Supply chain transparency and sustainability are becoming increasingly more important regarding where products are made, how they are made, what materials they are made of and in what conditions they are made. Two immediate questions that arise are: Have they been kept in the freezers in their entire supply chain journey as required? Lives are…
Biden Administration Answer To Learning Loss? Killing Charter Schools.
The first Administration in history since bi-partisan charter schools were conceived is pursuing a misguided strategy. President Clinton pats former City Academy student Thomas Gonzalez on the shoulder just before … [+] Gonzalez got up to introduce the president at City Academy charter school in St. Paul, the first charter school in the nation. This…
AI Ethics And The Law Are Dabbling With AI Disgorgement Or All-Out Destruction Of AI As A Remedy For AI Wrongdoing, Possibly Even For Misbehaving Self-Driving Cars
A rising use of AI Disgorgement or the destroying of an AI system is being undertaken by governmental authorities, but the question is whether this is the proper thing to do and whether it is realistically feasible. This includes too for AI-based self-driving car. Will we seek to use AI disgorgement or the destroying of…
Why Are Investors Bullish On Paychex Stock?
Returns of -3.5% or lower over a five-day period on 218 occasions out of 2516 (9%); Stock rose in the next five days in 124 of these 218 instances (57%). After observing a sell-off in early January, the stock again observed a dip in recent weeks. over a five-day trading period, compared to the broader…
Norwegian-Backed Investment To Take Control Of London’s West End
Over a thousand years since the Vikings last invaded the U.K., a fresh incursion is on the cards as Norwegian-backed real estate companies Capco and Shaftsbury are poised to merge. The two real estate companies own large chunks of London’s West End property estates, while backer Norges Bank –Norway’s huge sovereign wealth fund – already…
Texas Home Appraisals Are At An All-Time High. Should You Protest?
Hundreds of thousands of homeowners in Texas appear ready to make their voices heard after receiving their 2022 home appraisals. Texas Has The Sixth-Highest Property Taxes In The U.S. Texas famously has no income taxes, but it still has school, hospitals, highways and more that need to be funded. Record Number Of Home Appraisal Protests…
As Stock Markets Dive and Inflation Rises, It Pays to Automate Your Finances
This is no time to rely on human judgment alone, behavioral economists and financial planners say. With the stock market selling off and inflation at a four-decade high, it is human nature to want to take action to protect your shrinking account balances. But human nature has a lousy track record. We tend to act…
Workforce-Fueled Manufacturing Yet Again Pivotal To Innovative Production, According To MIT
We might be witnessing the dawn of a new industrial era in this decade. Manufacturing is, again, the engine of our economy, in a synergy of technology and humans, say a plethora of MIT professors. Professor David Mindell outlining the Historical Perspectives on Manufacturing and a new Industrial Revolution at Manufacturing at MIT on May…
Which housing markets are most exposed to the coming interest-rate storm?
The pain of rising mortgage repayments will be harder to bear in some places than in others But you wouldn’t know it by looking at the rich world’s housing markets, many of which continue to break records. Scarce housing supply together with robust demand, high levels of net household wealth and strong labour markets should…
Web 3.0 To Change The Landscape Of Social Media And Online Content
The introduction of web 2.0 platforms highlighted a bevvy of issues that Web 3.0 could be well placed to fix. The introduction of these platforms also highlighted a bevvy of issues that Web 3.0 could be well placed to fix. Web 2.0’s social media model is strongly predicated on the accumulation of mass amounts of…