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Managed Transportation Service Providers Compete On Their Tech Stack
Forbes - 1 Jul 2020 13:20Make America Canada Again
The New Yorker - 1 Jul 2020 12:00
The illustrator Tim Long and the humorist Jason Logan offer reasons why the nation of Canada is better than the United States of America.
Who Is the Mystery Shopper Leaving Behind Thousands of Online Shopping Carts?
Wall Street Journal - 1 Jul 2020 17:31Trump, The Murphyman
Forbes - 1 Jul 2020 22:31Wirecard Administrators to Sell Assets as Investigators Search Offices
Wall Street Journal - 1 Jul 2020 16:50
Bankruptcy administrators for Wirecard, the scandal-hit German payments company, have begun the process of selling some of its businesses as they try to stabilize its operations and raise money to pay off its heavy debt ...
Europe in 1989, America in 2020, and the Death of the Lost Cause
The New Yorker - 1 Jul 2020 12:00
David W. Blight compares the fall of Communism with the removal of statues and other symbols of slavery and the Confederacy in the United States.
Spiketrap raises $3 million for AI-based social media intelligence platform
Venture Beat - 1 Jul 2020 15:00
Spiketrap has raised $3 million for its AI platform that helps brands understand how they are engaging with consumers on social media.
Stock Market: The Coming Excitement, And How To Invest In It
Forbes - 1 Jul 2020 02:50S&P 500 Jumps 0.5% After Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine News
Forbes - 1 Jul 2020 22:00Stanford AI researchers introduce LILAC, reinforcement learning for dynamic environments
Venture Beat - 1 Jul 2020 19:08
Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) researchers created an AI technique called LILAC to allow reinforcement learning algorithms to operate in dynamic environments.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns the wrong stocks for the pandemic, Jim Cramer says
Business Insider - 1 Jul 2020 16:54
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway doesn't hold the right stocks to thrive during the coronavirus pandemic, "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer said on Tuesday. The billionaire investor's conglomerate owns big stakes in compani...
Subway pulls controversial $10-for-2 deal amid franchisee revolt
New York Post - 1 Jul 2020 02:29
Subway's grand plan to bring back the $5 footlong has fallen flat, The Post has learned. America's biggest restaurant chain on Tuesday told its franchisees that it would be ending its controversial offer to sell any two ...
Hedge Fund Star John Paulson Calls It Quits
Wall Street Journal - 1 Jul 2020 23:09
John Paulson made billions of dollars anticipating the 2008 financial collapse. But after running into difficulties in recent years, Mr. Paulson will now convert his hedge fund firm into a private investment firm.
Pudu Technology raises $15 million for 'contact-free' autonomous delivery robots
Venture Beat - 1 Jul 2020 16:42
Pudu Technology, a Shenzhen-based startup designing robots for hospitals, restaurants, and offices, today announced it raised $15 million.
Forecasting Country Risk Amid Covid-19
Forbes - 1 Jul 2020 22:56SoftBank Seeks to End Partnership With Wirecard
Wall Street Journal - 1 Jul 2020 22:13
SoftBank Group is looking to distance itself from Wirecard, after the Japanese tech conglomerate helped arrange an investment months before the German payments company went bust.
Learn how to accelerate your business using automation and AI technology: Transform 2020
Venture Beat - 1 Jul 2020 21:51
No one expected the jolt the Covid-19 pandemic would bring to business. If companies were already investing in automation and AI technologies before March 2020, they have only accelerated those investments since. With le...
Google brings its AI-powered SmartReply to YouTube
Venture Beat - 1 Jul 2020 19:31
Google announced SmartReply, its AI-powered technology that recommends replies to comments, is now available on YouTube for creators.
3 signs it's time to contact the IRS about a missing stimulus check
Business Insider - 1 Jul 2020 16:55
Maskot/Getty If you haven't received your stimulus check by direct deposit or mail yet, you're not the only one. A House committee estimates that between 30 and 35 million payments have yet to be issued. But you probably...
Empower Retirement to acquire Personal Capital for up to $1 billion
Business Insider - 1 Jul 2020 16:08
This story was delivered to Insider Intelligence Fintech Briefing subscribers earlier this morning. Insider Intelligence publishes hundreds of insights, charts, and forecasts on the Fintech industry with the Fintech Brie...
4 Traits That Keep Women from the C-Suite
Harvard Business Review - 1 Jul 2020 14:15
And how to overcome them.
Mortgage demand falls for the second straight week, signaling a potential slowdown in the housing recovery
CNBC - 1 Jul 2020 13:00
The surge in mortgage demand from homebuyers over the past two months appears to be waning, even as mortgage rates continue to drop.