Uber on Tuesday further expanded delivery offerings, launching an app-based grocery service in several Latin American and Canadian cities, with the United States to follow later this month. The company’s latest foray into the delivery space is in partnership with Cornershop, a Chilean online grocery provider that Uber has held a majority stake in since […]
Archives for July 2020
New area of wireless communication in industrial automation
Since the mid-1990s, industrial communication technologies have been increasingly oriented towards mainstream technologies. These mainstream solutions – in part adapted – have been incorporated into the automation tasks of the manufacturing industry. Examples of this include Ethernet and WLAN technology, but also the industrial PC, says Alexander Bufalino, VP marketing, Quectel Wireless Solutions Co.,Ltd. One […]
Report calls for urgent action to meet cyber threat to critical infrastructure
Global safety charity, Lloyd’s Register Foundation today launched a report called Operational Cyber Security for the Industrial Internet of Things: Challenges and Opportunities. It highlights an impending threat to critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, given the growing reliance on the Internet of Things (IoT), say Robert Hannigan, executive chairman international at BlueVoyant and Sadie Creese, professor […]
Op-ed: How the widening wealth gap became color-blind
Jamie Grill | Getty Images I was raised one and two sentences at a time, my father’s clichés serving up life lessons at the kitchen table, after baseball practice or on the way home from school. He didn’t have the patience for long-winded lectures and couldn’t find his voice after biting his tongue at work […]
How Well Do You Know Key Consumer Protection Laws?
Your customers are your business’s top priority. But do your practices back that up? When it comes to things like customers’ rights, there’s no room for errors. Understand consumer protection laws to stay compliant. Consumer protection laws There are a number of consumer laws aimed at protecting customers from unfair practices. Consumer acts prevent businesses […]
PFS postpones Festival of Financial Planning
The Personal Finance Society has postponed all its large-scale events to 2021 but the professional body will go ahead with a series of smaller and virtual events this year. The PFS has decided that due to the uncertainty of future social distancing rules and to ensure the safety of members it will delay the Festival […]
#FASuccess Ep 184: Building A Premium Financial Planning Experience To Sustain A Premium Advisory Fee, with Reese Harper
Executive Summary Welcome back to the 184th episode of Financial Advisor Success Podcast! My guest on today’s podcast is Reese Harper. Reese is the founder and CEO of Dentist Advisors, an independent RIA based in Salt Lake City, Utah, that oversees nearly $250 million of assets under management for more than 350 clients. What’s unique about […]
Chinese firms should be allowed to operate only if they don’t share data with China: Survey
Nearly half of Indian citizens feel Chinese companies should be allowed to sell products in India only after they give an undertaking that no personal or aggregate data of users will be shared with the Chinese government, according to a survey. Around 30% of citizens want the government to take action against Indian companies that […]
Facebook, others block requests on Hong Kong user data
Social media platforms and messaging apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google and Twitter will deny law enforcement requests for user data in Hong Kong as they assess the effect of a new national security law enacted last week. Facebook and its messaging app WhatsApp said in separate statements Monday that they would freeze the review […]
Oyo is slashing footprint and headcount in virus-hit Japan
By Takahiko Hyuga and Pavel Alpeyev Oyo Hotels, one of the largest startups in SoftBank Group’s portfolio, is dramatically shrinking its footprint and headcount in Japan as bookings in the country plunge due to travel restrictions. The Indian startup slashed its regional presence by closing offices in provincial centers Sapporo, Sendai, Nagano, Hiroshima and Omiya […]