BALTIMORE, MD, February 25, 2025 – In an era in which influencer marketing dominates digital platforms, a groundbreaking study in the INFORMS journal Management Science unveils a surprising reality: sponsored content can harm an influencer’s reputation and reduce audience engagement.
On Jan. 21, OpenAI launched the $500 billion Stargate Project with partners like Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Oracle. This initiative aimed to secure American AI leadership, create jobs, and boost the economy. Initially, this boosted the stock prices of these companies.
Living in limbo: An estimated 2 million U. S. federal employees were thrust into a decision they did not seek to make. A deadline from the Trump Administration was halted last week, and is now in the hands of a judge. When a deadline is set those employees will have to make a high-stakes choice: Take a buyout and resign, or they can choose to stay in an uncertain job environment, including the possibility of being laid-off or having significant changes in work duties or leave with a buyout. This current reprieve gives these federal employees a little more time, but the fundamental question for each of them remains: What’s the right move for your career and future?
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Mark Zuckerberg fired his largest salvo in his war with rival Elon Musk on Wednesday with the launch of his Twitter fighter, Threads. The app quickly garnered millions of users as well as Musk’s wrath. The billionaire Twitter owner threatened legal action against Meta (META) for allegedly hiring former Twitter employees to work on the app.
During her visit to Beijing, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is expected to stress the need for both countries to “responsibly manage” their relationship, “communicate directly about areas of concern and work together to address global challenges”. Although her visit is well-intentioned, it will not be a panacea for the current conflicts between the United States and China. Instead, the visit represents a positive initial step, providing the two countries with an opportunity to reassess and develop more effective strategies for peaceful engagement.
Many travelers have occasionally resolved to become light packers, all the better to attain the unencumbered lifestyle of those who sweep through an airport with nothing more than a carry on. But what if travelers could pack close to nothing at all?
Many travellers have occasionally resolved to become light packers, all the better to attain the unencumbered lifestyle of those who sweep through an airport with nothing more than a carry-on. But what if travellers could pack close to nothing at all?
In 2020, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, while running against then United States president Donald Trump, positioned himself as the opposite of Trump. But President Biden and former president Trump have both toed the same hard line toward China.
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