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At least 11 people on this blog have promised to explain to readers what VAT is and why it is not a barrier to trace. However, I realized that it’s not clear how to explain it all in a blog post and decided to do Artble instead for regulations. This article is close to 6,000 words and features detailed non-nunical illustrations. The fall issue of the magazine stated, “VAT is not a disguised trade barrier.” There are no gates and it is also intended for PDF format. VAT is a sales tax similar to the sales tax, which is billed…
venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya.Mark Couz Larich/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesOnce known as the “Spac King” on Wall Street, Chamath Palihapitiya has returned with the promise of getting better after a new blank check vehicle and bruise track record.Palihapitiya launched the US exceptional acquisition Corp. A (AEXA) on Monday, overregistering $345 million SPAC over five times its $345 million SPAC, bringing in $1.4 billion in demand. The vehicle is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and is designed to target AI, energy, defense and distributed finance companies.”These are areas where we believe American entrepreneurship can still lead the world, and we…
Why learner engagement is more important than ever Attracting learners was never easy. But now things are a little more complicated with hybrid and remote work. Ensuring that teams are actively involved in learning, whether they are completely remote, on-site or hybrid, is what creates or destroys a training program. However, true engagement isn’t just about completion rates and attendees. This means that learners connect with content, retain and apply what they have learned. This is why an action plan is needed to increase learner engagement as quickly as possible. If you are a learning and development (L&D) expert, you…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in pre-market trading: Firefly Aerospace – Space Technology Company’s stock fell 10% after one of its rocket boosters exploded during pre-light testing at its Texas facility. Firefly Aerospace said the other facilities were not affected and are assessing the impact of the explosion. WolfSpeed - Semiconductor component manufacturer stock jumped 18% a day after almost 1,700% surges. WolfSpeed said Monday that the financial restructuring was successfully completed and emerged from Chapter 11 protection. Progress Software – The manufacturer of AI-powered infrastructure software earned $250 million in third quarter adjusted profits of $1.50,…
ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard. ADI IGNATIUS: I’m Adi Ignatius, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ALISON BEARD: Adi, what are some of the most important skills that you think leaders out there need to be successful right now? ADI IGNATIUS: If you’d asked me a couple of years ago, I probably would’ve said empathy is the number one skill that successful leaders need. Now I think things are changing so quickly that the number one skill might be an ability to be strategic, an ability to lead a company through a transformation, which is where we are now. ALISON…
Deep in the guts of JPMorgan Chase data centers and cloud providers, the artificial intelligence program, essential to the bank’s aspirations, becomes more powerful weekly.Called the LLM Suite, the program is a portal created by banks to leverage the large-scale language model of world-leading AI startups. Currently, we use Openai and human models.JPMorgan Chief Data Analytics Director Derek Waldron said that as banks offer more capabilities and platforms give more capabilities, the LLM suite is updated every eight weeks, with the platform offering more capabilities.”The broader vision we are working on will make the future JPMorgan Chase a fully AI-connected…
This is Naked Capitalism fundraising week. 424 donors have already invested in our efforts to combat corruption and predatory conduct, particularly in the financial realm. Please join us and participate via our donation page, which shows how to give via check, credit card, debit card, PayPal, Clover, or Wise. Read about why we’re doing this fundraiser, what we’ve accomplished in the last year, and our current goal, supporting our new Coffee Break/Sunday Movie features The accidental discovery that forged the Iron Age ScienceDaily Entering the Forcefield: How Language Shapes Reality Neoliberal Feudalism (Chuck L) I took an introductory theoretical math…
This is Naked Capitalism fundraising week. 422 donors have already invested in our efforts to combat corruption and predatory conduct, particularly in the financial realm. Please join us and participate via our donation page, which shows how to give via check, credit card, debit card, PayPal, Clover, or Wise. Read about why we’re doing this fundraiser, what we’ve accomplished in the last year, and our current goal, supporting our new Coffee Break/Sunday Movie features You know the world is in a dark place when in the space of just a few days Tony Blair, an unrepentant war criminal and profiteer, is proposed as…
BRIAN KENNY: Welcome to Cold Call, the podcast where we dive deep into the stories behind groundbreaking Harvard Business School case studies. On June 1st, 1879, Frank Winfield Woolworth made retail history by opening the very first 5 and 10 cents store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Tapping into the one certainty in the retail space, everyone loves a bargain, which brings us to today’s case subject, Dollar Tree. For 35 years, Dollar Tree built its entire identity around one simple, powerful promise. Everything in the store costs just one dollar. That fixed price point, not only defined the brand, but also…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights A Useful Friendship: A previously undisclosed report alleges Salvadoran President Bukele asked Trump’s ambassador to dismiss an embassy contractor helping U.S. agents investigate top aides. Elevated Status: Ambassador Ronald Johnson played a key role in raising Bukele’s profile among Republicans, paving the way for a deal to deport immigrants to a Salvadoran megaprison. CIA Station Chief Dismissed: Biden’s envoy to El Salvador had the intelligence officer and Johnson ally removed amid allegations that he was “too…