Karen DeSalvo is the latest notable hire in Google’s effort to go big in health and life sciences.
Read more: Google appoints former Obama health official Karen DeSalvo to new chief health officer role
Immigrants make this country stronger and our economy more dynamic. As a first step toward needed comprehensive reform, I urge the Senate to move quickly to pass the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act,” Cook tweeted. “
Read more: Apple CEO Tim Cook calls on the Senate to pass immigration reform
Branchless bank Chime is experiencing outages that are leaving customers stranded without access to their money.
Read more: Mobile bank Chime goes dark for millions of customers as it seeks billion valuation
In a speech Thursday at Georgetown University on free speech, Zuckerberg chastised ByteDance-owned TikTok for censoring content.
Read more: Zuckerberg blasts Facebook rival TikTok for censorship in China, and he might be right
Tesla has quietly raised Model 3 prices, and made a number of tweaks to its ordering and returns process. For example, it now charges $100 non-refundable order fee instead of requiring a refundable $1,000 reservation fee and $2,500 order deposit.
Read more: Tesla quietly changed its return policy and added a non-refundable 0 order fee
Thanks to emerging technologies, training opportunities will soon be available anytime and people will not have to wait months for the next training session. Furthermore, training opportunities will be highly customizable, allowing firms to align them closely with their strategies. They will also be more interactive, which should increase their effectiveness. In our HBS background note “Developing Leaders”, my colleagues and I write, “Lectures can be used to familiarize participants with conceptual ideas and material, but interactive techniques must be employed if the abstract knowledge is to translate into new skills.” Emerging technologies will play a pivotal role in increasing access to these kids on interactive opportunities.
Read more: Q&A with HR tech influencer Boris Groysberg
“The stock reaction would suggest a higher grade, but ultimately, this trend is there is some cautionary tales here,” Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster says.
Read more: Gene Munster: Netflix is a difficult stock to own even after positive earnings
The Microsoft CEO was paid $42.9 million for the 2019 fiscal year, which ended on June 30. That’s up 66% from the previous fiscal year but down from his pay when he took the helm.
Read more: Microsoft gives Satya Nadella a 66% raise, citing ‘strategic leadership’
Netflix makes the case in its shareholder letter that more streaming services won’t curb subscriber growth.
Read more: Netflix to competition: Welcome! Your success will be our success
Before this year, ratings agencies rarely took a stance on how particular cybersecurity incidents could impact a company’s credit or outlook. That is changing, as Moody’s response to the three-day-old Pitney Bowes attack shows.
Read more: In a rare move, Moody’s says it’s paying close attention to Pitney Bowes ransomware attack