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Where Alternative Reality Comes From

This article was sourced from Fast Company. Article by Ronald Pies. The phrase “alternative facts” has recently made the news in a political context, but psychiatrists like me are already intimately acquainted with the concept—indeed, we hear various forms of alternate reality expressed almost every day. All of us need to parse perceived from actual reality […]

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The Sleep Science Behind Fitbit’s New Alta HR Fitness Tracker

This article was sourced from Fast Company. Article by Sean Captain. If you’re nodding off while reading this, it might not be because of my writing. You may not have had enough sleep—either the overall duration or the right mix of light, deep, and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Lots of fitness trackers measure the duration […]

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Tech takes a softer initial stance on Trump’s latest executive order

This article was sourced from Tech Crunch. Article by Kate Conger. After several courts shot down his executive order that banned travelers from seven nations from entering the United States, President Trump today made another attempt to implement his proposed Muslim immigration ban. Trump signed a new executive order this morning that reduces the list of affected nations to […]

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Interested in gaining an ARITA Advanced Certification?

Enrolments close on 10 March for the first subject in ARITA Advanced Certification: Fundamentals of Restructuring, Insolvency & Turnaround. This is the only opportunity to commence Advanced Certification in 2017. More information Enrolments Do any of your staff want to become a Registered Liquidator or Trustee in 2018? If any of your staff members intend […]

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Bankrupt Avaya Seeks Use Of Up To $3.7M For Exec Bonuses

This article was sourced from Law360. Article by Alex Wolf. Telecommunications provider Avaya Holdings Inc. asked a New York bankruptcy court on Wednesday for permission to pay up to $3.7 million in this year’s fiscal second quarter to 11 “key” executives as part of an incentive program to help it outperform earnings targets. Avaya, which […]

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Coming Home to Roost: Chinese Property Investors Head for U.S. Exit

But Hong Kong might not be on their wish list. This article was sourced from Bloomberg. Article by Narae Kim. Chinese real-estate investors are losing interest in the U.S. as their concern over yuan depreciation eases and questions swirl around President Donald Trump’s stance on protectionism. That’s the view of Andrew Haskins, executive director of Asia research […]

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Retailers like J. Crew are ignoring a $20 billion opportunity — and it’s infuriating shoppers

This article was sourced from Business Insider. Article by Mary Hanbury. Dallas Thompson has been fantasizing about a J. Crew purple cocoon coat for weeks. Unfortunately, the $US259 coat doesn’t come in her size. Thompson, who runs herown fashion blog, is a size 24. Shopping for fashionable clothes in her size can be a nightmare. “It’s […]

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Li’s Risks, Yellen’s Optimism Make for Mixed Open: Markets Wrap

This article was sourced from Bloomberg. Article by Adam Haigh. Asian stocks were poised for a mixed start as the yen remained stronger and Australian bonds retreated with investors taking their first chance to react to China’s National People’s Congress and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech. The yen strengthened from its level prior to Yellen’s remarks […]

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A 29-year-old founded a biotech startup to cure rare cancers after he got a life-changing diagnosis

This article was sourced from Business Insider. Article by Frank Chapparo. David Hysong’s life is like something out of a James Bond film. The 29-year-old recent inductee to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for science has travelled the back roads of four different continents on his motorcycle. He’s been hit by a bus going 60mph, […]

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Canadian Banks Push Back Against Taking on More Mortgage Risk

This article was sourced from Bloomberg. Article by Dough Alexander and Katia Dmitrieva. Canada’s financial industry is urging the federal government to consider alternatives to proposals that could require them to take on a greater share of mortgage defaults through a deductible — calling it one of the biggest shakeups to hit housing finance in 50 […]

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Credit Suisse CFO Sees Bank’s Growth Slowing Capital Build

This article was sourced from Bloomberg. Article by Jan-H Foerster and Jeffrey Vogeli. Credit Suisse Group AG’s push to expand in some areas of trading and across its wealth management businesses will make it harder to build up capital buffers at the same pace as last year, Chief Financial Officer David Mathers said. After selling billions […]

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Weaker euro helps propel euro zone factory growth to six-year high

This article was sourced from Bloomberg. Article by Rahul Karunakar. Euro zone manufacturing growth accelerated to a six-year high in February as a weaker euro helped drive strong demand for its exports, with inflationary pressure showing further signs of recovering, a business survey showed. While the upturn in euro zone factory activity was not shared by […]

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Why newspaper subscriptions are on the rise

This article was sourced from Tech Crunch. Article by Tien Tzuo. So much for the death of the newspaper industry. A recent Nielsen Scarborough study found that more than 169 million U.S. adults now read newspapers every month, in print, online or mobile. That’s almost 70 percent of the population. The New York Times picked up […]

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Meet the tiny phone company that’s making modularity sustainable

This article was sourced from Tech Crunch. Article by Natasha Lomas. With retro phone brands Nokia and Blackberry remerging at Mobile World Congress this year you’d be forgiven for thinking Mistress Fortune was up to her old wheel-spinning tricks again. And as old tech becomes tech news again, it’s a sign — say some — that smartphone innovation is on […]

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In the new age of ubiquitous connectivity the message is the medium

This article was sourced from Tech Crunch. Article by Tom Goodwin. In a month where Facebook launched its TV app with Samsung as a launch partner, we have to ask what this means for TV and then every other channel.  What if social media was just becoming the aggregation layer we accessed content through? The concept […]

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Are the Academy right to dump the ‘OscarGate’​ PwC accountants?

This article was sourced from LinkedIn. Article by Steve Blakeman. “They have one job to do. One job to do!” said Cheryl Boone Isaacs, President of the Film Academy. And boy did they mess that one job up. As a consequence, the accountants responsible for collecting votes and handing out the envelopes, Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz […]

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Huzzah! Gmail now accepts attachments up to 50 MB

This article was sourced from Tech Crunch. Article by Devin Coldeway. The only thing I like less than getting a 50-megabyte attachment in an email is not getting it because it bounced. That should happen less frequently now that Google has raised the bar for Gmail accounts, and anything up to 50 megs is A-OK. Honestly, […]

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Snap values itself at nearly $24B with its IPO pricing

This article was sourced from Tech Crunch. Article by Matthew Lynley. Snap has given a final price for its IPO, setting the company’s valuation at nearly $24 billion with a price of $17 per share, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. With that, it looks like Wall Street had plenty of appetite for […]

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How To Master Your Brain To Overcome Imposter Syndrome

This article was sourced from Fast Company. Article by Michael Grothaus. “Any moment, someone could come through the door, tap me on the shoulder, and tell me that it’s been concluded that I’m really not very good, certainly not an asset to the business, and it would be better for everyone if I packed my things and […]

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The Digital Nomad’s Guide To Working From Anywhere On Earth

This article was sourced from Fast Company. Article by Mike Elgan. Twenty years ago, a Hitachi executive named Tsugio Makimoto predicted a revolution. In the future, he wrote, high-speed wireless networks and low-cost mobile devices will break the link between occupation and location. Thanks to Moore and his Law, millions would indulge an innate wanderlust by […]