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Higher Education and ‘The Gift of Global Talent’
Blog: Technology and Learning The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society by William R. Kerr Published in October 2018 You’ve probably heard the idea that data, not oil, is the most valuable resource of the 21st century. If you read The Gift of Global Talent, and I think you should, you…
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Disney Plus was the most-Googled term in America this year, beating out ‘Game of Thrones’ and the iPhone 11 (GOOG, GOOGL, DIS, AAPL)
Shutterstock Google released data Wednesday revealing its most popular search phrases for its year.” Disney Plus” was the most-searched expression in the United States in 2019. Several celebrity deaths also made the record, such as celebrity Nipsey Hussle and actors Cameron Boyce and Luke Perry. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Each year, Google…
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The 25 most expensive ZIP codes in America in 2019
Katie Warren/Business Insider Real estate blog Property Shark has launched its annual ranking of the most expensive ZIP codes in the United States. For the third season in a row, Silicon Valley suburb Atherton took the top place. The median sale price in Atherton, California, was $7 million in 2019 — up nearly 43 percent…
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Lyft’s slumping stock price cost General Motors $214 million last quarter (LYFT, GM)
Lyft General Motors’ third-quarter financials were adversely affected by Lyft’s struggling stock price. The stock’s 28% rout during the three-month period cost GM $0.15 a share, or roughly $214 million. Despite the slump, GM’s investment, originally made in 2016 for self-driving innovation, is most likely still in the green. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more…
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These were the best Android games released in May
A top-down Lovecraftian adventure, a term puzzler, and an incredible audio story adventure. Notable games released in May Tesla vs Lovecraft ($9.99) is a tough-as-nails twin-stick shooter with rogue-like components. Alt-Frequencies ($4.99) is an audio story mystery game that centers around time travel, misinformation, and a government conspiracy. Word Forward ($2.99) offers a new twist…
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Past Is Prologue: Trends That Got America to 2 Million Solar Systems
It took four decades for America to install a million solar systems. And it took just three years to install the second million. From here on out, the U.S. market will likely see a million systems every couple of years, according to the latest data from Wood Mackenzie. To mark this new era of scale,…
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Tesla pushes battery software update after recent fires
Tesla is pushing out a software upgrade to all Model S and X cars after two recent battery fires. The automaker said it’s issuing the upgrade “out of an abundance of caution. ” The over-the-air upgrade will change some of the settings in the automobiles ’ battery control applications related to charging and thermal controls,…
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Energy Jobs: Big Regulator Moves, Rive Brothers Join Zola Electric, EnSync in Restructuring
We start this installment of the Energy Jobs column in possibly the most active state for the energy industry. This season, the California Public Utilities Commission brought on a brand new commissioner, Genevieve Shiroma. She was on the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, and also worked to the state’s Air Resources Board and invested nearly a…
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Energy Jobs: More Shuffles at Tesla, Layoffs at Cypress Creek, PG&E Departures Just Beginning
This year begins from several huge players in the business with some significant news. Tesla announced on its fourth-quarter earnings call Wednesday that CFO Deepak Ahuja will be retiring, and Zach Kirkhorn, formerly the company’s VP of financing, will soon be taking over. Put simply Tesla information, CEO Elon Musk lately declared that approximately 7%…