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Healthcare Industry Expert Michael Ansel Joins Matrix Medical Network as Chief Growth Officer

Apr 04, 2016 14:21 pm UTC| Business

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 04, 2016 -- Matrix Medical Network® (Matrix), the leading provider of in-home assessments and care management, has announced that Mr. Michael Ansel has joined the company as chief growth...

Brager Tax Law Group Finally Receives IRS Documents under FOIA for Foreign Retirement Account

Apr 04, 2016 14:20 pm UTC| Business

LOS ANGELES, April 04, 2016 -- Last week after nearly a year of waiting, the Brager Tax Law Group received IRS documents after filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request in early April 2015. The request...

EPAM Wins Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016 for Its Industrial and Service Design Delivery for Mission Aero

Apr 04, 2016 14:16 pm UTC| Business

NEWTOWN, Pa., April 04, 2016 -- EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM), a leading global provider of product development and software engineering solutions, today announced that it received the Red Dot award for its work on the Aero...

Demand Gen Report Introduces The B2B Campaign Optimization Webinar Series

Apr 04, 2016 14:15 pm UTC| Business

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J., April 04, 2016 -- Demand Gen Report will host its inaugural week-long B2B Campaign Optimization SeriesApril 11-15. This new addition to Demand Gen Report’s annual webinar series will feature a...

"Responsibility Starts with Me" campaign launches in time for Alcohol Responsibility Month

Apr 04, 2016 14:08 pm UTC| Business

ARLINGTON, Va., April 4, 2016 -- The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility (Responsibility.org) today launched a new campaign, called "Responsibility Starts with Me," with the goal of sparking a national...

WSO2 Cited as a Strong Performer in Big Data Streaming Analytics Report by Independent Research Firm

Apr 04, 2016 14:05 pm UTC| Business

Mountain View, CA, April 04, 2016 -- WSO2 today announced that it has been cited by Forrester Research, Inc., as a strong performer in The Forrester Wave™: Big Data Streaming Analytics, Q1 2016 report1 published,...

KEYW Vice President Al Kinney to Keynote International NCSC One Conference

Apr 04, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Business

HANOVER, Md., April 04, 2016 -- The KEYW Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The KEYW Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:KEYW), announced today that Al Kinney, Vice President for Cyber Mission Training and Exercise, will...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

Technology

Venture Capital Crypto Funding Hits $2.4 Billion in Q1 2024 Amid Bitcoin ETF Debut

Venture capital funding for cryptocurrency startups surged to $2.4 billion in Q1 2024, reflecting a 40.3% increase from the previous quarter. This increase was driven by the debut of the first U.S. Bitcoin spot...

Shiba Inu Burn Rate Skyrockets 579%, 9.83 Million Tokens Burned in One Day

Shiba Inus burn rate surged by 579% in the past 24 hours, destroying 9.83 million tokens, according to Shibburn. The significant increase in token burns has caught the markets attention, with substantial transactions from...

Tesla Cybertruck Trails Ford F-150 Lightning in Sales as Q1 Figures Disappoint Wall Street

New registration data reveals that the Tesla Cybertruck ranked second to the Ford F-150 Lightning in March. Meanwhile, Teslas Q1 sales missed Wall Street expectations, marking the first year-over-year quarterly decline...

Bitcoin Developers Tease Major Trigger for Next Bull Run: Programmability Upgrade

Bitcoin developers suggest enabling programmability on the blockchain could be the key trigger for the next bull run, following the SECs approval of spot Bitcoin ETF trading and the BTC halving. Developers Eye...

Top 3 Altcoins to Watch This Week: SOL, FTM, and LINK Set for Growth

This week, market experts spotlight Solana (SOL), Fantom (FTM), and Chainlink (LINK) as top altcoins to watch, highlighting their unique strengths and recent performance amid unusual market patterns. Solana Overcomes...