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Simple line/stock.adobe.comAmazon Business offers a new interactive online resource center called Small Business Success Studio. The studio provides small businesses with free online educational tools and resources to start, run, and grow their businesses. Small businesses are looking for new ways to grow their businesses. They believe increasing procurement budgets (65%) and investing in procurement (75%), especially procurement tools (49%), are ways to do that. Although these play an important role in expanding business, more than two-thirds (68%) of executives surveyed feel there is room for optimization in procurement operations, and half feel anxious about not implementing artificial intelligence technology.…
Topeka – The Kansas Department of Commerce is currently accepting candidates for 2024. To the Stars: Kansas Business Awardss. The popular annual awards program recognizes businesses and individuals across the state who have made a positive impact on their communities and the Kansas economy. This year's banquet and awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, October 3rd at the Great Bend Convention and Visitors Bureau. “The number of outstanding business success stories across Kansas continues to grow, and we look forward to recognizing even more outstanding companies and businesspeople who invest in their communities and state.” said Lt. Governor and…
Accrediting agencies, the private gatekeepers tasked by the U.S. Department of Education to issue licenses that make colleges eligible for student financial aid, sometimes send letters to schools listing violations and penalties. When posted online, these letters help the public, including students, understand developments and misconduct at the school. But recent actions involving the Accrediting Commission for Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), the main accreditor for for-profit colleges, have moved things in the wrong direction, away from transparency and disclosure and toward further cover-ups of wrongdoing. This suggests the possibility that progress is being made. For the past several years,…
One of the investors who made a profit by calling during the 2008 subprime mortgage bust says that cryptocurrencies are now one of three major themes driving today's narrative. He is not yet a fan of cryptocurrencies. In a new interview with Bloomberg TV, Neuberger Berman's Steve Eisman talks about artificial intelligence (AI), infrastructure, and cryptocurrencies: While he understands the first two themes, Eisman says he doesn't believe in cryptocurrencies. The investor said there is a theory that digital assets are a hedge against inflation and fiat currencies, but this is contradicted by their correlation to risk assets and the…
Former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski will pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a former customer of cryptocurrency finance company Voyager Digital.The settlement is pending approval by the court overseeing the civil case, but the paper said the National Football League star, known as “Gronk,” is a member of National Basketball Association player Victor Oladipo and race car driver. He will be paid in a pool of $2.4 million, along with Landon Cassil. Court filing dated May 3.Gronkowski became a “Brand Ambassador, Voyager Shareholder” and owner of Voyager's VGX token in…
The Sparks were gearing up to host Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever on May 24 at the cozy 4,000-seat Walter Pyramid.This represents a lot of potential revenue, as other WNBA teams looked to maximize the number of seats available for games featuring Clark, college basketball's all-time leading scorer and No. 1 pick in the 2024 tournament. It was a strange choice to leave. draft.With the Lakers, Clippers and Kings eliminated from the playoffs, the Sparks announced they would move their games against the Fever, the Dallas Wings on May 26th, and the Minnesota Lynx on June 5th to Crypto.com…
Telemedicine was once the darling of health care during the pandemic, saving the industry from plummeting to zero with the abrupt closure of in-person visits and becoming an essential investment.But now, mandatory investment is nearing zero as telehealth companies downsize or exit altogether in the face of declining demand.UnitedHealth Group (UNH) is discontinuing its telehealth services. Market leaders Amwell (AMWL) and Teladoc (TDOC) have been hit by layoffs and their stock prices have plummeted more than 50% over the past year. Amwell's market capitalization was once close to $6 billion. Today it's less than $200 million.But some experts say telemedicine…
A Standard Chartered report warns that increased US fiscal control risk due to potential debt monetization by the Federal Reserve could drive investors towards cryptocurrencies. In this context, a second term under former President Donald Trump could benefit digital assets. “We believe the second Trump administration will be largely positive with a more supportive regulatory environment,” the report said. Standard Chartered analyst Jeff Kendrick highlighted that Bitcoin could be a valuable hedge against de-dollarization and declining confidence in U.S. Treasuries. Kendrick further notes that “a steeper nominal 2-year/10-year curve, a larger increase in break-even points than real yields, and an…
According to a notice issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, the government has convened a meeting of e-commerce stakeholders and organizations involved in publishing online reviews to check for fake reviews, and is proceeding with discussions on a quality control order. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs also announced the draft Online Consumer Reviews (Quality Control) Order (QCO) 2024, which proposes to accept reviews from verified purchasers and users of products. “This QCO requires all e-commerce aggregators and organizations involved in publishing online reviews to declare self-compliance with the mandatory requirements set out in this order… “Organizations must register with…
This article is included in the following additional categories: Founded in 2007 by CEO Henrik Müller-Hansen, Gelato has evolved into a significant force in digital commerce. With a business model that favors local, on-demand production, Gelato operates in 32 countries, effectively minimizing its manufacturing and distribution logistics footprint. Headquartered in Oslo, with a vast network of offices around the world, including Atlanta, Berlin and Singapore, the company represents a new era of efficient and responsible production.Core features of the Gelato platformAt the heart of Gelato's innovation is GelatoConnect, a platform designed to integrate print producers around the world into a…