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By Jon D. Markman On April 1, 202002:41 PM Eastern
These are desperate times. A global pandemic is unmooring economies and ravaging healthcare systems. Calls for desperate measures are rising.
On Tuesday, the White House coronavirus task force...
By Jon D. Markman On March 30, 202001:28 PM Eastern
A tiny San Francisco startup called Kinsa Inc. is using mapping software and one million connected thermometers to help researchers reliably determine where and when COVID-19 hotspots will...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On March 30, 202010:45 AM Eastern
Rarely does the establishment press make frightening forecasts — let alone a doomsday scenario that begins in just 48 hours.
But that’s precisely what the Wall Street Journal has just done.
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By Jon D. Markman On March 27, 202001:00 PM Eastern
For a long time, I thought Cardlytics (CDLX) managers could do no wrong. They put the company at the epicenter of financial technology.
But I didn’t see a global health pandemic coming. No one...
By Tony Sagami On March 27, 202003:00 AM Eastern
“Slow down,” I said to my panicked friend on the phone. “What’s the problem?” I asked.
“I was all set to retire in May, but my 401k has lost more than $1 million dollars,” he cried, “and now I...
By Jon D. Markman On March 25, 202001:00 PM Eastern
If you are old enough to remember the Beatles singing “When I’m Sixty-Four,” your prayers have been answered. Researchers have found a way to reverse the aging process.
According to the paper...
By Jon D. Markman On March 23, 202003:29 PM Eastern
Telemedicine is one of those face-palm ideas. Having doctors diagnose patients using videoconference technology is a no-brainer. It should be everywhere.
It turns out it took a global pandemic...
By Jon D. Markman On March 18, 202001:40 PM Eastern
The world’s business model has changed overnight: We’ve been cooped up, self-isolated, working from home or simply left with nowhere to go as businesses shutter.
As people prepare for this...
By Mike Larson On March 18, 202008:24 AM Eastern
During the midst of the Great Financial Crisis ... in July 2008 ... then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson made a stunning declaration.
Speaking before Congress as the government-backed mortgage...
By Jon D. Markman On March 16, 202012:45 PM Eastern
Bill Gates made a career out of being several steps ahead of the next big thing. Now he’s racing to help policymakers avoid catastrophe.
The billionaire philanthropist stepped down from his...