The Future Means Business
By: PGIM Autumn, 2019 The modern firm is one of society’s most powerful inventions, with more than 50% of economic transactions taking place internally within firms rather than through market mechanisms.1 The decisions made by firms are major drivers of value creation and destruction – and matter immensely to long-term investors given over half […]
Apple Commits to Freedom of Speech After Criticism of China Censorship
By: AP News July, 2020 Apple has for the first time published a human rights policy that commits to respecting “freedom of information and expression”, following years of criticism that it bows to demands from Beijing and carries out censorship in mainland China, Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong. Apple’s board of directors approved […]
1 ad, 3 Accents: How Democrats Aim to Win Latino Votes
By: AP News July, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Spanish-language ads for Joe Biden used the same slogan to contrast him with President Donald Trump — “los cuentos no pagan las cuentas,” a play on words that roughly means “telling stories won’t pay the bills.” But the narrator for the version that aired […]
How a Hologram Can Show a Patient’s Heart During Surgery
By: BVC August 18, 2020 Jennifer and Jon Silva, a husband and wife team working at Washington University in St Louis in the United States, have developed a hologram that visualises a patient’s heart while they are in the operating theatre. It is designed to provide real-time information in 3D and a direct […]
Wall Street Has Never Seen a Company Like Palantir
By: The Financial Times September 4, 2020 Part software company, part consultancy, with a controversial dependence on US government and military work, Palantir only has 125 customers and remains heavily lossmaking after 17 years in business. Last week it took the wraps off its plans for a direct listing of its shares on […]
Time to Rethink Shareholder Meetings?
By: University of Edinburgh Business School September 4, 2020 The accelerated move to virtual shareholder meetings, due to Covid-19, has caused quite a kerfuffle. The temporary provisions of the UK’s Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 relaxed a number of statutory requirements. This enabled meetings to take place virtually under lockdown conditions and were […]
Big Tech Companies Collaborate to Protect US Election Process
By: The Guardian August 3, 2020 The major U.S. technology companies on Wednesday reiterated their commitment to helping ensure a secure election throughout the coming months. The group, which includes Facebook, Reddit, Google and Twitter, issued a joint statement after a meeting with government officials, during which each company shared what has been happening on its respective platform. […]
Facebook Funnelling Readers Towards Covid Misinformation – Study
By: The Guardian August 19, 2020 Websites spreading misinformation about health attracted nearly half a billion views on Facebook in April alone, as the coronavirus pandemic escalated worldwide, a report has found. Facebook had promised to crack down on conspiracy theories and inaccurate news early in the pandemic. But as its executives promised accountability, its […]
Google Sets up Fund to Offer Paid Sick Leave to Contractors and Temp Workers Who Can’t Work Due to COVID-19 Symptoms or Quarantines
By: Business Insider March 11, 2020 Google has set up a fund that will enable all contract and temporary workers globally to take paid sick leave should they need to due potential coronavirus symptoms or quarantines, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday. “As we’re in a transition period in the U.S.-and to cover […]