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Students Demand Universities Sell Off Israel-Related Stocks, Hundreds Arrested In Nationwide Protests: 'Stop Investing In This Genocide'
Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 5:12pm | 1080Hundreds of people, mostly students, have been arrested this week across the country as pro-Palestine protests spread at college campuses. Protesters are calling for a cease fire and have now added a new demand: they expect their universities to sell off stocks in companies that directly or...
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Remote Work Lifestyle Hinders Careers, Says NYU Professor: 'Young People Who Choose That Life...Are Probably Not Going To Become CEOs'
Sunday, November 5, 2023 - 9:26pm | 580The increasingly popular trend of remote work among younger generations might be a potential roadblock to reaching executive positions, warns NYU Stern School of Business Professor Suzy Welch. What Happened: As reported by Business Insider India, Welch suggests that while remote work might offer a...
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Study Finds Misinformation on Facebook Six Times More Popular Than Factual News
Saturday, September 4, 2021 - 3:41pm | 305A new study finds that news sources known for spreading misinformation received six times the amount of likes, shares and interaction on Facebook than posts by traditional news outlets. What happened: The findings come from a study from New York University and the Université Grenoble Alpes...
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5 Fun Facts You Might Not Know About Jack Dorsey
Sunday, December 13, 2020 - 1:18pm | 561Jack Dorsey is best known to investors as the co-Founder and CEO of Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) and the founder and CEO of Square Inc (NYSE: SQ). About Jack Dorsey: The entrepreneur has seen his wealth soar with the valuations of Square and Twitter climbing since going public. Forbes lists Dorsey’s...
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How MindMed Uses Tech To Innovate, Deploy Psychedelic Mental Health Therapies
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 9:11am | 990In an exclusive to Benzinga, Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc (OTC: MMEDF), a leading medicine biotech company in psychedelics, on Tuesday revealed the introduction of a division known as Albert, to help research and develop an integrated platform for delivering psychedelic medicines, experiential...
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On, Wisconsin: University Wins Half Billion In iPhone Patent Suit, Another Sign Schools Are Research Cash Cows
Thursday, July 27, 2017 - 4:11pm | 799In another sign that universities mine vast fortunes from their research, a federal judge has ordered Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to pay the University of Wisconsin $506 million for infringing on a patent related to iPhone tech. U.S. District Judge William Conley in Madison added $272 million to a $...
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Former Nixon Library Historian Has Familiar Feeling About Trump
Sunday, April 30, 2017 - 1:35pm | 655The historian hired to repair the Richard Nixon Library and Museum’s problems with the truth sees something similar in the current president: a sense of paranoia and frustration that might spill over into bad decisions. Timothy Naftali is a Canadian-American historian and a clinical associate...
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The 'Antikythera Mechanism' Is Likely The Oldest Mechanical Computer, And She Could Track The Olympics
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 8:59am | 391A larger-than-life team of academic "superheroes" are delving deep into the treasure trove that is Item 15087. These archaeologists, astronomers and historians have spent the last decade on this quest, slowly deciphering the secrets Item 15087, also called the "Antikythera Mechanism," holds. Over 2...
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Can Bitcoin Resolve Central Bank Woes?
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 2:44pm | 476Would the adoption of digital currency, such as Bitcoin, solve central banks' problems? Probably not, said Bloomberg View columnist Leonid Bershidsky. Central banks are mulling to get paper currency out of people's hands due to money laundering issues and negative rates. Bershidsky recalled that in...
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London Gold Price 'Fix' May Be Fixed, Say Researchers
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 11:32am | 643The benchmark used to set the price of gold in London, known as the gold fix, may have been manipulated for 10 years by banks, according to Bloomberg. Professor Rosa Abrantes-Metz of New York University’s Stern School of Business and Albert Metz, managing director at Moody’s, said in a draft...
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Sources: SoftBank And Sprint Set To Decide On Possible T-Mobile Bid Soon
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 2:17pm | 601In business, one way to eliminate competition is to buy it out. SoftBank founder, Masayoshi Son and Sprint (NYSE: S) CEO, Dan Hesse, are in the midst of making just such a decision with regards to T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS), according to Bloomberg. Of course, Son and Hesse would strongly argue...
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Facebook Enters Artificial Intelligence Research Arena
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 1:41pm | 546Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has hired New York University professor Yann LeCun to head up its research in artificial intelligence, AllThingsD reported Monday. The move marks both a formal launch and expansion to AI research efforts by Facebook that have been underway for some time. Professor LeCun...