Sports betting has grown far beyond who will win a game or whether the spread is covered. Every game offers numerous opportunities to place bets. Such microbets unravel the many plays that constitute a game into a sequence of uncertain actions, each of which can be gambled upon at lightning speed in real-time.
Gradually releasing TV show episodes, rather than offering full seasons all at once for binge-watchers, significantly increases engagement on subscription video-on-demand platforms and leads to substantially higher subscription rates.
In a new study, advanced analytics demonstrates that healthier school schedules are not only achievable but can also improve district operations and reduce costs.
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It’s nearly the end of 2020 in New Jersey, and the winter holidays are fast approaching. Shoppers are hurrying down the walkways of a mall. Strands of lights twinkle in shop windows stuffed full of toys. Christmas carols float through the air.
The shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the U.S.—which has exacerbated the COVID-19 crisis across the country—is likely to continue in a second wave of the pandemic. It has also exposed supply chain vulnerabilities in the process, namely, the reliance on foreign countries to produce the overwhelming majority of specialized PPE, such as N95 masks.
NORTH CAROLINA – Roughly four months into the worst public health crisis of our lifetime, experts say we're still in the beginning. "I think we're maybe coming to the end of chapter one," says Dr. Paul Delamater, assistant professor at UNC Chapel Hill. The health geographer launched N.C. COVID-19 earlier this month. It's a website with models focused solely on North Carolina. "You don't want to say things look good because people are still transmitting coronavirus. People are still being hospitalized. People are still dying, but relative to other state's, we've done a pretty good job," Delamater says.
Good morning. It has been nearly a year since the Business Roundtable released its statement of corporate purpose, putting the interests of employees, customers, communities and the environment on equal footing with shareholders.The change found widespread acceptance among leaders of Fortune 500 companies, and even among investors. Most of the criticism came not from people who disagree with the goals, but rather those who wonder how the words will be translated into action, and what metrics will be used to measure progress and hold companies accountable.
Universities around the nation are preparing not only for students to return to campus in August, but also for their student athletes to start competition. With an abrupt end to spring sports in March brought about by COVID-19, highlighted with the cancellation of March Madness for men’s and women’s basketball, students athletes are hungry to step back onto the court.
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