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Savvy Investors Look to Job Postings to Predict a Company’s Performance

Savvy Investors Look to Job Postings to Predict a Company’s Performance

The Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2020

Some investors are taking advantage of a once-obscure indicator of a company’s financial prospects: job postings. According to research published in the July issue of the journal Management Science, changes in the number of a company’s online job postings are a leading indicator of changes in that company’s future performance. The relationship is stronger when the job postings likely represent the addition of new employees rather than the replacement of people leaving the company, the researchers found.

Opinion: Amazon Has a Trust Problem

Opinion: Amazon Has a Trust Problem

Market Watch, August 7, 2020

Can U.S. consumers trust Amazon.com? Jeff Bezos, the company’s CEO, said in his opening statement at a House antitrust hearing last week that “80% of Americans have a favorable impression of Amazon overall, according to leading independent polls.” Americans trust only their doctors and the military more than Amazon to “do the right thing,” he added. Given the public concerns over counterfeit and unsafe products sold by third-party sellers, however, Amazon needs to develop and execute a comprehensive plan to protect its consumers. 

Study Finds Dedicated Clinics Can Reduce Impact of a Flu Pandemic

Study Finds Dedicated Clinics Can Reduce Impact of a Flu Pandemic

NC State University, August 6, 2020

A new study concludes that opening clinics dedicated specifically to treating influenza can limit the number of people infected and help to “flatten the curve,” or reduce the peak prevalence rate. While the work focused on influenza, the findings are relevant for policymakers seeking ways to reduce impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

College Football Players Fear Stigma of Sitting Out Could Outlast Pandemic

College Football Players Fear Stigma of Sitting Out Could Outlast Pandemic

The Washington Post, August 5, 2020

Ra’Von Bonner needs a breakout year. The Illinois reserve running back rushed for 225 yards last season with three touchdowns in his third season on the field for the University of Illinois football team. If the dominoes fell right, this could’ve been the season that launched Bonner into the NFL. But Bonner has asthma, a condition he was hospitalized for a handful of times as a child. And though Big Ten officials are pushing a plan to play football safely in 2020, Bonner isn’t buying it.

BIG DATA More Accessible and Growing By Jason Bates

BIG DATA More Accessible and Growing By Jason Bates

Aero Space Tech Review, July 25, 2020

Big data and analytics has had a tremendous impact on operations across the aero sector. Initially driven by OEMs and engine manufacturers, reliance on big data continues to expand, with airlines relying more on the data for operational improvements and seeking to deliver real-time insights to the cockpit. As the amount of data generated grow, organizations are looking for faster access to that information and seeking ways to garner additional insights, including helping airlines recover more quickly from the impact of Covid-19-related slowdowns.

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Artificial Intelligence

Can AI Help You Do Your Taxes?

Can AI Help You Do Your Taxes?

TIME, March 26, 2024

Leaders of AI companies often argue that AI products will handle mundane tasks, freeing people up to be more productive and creative. And there are few tasks more mundane than taxes. An individual American taxpayer spends roughly 13 hours and $240 out-of-pocket costs just to prepare and file one annual tax return, according to one 2022 study—an estimated 1.15 billion hours collectively spent on tax preparation.

Healthcare

A Man Deliberately Got 217 COVID Shots. Here’s What Happened + More

The Defender, March 6, 2024

The Defender’s COVID NewsWatch provides a roundup of the latest headlines related to the SARS CoV-2 virus, including its origins and COVID vaccines. The views expressed in the excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender.

Supply Chain

Exclusive: Tariffs and the Supply Chain

Exclusive: Tariffs and the Supply Chain

Contractors Supply Magazine, February 12, 2024

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the supply chain topic has been on the headlines constantly. First, it was due to the limited availability of groceries on store shelves. Then, it was the semiconductor chips shortage that caused automobile production to be severely restricted. Home prices went up sharply due to the shortage of materials and more people expanding their housing footprint by building offices and additions. Then, there was the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Drug shortages may mean difference between life and death for some US patients, experts say

Drug shortages may mean difference between life and death for some US patients, experts say

CNN, February 6, 2024

When T.J. Grimm and his team at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center put in their nightly orders to fill customers’ medications, they‘re never really sure that the orders will actually get filled. It’s a problem facing health care systems across the country: Pharmacy managers have been left scrambling to find supplies as the country deals with a near-record number of shortages affecting millions of people.

Climate

After Park City Wind failure, can Connecticut offshore wind rebound?

After Park City Wind failure, can Connecticut offshore wind rebound?

WSHU, March 18, 2024

In December 2019, Connecticut announced the largest purchase of renewable energy in state history. Providing 804 megawatts of offshore wind power, Avangrid’s Park City Wind Project promised the equivalent of 14% of the state’s electricity supply, $890 million in direct economic development, improved grid reliability during the winter and the opportunity to slash over 25 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.