Wednesday Sector Leaders: Financial, Technology & Communications
Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Wednesday, shares of Financial companies are outperforming other sectors, losing just 0.3%. Within that group, Iron Mountain Inc (Symbol: IRM) and...
View ArticleMobile and Financial Services Africa Market 2017 – Opportunity, Driving...
The report analyses the mobile remittance market and the role of market participants such as MNOs, money transfer operators (MTO), financial technology (fintech) firms and banks. The insider provides...
View ArticleMobile and financial services Africa’s market research for 2017 illuminated...
The report analyses the mobile remittance market and the role of market participants such as MNOs, money transfer operators (MTO), financial technology (fintech) firms and banks. The insider provides...
View Article3 things Ellen Pao says she would do differently at her trial
In a rare admission, Ellen Pao wishes she would’ve spoken up more for herself. In an excerpt of her tell-all memoir, “Reset,” appearing on thecut.com, a women’s lifestyle site, the venture capitalist...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s voice-recognition tech is now better than even teams of humans at...
In October 2016, in a big milestone for artificial intelligence, Microsoft unveiled a system that can transcribe the contents of a phone call as well or better than human professionals. But while...
View ArticleAlt-Right Activists Thrust Silicon Valley Into Debate on Hate Speech
Even as it wrestles with its own diversity issues, Silicon Valley has become the reluctant arbiter of the line where free speech crosses into hate speech in the wake of the deadly protests in...
View ArticleHealthcare 3D Printing Market will grow at 20% CAGR to hit $2.2 Billion by 2024
Stereolithography (SLA) should witness lucrative growth opportunities owing to its varied application in medical technology … manufacturing in healthcare, medical products and consumer good and offers...
View Articlediagnostics.ai Win Digital Health 2017 Award for ‘Best Data-Driven Innovation’
Diagnostics.ai’s technology reduces time and cost of testing … http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/diagnosticsai-win-digital-health-2017-award-for-best-data-driven-innovation-300506842.html Powered...
View ArticleWhy The Mental Health Industry Is Ripe For Innovation
Consider the time, accuracy and efficiency benefits that can be reaped by combining technology with human care for mental health services. Every industry will modernize at its own pace. Mental health...
View ArticleSwedroe: Alt Lending Has Many Benefits
It was propelled by a severe contraction in bank lending, acceleration in the availability of financial services online and an increasing mistrust of, and dislike for, traditional banks. Today these...
View ArticleDJI Will Turn Off Your Spark Drone if You Don’t Update Firmware by September 1st
Chinese manufacturer DJI has announced that owners of its Spark drone have until September 1st to update their firmware to the latest version or be totally locked out. Per Quartz, the decision to...
View ArticleNation sees highest uptake of fintech
China ranks top among 20 world markets in terms of fintech adoption, with 69 percent of surveyed consumer respondents saying they are actively using fintech services, 33 percentage points higher than...
View ArticleDownside to easy approval? Home equity lenders say they ‘fill a need,’...
While federally regulated banks dominate Canada’s residential mortgage lending market, accounting for more than 80 per cent, business appears to be growing for many “alternative” lenders, including two...
View ArticleIt looks like Super Nintendo mania is hitting full swing — so get ready for...
If you get a SNES Classic, this is the box it will come in. Nintendo When Nintendo released a modern remake of its Nintendo Entertainment System game console last holiday season, lots of people went...
View ArticleIntermountain Healthcare wants to cut prescribed opioids by 40% by end of 2018
SALT LAKE CITY — Intermountain Healthcare announced Tuesday that its hospitals and clinics will commit to trying to reduce the number of opioid tablets prescribed for acute pain by 40 percent by the...
View ArticleMarkets Right Now: Tech, banks lead US stock indexes higher
The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Stocks bounced higher on Wall Street, led by gains in big tech companies, health care and banks. Google parent Alphabet...
View ArticleLilium, a German company building an electric ‘air taxi,’ makes key hires...
Left to right: VP of Production Dirk Gebser, Head of Recruitment Meggy Sailer, CCO Dr. Remo Gerber and co-founder CEO Daniel Wiegand Lilium is almost as ambitious as European startups come. The...
View ArticleLocal School Offers Robotics Camp
(ABC 6 NEWS) – While many local schools have yet to start classes, one local school is offering kids an exciting opportunity to learn about robotics. Today was part of a two day robotics program giving...
View ArticleDental implant and prosthetic market to grow at 7.96% CAGR during 2017-2024...
Dental Implants Market and Prosthetics is segmented into dental prosthetics by-products, dental implants by procedure, by material, and by type. – Agency -. In-depth analysis on Dental Implant &...
View ArticleThe 5 Driving Factors Behind ASEAN’s Imminent FinTech Boom
Markus Gnirck is the cofounder of Singapore-based private equity firm tryb and a 30 Under 30 in Asia alumni. But which region will be responsible for the next big development in FinTech? My money is on...
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