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    An introvert’s guide to surviving group travel

    Introverts can handle traveling with others better by setting a few grounds rules during their trips.

  • Malaysia to offer incentives to attract global tech companies

    "We want to attract global unicorns to enter Malaysia, so that high-skilled and high-value jobs are created, besides developing a pipeline of future entrepreneurs and senior leaders in tech," Minister Rafizi Ramli said at the KL20 Summit, aimed at launching new policies to support Malaysian start-ups.

  • Nordstrom CEO, President Aim to Take Company Private

    Nordstrom’s CEO Erik Nordstrom and President Pete Nordstrom have told the retailer’s board that they’re interested in taking the company private. As a result, the board has formed a special committee of independent and disinterested directors that will evaluate any proposals from those executives and from other parties, the company said in a Thursday (April 18) press release. The […]

  • Sundar Pichai on the responsibility of tech companies and the potential of AI

    This month, at the 2024 Business, Government & Society Forum at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, spoke about the importance of companies taking responsibility for the impact they have on society.

  • Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) Rating Reiterated by JMP Securities

    Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV – Get Free Report)‘s stock had its “market perform” rating reiterated by stock analysts at JMP Securities in a note issued to investors on Friday, Benzinga reports. Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of Travelers Companies from $222.00 […]

  • China moves to boost foreign investment in domestic tech companies

    China on Friday published measures aimed at promoting overseas investment in the country's technology sector, in a latest bid to attract foreign investors amid signs some are considering shifting away from the world's second-largest economy. China will support overseas institutions to issue yuan bonds in the country, and also encourage tech companies, including foreign-invested ones, to raise money via bond issuance, the commerce ministry said in a statement. The government will also facilitate...

  • Israeli AI Company Aims to Find Online Extremists Before They Kill

    JERUSALEM (JNS) – Incitement on the internet has become a hot topic in the wake of Oct. 7, but as we all know, violence doesn’t always stay online—extremist activists in Europe and the U.S., mostly Muslims, are actively hatching plots to target Israeli and Jewish sites around the world, posing a clear and immediate threat. […]

  • How Companies Can Champion Women's Leadership Roles In The Tech Industry

    The tech industry faces a pressing challenge: the declining presence of women in leadership roles. Post-pandemic, there was a rebound in the general workforce participation rates of women. Yet, in 2023, Forbes highlighted that the tech sector remains a concerning outlier.The representation of women in tech leadership roles has actually declined from 35% in 1984 to 28% in 2023. This marks a regressive trend in an otherwise forward-thinking industry.To address this, some tech companies are...

  • Japan Campaigns for American Companies to Invest in Country's Tech Sector

    Japan's Prime Minister is lobbying for support from American executives for the Asian country's tech sector.

  • UI student company aims to bring soap refill stations to campus

    To make the University of Iowa campus more eco-friendly, seven students have assembled a team to launch detergent and soap refill stations in UI buildings. The team, dubbed RefillerMe, was awarded a $10,000 grant from a pitch competition on Feb. 26 at the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and plans to compete in several other pitch

  • Disney tech executive Aaron LaBerge leaves company after more than 20 years

    Aaron LaBerge, chief technology officer of Disney Entertainment and ESPN, announced Monday that he is departing the Burbank-based media giant and will join casino and sports-betting company Penn Entertainment. LaBerge will step into his new role as chief technology officer of Penn Entertainment in July, according to the Pennsylvania-based corporation, which offers integrated entertainment, sports content and casino gaming experiences. He has spent more than 20 years at Disney, where he...