Robots on the Rise as Americans Experience Record Job Losses Amid Pandemic
By: The Guardian November 27, 2020 They can check you in and deliver orange juice to your hotel room, answer your questions about a missing package, whip up sushi and pack up thousands of subscription boxes. And, perhaps most importantly, they are completely immune to Covid-19. While people have had a hard time in […]
Netflix to Start Declaring £1bn-Plus UK Revenues to HMRC
By: The Guardian November 28, 2020 Netflix is to finally start declaring the £1bn-plus revenues it makes from millions of British subscribers each year to the UK tax authorities, a move likely to ramp up pressure on tech firms such as Google and Amazon to stop funnelling revenues through overseas tax jurisdictions. Netflix, which has funnelled UK-generated revenue […]
The ESG Weekly: Facebook and The Downgrade
By: ESG Now November, 2020 We downgraded Facebook from a BBB to a B; but why? Well, it has to do with a little something called governance, and the fact that we revamped how we assess governance in our ESG ratings model. Today, we discuss the Facebook downgrade and the changes to how we […]
New UK Tech Regulator to Limit Power of Google and Facebook
By: The Guardian November 27, 2020 A new tech regulator will work to limit the power of Google, Facebook, and other tech platforms, the government has announced, in an effort to ensure a level playing field for smaller competitors and a fair market for consumers. Under the plans, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will gain a […]
Apple Lobbies for Tax Breaks for Manufacturing More Chips in United
By: Bloomberg October 21, 2020 Apple Inc. has been lobbying the U.S. government on tax breaks to support domestic chip production, suggesting the iPhone maker is keen to move more of its supply chain to the U.S. In second– and third-quarter disclosure reports, the company said it lobbied officials from the Treasury Department, Congress and the White […]
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 […]