Sprint, T-Mobile merger
Reuters - 29 Jan 2019 01:01
Two U.S. House panels will hold a joint hearing on Feb. 13 on T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp's proposed $26 billion merger and its potential impact on consumers.
Stocks open slightly higher on upbeat earnings, forecasts
ABC News - 29 Jan 2019 17:37
Stocks are opening slightly higher on Wall Street on a mix of upbeat fourth-quarter earnings and forecasts from big U.S. companies.
Non-traditional models are increasing appearing in major ad campaigns
USA Today - 29 Jan 2019 16:14
Non-traditional models are increasing appearing in major ad campaigns
Shooting parents call for furniture company boycott
Miami Herald - 29 Jan 2019 02:34
The parents of some victims of the Florida high school massacre protested Monday outside a furniture company whose CEO's support, they say, has helped prevent the firing of the local …
Earnings Outlook: Alibaba earnings: China slowdown's effect on e-commerce spending is key factor
Market Watch - 29 Jan 2019 01:24
Amid investor uncertainty about the state of China's economy and the effect of trade tensions, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will provide its take about consumer spending in the country Wednesday.
Citi sees stronger China wealthy client base in 2019 despite economy slowing
Reuters - 29 Jan 2019 01:07
Citigroup expects its China wealth management client base to grow faster in 2019 than last year, at more than 30 percent, the bank's country chief said, despite the world's second-largest economy slowing and feeling the ...
Microsoft 365 gets new compliance and data privacy features
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2019 20:10
Microsoft today announced new compliance and data privacy features for Microsoft 365 customers, including a centralized dashboard and sensitivity labels.
Bank regulators are getting serious about innovation
American Banker - 29 Jan 2019 17:17
Despite complaints about the slow pace of change within government, policymakers, including agency heads, are increasingly focused on modernizing regulation, an important step forward for the industry.
The Guns Were Coming. In Kenya, Peacebuilders Stood Their Ground.
Forbes - 29 Jan 2019 17:16
The story of a visit to to the famous Kenyan nonprofit, SHOFCO, as riots loomed in Kenya offered an inside look at the international peacebuilding movement.
Visa Empowers Female Entrepreneurs With She's Next Campaign
Retail Touch Points - 29 Jan 2019 16:57
Visa has launched a global initiative -- dubbed She's Next, Empowered by Visa -- designed to support the advancement of women-owned SMBs around the world. The program is part of Visa's ongoing commitment to support femal...
Markets Right Now: Stocks edge higher in early trade
ABC News - 29 Jan 2019 16:43
Stocks are opening slightly higher on Wall Street as several big U.S. companies reported solid results for the latest quarter.
China calls on US to end ‘unreasonable crackdown’ on Huawei, other Chinese firms
USA Today - 29 Jan 2019 11:59Robotic Process Automation Just Got 'Intelligent' Thanks to Machine Learning
Forbes - 29 Jan 2019 08:54
The fundamentals of robotic process automation combined with machine learning capabilities to robotize the mundane tasks, plus learning to do a job even better is what intelligent process automation all about.
Factbox: U.S. refiners revisiting crude supplies amid new PDVSA sanctions
Reuters - 29 Jan 2019 04:47
U.S. refiners on Monday said they would comply with the Trump administration's new sanctions on dealings with Venezuelan state-run oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and take steps to lessen any impacts on consum...
U.S. sanctions Venezuelan state oil firm, escalating pressure on Maduro
Reuters - 29 Jan 2019 04:47
The Trump administration on Monday imposed sweeping sanctions on Venezuelan state-owned oil firm PDVSA, aimed at severely curbing the OPEC member's crude exports to the United States and at pressuring socialist President...
5 Lessons On Creating Better Company Cultures From The Culturati Summit
Forbes - 29 Jan 2019 04:40
So, how do we protect ourselves from creating negative company cultures? How do we ensure that our teams, staff and community better see themselves in the systems that comprise our businesses and organizations? Those are...
Americans expected to place $6B in bets on Super Bowl 53
New York Post - 29 Jan 2019 04:37
The NFL will kick off more than Super Bowl LIII on Sunday. The championship game between the LA Rams and the New England Patriots marks the first major pro sports event since states outside Nevada legalized sports bettin...
New Film Challenges Social Entrepreneurs To Reinvent Humanity
Forbes - 29 Jan 2019 04:22
Filmmakers Michael Shaun Conaway and Kate Maloney screened their film WeRiseUp in Park City today. The film advocates for a new, more socially conscious model for the world, calling on social entrepreneurs to change thin...
Sears creditors call Eddie Lampert plan 'fantasy'
New York Post - 29 Jan 2019 03:59
Sears' creditors registered their most forceful objection yet to Eddie Lampert's $5.2 billion bid to buy the bankrupt retailer, describing it as a "fantasy" in a 360-page court filing on Monday. The group of landlords, s...
Apple to patch privacy bug in video calling feature
Reuters - 29 Jan 2019 03:31
Apple Inc said on Monday it will issue a software patch later this week for a bug that lets iPhone users hear audio from users who have not yet accepted a video call.