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Why This Mother-Daughter-Founded Snack Brand Brought Philanthropy Into Its Business Model
With a new partnership, SkinnyDipped set about its new mission to empower other female entrepreneurs.Inc. - 1d -
Resilience Is Required to Start and Sustain a Business
When you launch a business, you learn a lot about yourself—here’s how to harness that.Inc. - 2d -
Businesses and Job Seekers: Beware of This Hiring Scam
Scammers might be using your business’s job posting to make a buck.Inc. - 1d -
Inc.’s 2024 Best in Business Honorees
Meet the companies innovating, inspiring, and operating at the very top of their games.Inc. - 1d -
Nicholas Hoult is a man of character — and it's keeping him busy
'What I enjoy doing is trying to disappear and not do the same thing over and over again,' says the actor with three recent releases: 'Juror #2,' 'The Order' and 'Nosferatu.'Los Angeles Times - 1d -
Is Enron really back in business? Here's what to know.
A new Enron website appeared on Monday to proclaim its relaunch. It's been 23 years since the energy company went up in smoke.CBS News - 1d -
How to Turn ‘Boring’ Businesses Into Cash-Flow Machines
In ‘Main Street Millionaire,’ Codie Sanchez describes how to make money buying the types of businesses that most people ignore.Inc. - 1d -
Western businesses in China hold on to hopes for Trump 2.0
Some believe the incoming US president is in a strong position to negotiate a trade deal with BeijingFinancial Times - 19h -
Carlsberg Sells Russian Baltika Breweries Business
Carlsberg agreed to sell its Russian Baltika Breweries business, ending a long-running legal dispute sparked after the Russian government seized control.The Wall Street Journal - 1d -
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Small Business Owners Brace for Trump’s Proposed Tariffs
While the impact of the proposed import duties will hit small businesses hard, many are awaiting their final form before calculating their own costs.Inc. - 2h -
Is OpenAI Getting Into the Advertising Business? The Company Is Sending Mixed Messages
The AI giant’s CFO says it’s looking into ads, but adds that it has no active plans as yet.Inc. - 2d -
How One Entrepreneur Is Making PR Accessible for Small Businesses
Jenny Nguyen has reimagined publicity for independent designers and craftspeople. In the process, she built a community.Inc. - 1d -
Business school teaching case study: Can transparency improve pay equality?
UK employers must report gender disparity in wages but critics say the obligation provides little accountabilityFinancial Times - 1d -
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AT&T plans to plow $20 billion into buybacks in signal of business turnaround
AT&T’s stock is rising as the company will bring back share repurchases alongside an expected $20 billion-plus in continued dividend commitments over the next three years.MarketWatch - 1d -
Protection deal for Amazon rainforest in peril as big business turns up heat
Exclusive: With Brazil’s politicians, agribusiness organisations and global traders piling on the pressure, the highly successful 2006 Soy Moratorium is under threat. One of the cornerstones of ...The Guardian - 21h -
Mastercard reaches agreement in UK to settle claims of overcharging on fees
Test case bought on behalf of 46mn credit and debit card customers ends in deal for compensation of about £200mnFinancial Times - 20h -
AT&T Gave Up on the Media Business, and Its Stock Has Surged
Investors have welcomed CEO John Stankey’s return to boring wireless and broadband services after costly entertainment gambles.The Wall Street Journal - 1d -
G.M.’s Ailing China Business Will Deal It a $5 Billion Blow
General Motors and other foreign automakers are selling fewer cars and losing lots of money in China, where domestic electric and hybrid cars have taken off.The New York Times - 7h -
General Motors Takes $5 Billion Hit From Ailing China Business
The charge marks the latest example of how global automakers are struggling in China as local consumers embrace electric vehicles from homegrown brands.The Wall Street Journal - 2h -
DealBook Summit Live Updates: Jerome Powell Calls Fed Independence ‘Law of the Land’
Alex Cooper, the host of “Call Her Daddy,” is onstage now. Jeff Bezos, Prince Harry and Sundar Pichai are among those still to come.The New York Times - 8m -
General Motors takes more than $5bn charge against China businesses
Move lays bare declining future in what was once the US carmaker’s largest marketFinancial Times - 3h -
Ken Griffin, Top Republican Donor, Says He Voted for Trump
Mr. Griffin, who had previously derided Donald J. Trump as a “three-time loser,” said he voted for the president-elect.The New York Times - 2h -
OpenAI Enters Silicon Valley's Hot New Business: War
The artificial-intelligence company behind ChatGPT has agreed to put its powerful tech in Anduril Industries’ drone defense systems.The Wall Street Journal - 31m -
Alex Consani Is First Transgender Woman to Win Model of the Year
Alex Consani is a star, on TikTok and on the runway. In her speech at the Fashion Awards in London, she acknowledged the struggles of other pioneers.The New York Times - 23h -
Nous Research is training an AI model using machines distributed across the internet
Nous's DisTrO, Distributed Training Over-the-Internet, allows foundation class models to be trained without expensive superclusters.VentureBeat - 1d -
Liquid AI’s new STAR model architecture outshines Transformer efficiency
The STAR framework leverages evolutionary algorithms and a numerical encoding system to balance quality and efficiency in AI models.VentureBeat - 1d -
Mobile games see high returns on hybrid monetization models | AppsFlyer
AppsFlyer's 2024 State of App Monetization report shows that gaming apps can often benefit from hybrid monetization models -- but not always.VentureBeat - 1d -
Alex Consani becomes first transgender Model of the Year at U.K. Fashion Awards
American model Alex Consani was presented with the Model of the Year award at the British Fashion Council’s annual Fashion Awards in London.NBC News - 1d -
AWS says new Bedrock Automated Reasoning catches 100% of AI hallucinations
AWS updated Bedrock with two new capabilities, one to let large models teach smaller models and another to catch and correct hallucinations.VentureBeat - 1d -
Amazon launches Nova AI model family for generating text, images and videos
Nova Reel outperformed Runway's Gen-3 Alpha in A/B testing, achieving winning rates of 61.4% for video quality.VentureBeat - 1d
