• Chinese business group holds dialogue with foreign diplomats, business leaders to deepen multilateral economic cooperation

    The China General Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) held an international dialogue between foreign diplomats and business leaders on Wednesday, aiming to further facilitate multilateral economic cooperation, as the country is vigorously promoting high-level opening-up amid its better-than-expected economic growth in the first quarter of the year.

  • New management for the EUTOP Group | Business | indexjournal.com

    Stefan Mappus is the new Managing Director of the EUTOP Group. Together with long-standing Managing Director Christian Schaufler, he will managethe fortunes of the Group from now on. Stefan Mappus

  • Galactic Group launches Web3 game publishing division

    Galactic Group has launched a new triple-A Web3 gaming publishing division, Galactic Entertainment Publishing.

  • Montana abortion rights group launches ballot initiative

    A reproductive rights group in Montana launched an initiative Tuesday to include a state constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on the ballot in the general election this November. On Tuesday, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights announced that it has officially launched its signature drive to get the required 60,000 signatures from Montanans by June 21 to

  • Group launches to champion West Midlands women in tech

    West Midlands startup support organisation TechWM has launched a special interest group that will “champion” women in tech amid a “horrifying” industry gender gap. The Women in Tech Special Interest Group is aiming to get more women into technology roles and leadership positions. It aims to do so by bringing together industry experts who can […]

    • ZDNet

    How Viber's new AI summarizes your busy group chats

    When a group chat blows up, you can accumulate hundreds of texts in seconds, making it time-consuming and challenging to catch up. Viber is leveraging generative AI to solve that problem for its users. Also: Google and MIT launch a free generative AI course for teachersThis week, Viber unveiled a new AI Chat Summary feature that uses OpenAI's technology to summarize unread messages in group chats, handling up to 100 unread messages concisely.  The feature can extract the most important parts of...

  • UnitedHealth Group Shutting Down Optum Virtual Care Telehealth Business

    UnitedHealth Group is shutting down its Optum Virtual Care telehealth business. Employees were notified of the shutdown on Thursday (April 18), and some were told that their last day would be in July, Seeking Alpha reported Tuesday (April 24), citing a paywalled article by Endpoints News. Reached for comment by PYMNTS, a UnitedHealth Group spokesperson provided an emailed statement saying that the […]

  • Business group plans to sue after FTC bans noncompete contracts

    (The Center Square) – The Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule Tuesday to ban noncompete contracts that prevent employees from joining rival companies in a move that immediately drew a legal challenge. U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Suzanne Clark said the measure was illegal and would hurt businesses and workers. "The Federal Trade Commission's decision to ban employer noncompete agreements across the economy is not only unlawful but also a...

    • WSJ

    Business Groups Race to Block FTC’s Ban on Noncompete Agreements

    WASHINGTON—The nation's biggest business lobbying group and a national

  • Elf Labs launches transmedia business with hundreds of trademarked fairytale characters

    Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Elf Labs is unveiling itself as a new transmedia business built around its ownership of hundreds of trademarked fairytale characters in zombie form. The Los Angeles company has an Emmy-winning production team,

  • Local advocacy group launches pilot nutritional program for perinatal families

    The Beloved Early Education (BEE) Care Collective, an advocacy group that has been making headlines lately for its work with educators and parents, recently launched a pilot nutritional program to extend its early care to include offering fresh meals to Black, Latina and Indigenous pregnant women and new mothers. Director of Reproductive Justice, Simone Lee, […]

  • SBA Launches New Digital Portal to Boost Small Business Funding

    The SBA has just launched a new digital hub to help small businesses access federal funding called the Investing in America Small Business Hub.