Can Brands Circumvent Marketing Regulations? Exploiting Umbrella Branding in Financial Markets
Hedge funds benefited from their umbrella brand mutual fund affiliate's advertising and exploited this effect to circumvent a marketing ban.
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.
Spending lots of scrolling through social media videos is a habit that many people often fall into. While it can be entertaining, mental health experts say it also can be harmful.
In journal Information System Research, researchers posted a model they created that uses AI to detect which videos can affect mental health, or even spark suicidal thoughts.
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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Hedge funds benefited from their umbrella brand mutual fund affiliate's advertising and exploited this effect to circumvent a marketing ban.
About 15 years ago, Yuval Salant bought a laptop at a major electronics chain store. The salesperson offered him an extended warranty to cover any repairs needed after the manufacturer’s warranty expired.
Instead of simply grumbling about neighbors not maintaining their lawns properly, residents of Ypsilanti Township's West Willow neighborhood examined barriers that some homeowners face and decided to create a solution: a tool lending library.
To start with a big picture, if you look at industries like the restaurant industry, it’s huge. The statistics tell us that, at some point, half of the population of the United States has worked in a restaurant. Typically, these are part-time jobs. They don’t pay well. They don’t even pay minimum wage. The basic wage is very, very low, and you rely on tips. And restaurants, as a rule, don’t make a lot of money. We are talking about a couple of percentage points in profitability.
Chatbots can match the performance of proficient human salespeople—or outperform inexperienced ones fourfold—but only when customers are unaware they are conversing with artificial intelligence.

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