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Small businesses could see big gains by boosting productivity

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Apr 25, 2024
And they can achieve that through better collaboration with companies big and small in their industries.
"Small businesses are, really, the backbone of the economy in so many ways," says McKinsey's Anu Madgavkar.
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What can the dot-com bubble teach us about the future of AI?

by Matt Levin
Apr 18, 2024
In the 1990s, Wall Street was very enthusiastic about the internet — and lost a ton of money because of that enthusiasm.
The burgeoning field of artificial intelligence is often compared to the birth of the internet in the 1990s, when many tech companies did too much too quickly and collapsed.
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Why do airlines still use dot matrix printers?

by Janet Nguyen
Apr 12, 2024
“I'm so tired of those damn things,” one airline crew member told us.
The dot matrix printer cannot be defeated, at least in some respects.
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Workers used to earn about two-thirds of the income their labor generates. Now, it's just over half.

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 12, 2024
The stat, called labor share of national income, is being squeezed by globalization, declining union membership and automation.
Even though workers' slice of the pie is shrinking, the U.S. economy is growing, so they're getting a smaller slice of a bigger pie.
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Yellen's trip to China may start with finding economic common ground

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 27, 2023
In March, the Treasury secretary told Marketplace that the U.S. and China need to put a "floor" under their relationship.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to visit Beijing in July.
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How AI could transform the legal industry ... for the better

by Matt Levin
Jun 23, 2023
Can AI free the wrongfully convicted quicker and easier?
AI legal assistants could help cut costs and wait times.
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EU regulation of AI may yet impact U.S. consumers

by Matt Levin
Jun 1, 2023
U.S. companies that have to comply with European Union rules see the benefits of using one standard for both places.
From left, Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission; Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state; Margrethe Vestager, European Commission; Gina Raimondo, U.S. secretary of commerce; and Katherine Tai, U.S. trade representative, in Sweden on Wednesday to discuss AI regulation.
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Should you trust chatbots to give you financial advice?

by Stephanie Hughes
Apr 14, 2023
They may sound good. But the advice isn’t always sound.
People are using AI chatbots like ChatGPT to look up financial advice. But the quality of the recommendations isn't always up to snuff.
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Could a recent scientific breakthrough in electric conductivity transform tech?

by David Brancaccio , Alex Schroeder and Ariana Rosas
Apr 5, 2023
Researchers at the University of Rochester created a material that could make superconducting possible at room temperature.
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How 3D printing could revolutionize auto manufacturing

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 27, 2023
Kevin Czinger, of Czinger Vehicles and Divergent Technologies, envisions flexible, local factories that are fixtures in their communities.
Kevin Czinger, the founder and CEO of Divergent Technologies, poses with the Czinger 21C at Czinger’s production facility in Torrance, California.
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