The U.S. Jobs Report Will Be Ugly: The March jobs report will likely show the worst numbers in the “post-World War II era,” and “it is playing out in a matter of weeks,” not years. One study suggests the U.S. has lost 27.9...more
4/3/2020
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Apple ,
Business Closures ,
Cell Phones ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Collection ,
Financial Markets ,
Furloughs ,
Google ,
Layoffs ,
Martin Shkreli ,
Musical Sound Recordings ,
Oil Prices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
SoftBank ,
Spotify ,
Standing ,
Stock Prices ,
Tesla ,
Tracking Systems ,
Unemployment ,
Videoconference
The fallout of COVID-19 continues: “S&P 500 futures fell nearly 4%;” the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes fell to 0.788%; Brent crude fell by 4.6%; the stimulus and fiscal relief package hit a roadblock in the Senate; and...more
3/23/2020
/ Airlines ,
Aviation Industry ,
Bailout ,
Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Markets ,
Hotels ,
Involuntary Reduction in Force ,
Martin Shkreli ,
Monopolization ,
Oil Prices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Health ,
S&P ,
SoftBank ,
Stock Prices ,
Trade Wars
U.S. stocks continue to tumble, sinking by “8.1% at the open, triggering a 15-minute trading halt;” “Brent crude sank below $30 a barrel;” treasuries surged despite major moves from the Federal Reserve; and market sentiment...more
3/16/2020
/ Airlines ,
Amazon ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Tech ,
Bitcoin ,
Bonds ,
China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Downturn ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Grocery Stores ,
Oil Prices ,
Price Gouging ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Retailers ,
Stock Prices ,
Trump Administration ,
Whole Foods
Big Tech companies using facial recognition software have begun to support “’precision regulations’ that don’t allow mass surveillance.” Lawmakers in New York, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Michigan, and California are considering...more
3/9/2020
/ Aircraft ,
Big Tech ,
Boeing ,
China ,
Consumer Price Index ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Downturn ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Equity Markets ,
EU ,
European Central Bank ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medical Records ,
Mobile Apps ,
New Regulations ,
Oil Prices ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
S&P ,
Startups ,
Surveillance ,
World Health Organization
Malware goes commercial. Last year, Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked after he received a message on WhatsApp containing a line of malware code. The incident has shed light on the malware, aka spyware, industry. Companies sell...more
1/23/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Business Valuations ,
Climate Change ,
Crude Oil ,
Data Breach ,
Economic Downturn ,
Elon Musk ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Markets ,
Fuel Supply ,
Global Market ,
Hackers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
IBM ,
Interest Rates ,
Jeff Bezos ,
Lost Wages ,
Malware ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Reinstatement ,
Retaliation ,
Risk Management ,
Social Media ,
Spyware ,
Tariffs ,
Teaching Hospitals ,
Tesla ,
US Trade Policies ,
Volkswagen ,
WhatsApp ,
Whistleblowers
Facebook wages a war on misinformation. On Monday, Facebook announced it will start removing videos altered by artificial intelligence that are likely to mislead people into thinking that a subject of the video made...more
1/7/2020
/ Air Pollution ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Arrest Warrants ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Big Data ,
Blackberry ,
China ,
Corporate Financing ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Deep Fake ,
Environmental Policies ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
General Motors ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
IKEA ,
Imports ,
Information Technology ,
Intel ,
Iran ,
Lost Sales ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Nissan ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Perjury ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Qualcomm ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Retail Sales ,
Risk Management ,
Sales Tax ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Social Media ,
Stock Prices ,
Stream of Commerce ,
Takeovers ,
Tariffs ,
Tesla ,
Trade Negotiations ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Treasury Markets ,
Trucking Industry ,
Trucking Regulations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
Video Recordings ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wrongful Death ,
Xerox
The White House will again slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Argentina and Brazil in an apparent reaction to “massive devaluation” of currencies in both South American nations....more
12/2/2019
/ Aircraft Equipment ,
Algorithms ,
Aluminum Sales ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Brazil ,
Brick-and-Mortar Stores ,
China ,
Chrysler ,
Cyber Monday ,
Employment Contract ,
Energy Projects ,
EU ,
Excavation ,
Export Bans ,
Exports ,
Fiat ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
General Electric ,
Google ,
Huawei ,
Human Rights ,
Imports ,
Infrastructure ,
Internet Retailers ,
Jeff Bezos ,
Labor Relations ,
Life Sciences ,
Manufacturers ,
Microchip Technology ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Online Advertisements ,
OPEC ,
Pipelines ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Search Engines ,
Social Media ,
Software ,
Steel Industry ,
Takeovers ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Tariffs ,
UAW ,
Unions