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Here’s How to Check in on Your AI System, as COVID-19 Plays Havoc

McGill | Delve | June 19, 2020 Despite its reputation as a disruptive technology, AI does not handle disruption well COVID-19 has disrupted our behaviours, playing havoc with AI systems. Subject matter experts who understand the context in which an AI system is operating should assess how the COVID-19 crisis may have affected it. MIT

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Delighting in the possible

McKinsey & Company | By Zafer Achi and Jennifer Garvey Berger  | March 1, 2015 In an unpredictable world, executives should stretch beyond managing the probable. Moving from “managing the probable” to “leading the possible” requires us to address challenges in a fundamentally different way. Rather than simply disaggregating complexities into pieces we find more

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When it comes to Apple and Tesla stock splits, investors should tread lightly, advisors say

Investing in Apple and Tesla looks a lot more affordable after both companies split their stocks. Here's why you might want to stay on the sidelines, according to financial advisors.

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She gets just $33 a week in unemployment benefits. Trump's $300 boost isn't coming.

Donna Crenshaw gets $33 a week in unemployment benefits, and can't access an extra $300 a week through a new Trump administration program due to restrictions. Now, she's being forced back to work despite being at high risk for Covid-19.

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Statement on Modernization of the Accredited Investor Definition

SEC | Chairman Jay Clayton | Aug 26, 2020 Today, the Commission adopted final rules to modernize and add much needed flexibility to the definition of “accredited investor” by adding new categories of qualifying individuals and entities that have demonstrated financial sophistication such that they should not be excluded from the very large, multifaceted and

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Today is the first day of the payroll tax deferral. It's complicated, here's what we know

Employees may soon see changes to their take-home pay as the payroll tax holiday rolls out. Here are a few things they should know to prepare.

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Law reform to move identity verification online

The Law Society Gazette | Michael Cross | Sep 2020 The need to produce original official documents in order to prove identity could finally become obsolete under ambitions for electronic identity verification announced by the government today. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport revealed that the government plans to update existing laws 'to

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Carlyle's David Rubenstein: 'Still a little nervous' but market rally has 'somewhere more to go'

"I don't think it can keep going up forever at this pace. I think there will be a pause at some point," Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein told CNBC on Monday

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Due to pandemic, more than 13 million college students are worried about their financial future: study

Amid extreme economic uncertainty and rising student debt balances, most college students say the coronavirus crisis has changed how they feel about their financial future.

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys stakes in Japan's five leading trading companies

News of the purchases came on the Oracle of Omaha's 90th birthday.

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Young workers at risk of financial exhaustion due to coronavirus pandemic

Young Americans feel pushed to the limit when it comes to coping with the stress of work and their finances. For many, that means they are "living like they are broke" rather than above their means.

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Don't leave your retirement savings behind when you switch jobs

Leaving a job and ignoring your old 401(k) retirement assets is like putting money in a box under your bed and forgetting it's there. You need to create a plan for that money and find ways to reinvest it.

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Women-managed funds are outperforming as tech exposure pays off, Goldman finds

Higher relative exposure to tech names like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Tesla has led to greater returns for women-led mutual funds this year, according to Goldman Sachs.

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Tesla jumps 10% as stock split takes effect, Apple gains 4%

Apple and Tesla rose sharply on Monday, the first day after their recently announced stock splits took effect.

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10 states still not approved for extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits. At least six states have begun paying the supplement

A fifth of states haven't yet received federal approval for the Lost Wages Assistance program, at a time when unemployed workers have gone a month without the $600 weekly supplement.

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