Many countries around the world have decided to live with the coronavirus, even as a new subvariant fuels another wave of infections. But China is an extremely important exception. READ MORE
The most innovative US states in 2022
Rankings were based on human capital and innovation environment READ MORE
Elon Musk's Tesla tweets are fair game for investigation, SEC says
The Securities and Exchange Commission argued in a Tuesday filing with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan that Tesla and Elon Musk have "no valid substantive basis" to challenge a subpoena issued by the agency in November. READ MORE
Inflation is a direct result of overbearing, dysfunctional gov policies
The good news is, federal policymakers know what spurred inflation to its historic gallop over the last year. The bad news is, it was them.
That’s why Congress and President Biden spent 2021 ignoring inflation or insisting it was merely "transitory." It’s not. The four-decade high 7% inflation rate Americans endured last year jumped to 7.9% in February and seems headed even higher. Contrary to Democrats’ misdirection, this inflation wasn’t caused by COVID-19, but by the federal government’s ham-handed responses to it. READ MORE
America's inflation problem is about much more than energy
In yesterday's White House description of President Biden's schedule, it says he will join Business Roundtable CEOs and talk about Russia's "unprovoked and unjustified" war with Ukraine and then it adds "and the president plans to lower costs for working families, create good paying union jobs, and tackle the climate crisis." READ MORE
What B2B Sellers Can Learn from How D2C Brands are Scaling and Converting Leads
Many consumers have shifted to digital storefronts, and many direct-to-consumer brands have benefited from this change. For example, Peloton generated $4.02 billion in sales in 2021, but the switch to e-commerce is only one of many components that have helped D2C businesses grow. READ MORE
Robot Truckers Could Replace 500K U.S. Jobs
The robots will take the most tedious, most dangerous jobs first, in most things. Trucking is no exception. Autonomous driving engineers are squarely focused on long-haul freight, the interstate runs with almost no complexity save for a slow curve or an E-ZPass lane. As such, those routes are some of the simpler challenges on the self-driving spectrum. READ MORE
Elon Musk's satellites help Zelensky dominate the skies
Elon Musk's Starlink satellite system is giving Ukrainian forces the edge in winning the drone war as the nation fights back with technology to track down invading Russians.
Aerorozvidka (Aerial Reconnaissance) is being used to attack Russian drones and target Vladmir Putin's army of tanks and track down their positions in the conflict, which has been ongoing since February 24, according to The Telegraph. READ MORE
Musk challenges Putin to ‘single combat’ over Ukraine
Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk wrote to his 77.7 million Twitter followers on Monday that he was challenging Russian President Vladimir Putin to single combat and wagering Ukraine.
"I hereby challenge Владимир Путин to single combat," Musk wrote, using Putin’s Russian name.
He added, "Stakes are Україна," using the Ukrainian spelling for Ukraine. READ MORE
'Great Resignation': Over 70% of workers regret quitting their jobs
The majority of U.S. workers who changed jobs during the "Great Resignation" actually regret quitting and even feel a sense of buyer's remorse, according to a new survey.
Seven out of ten workers — about 72% — admitted that they were surprised to learn that their new roles or companies were different from what they were led to believe during the interview process, according to the survey of more than 2,500 millennial and Gen Z job seekers by The Muse. READ MORE
How Silicon Valley’s Russia crackdown proves its power – and its threat
Less than a day after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine, the head of security at Meta (formerly Facebook) announced the company would no longer accept ad money from Russian state media outlets like Russia Today and Sputnik. Twitter said it would pause all ads from both Russia and Ukraine. And the next day, 26 February, YouTube quietly shared that it had begun blocking a handful of Kremlin-run media outlets from monetizing and running ads on their channels too. READ MORE
Russia’s Economic Blackout Will Change the World
Like all novel experiments, the group punishment of Russia is a leap into the unknown. READ MORE
How Shadow Boards Bridge Generational Divides
A shadow board is a group of young, nonexecutive employees tapped to work with the executive board on strategic initiatives. It’s designed to introduce a company’s (typically middle-aged) leadership team to new perspectives and insights, thereby helping to drive strategy. The shadow board might contribute to initiatives as significant as developing a new marketing plan, redesigning a business model, or updating key processes in the organization’s value chain. It can also shift corporate culture in two ways: Board members can gain access to new perspectives and younger employees can experience the inner workings of a board and share what they learn with their peers. READ MORE
Here’s how Americans think employers have done on the pandemic
As the second anniversary of pandemic-fueled lockdown approaches, the challenges and successes of the last two years are coming into focus for employers. And despite the widespread workplace chaos, many employees appear happy with how their employer has handled the crisis. READ MORE
Amazon misled, obstructed Congress in competition inquiry, House panel says in letter to DOJ seeking probe
A bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers is asking the Justice Department to launch a probe into Amazon and its top executives over whether they lied to or misled Congress over the company's business practices in an effort to surpass their competitors. READ MORE
Startup Funding Announcements Slowed Dramatically Following Ukraine Attack
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, global venture funding announcements and disclosures have slowed dramatically.
Since last Thursday, when the attack commenced, just 154 companies across the globe have revealed a seed, early- or late-stage venture investment of disclosed size, per Crunchbase data . Altogether, those rounds totaled $3.65 billion. READ MORE
Shell is pulling out of Russia, dumping Gazprom deal
On Monday, in a statement, CEO Ben van Beurden detailed the emotional decision. READ MORE
What a Russian cyberattack on the U.S. could look like and how it could affect you
As President Biden intensifies sanctions against Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine, experts warn that cyberattacks against public and private targets in the United States are a possibility. READ MORE
I feared remote work would kill my startup’s culture. Here’s why it didn’t
I used to fear growth. And more specifically, what growth would do to my company.
A couple of years ago, we were a small, scrappy startup of 40 or 50 people. I knew everyone and everyone knew me. I’d stay in the office until seven or eight at night, not working, but just hanging out with my colleagues—people who I considered friends. READ MORE
Why boycotting Russian goods could have a bigger impact than you think
There's more than one reason not to drink Russian vodka.
Over recent days, several businesses have made headlines for boycotting Russian products. A Las Vegas bar owner, for example, helped raise money for the Red Cross by pouring bottles of Russian vodka down the drain. READ MORE