Amidst much discussion on the accelerated pace with which large corporations are adopting an increasingly digital focus, fortunately, a number of initiatives have also sought to assist small businesses cope with the pandemic by easing the shift to e-commerce, providing… Read More ›
In a report published in the July-August 2020 edition of the Harvard Business Review entitled, “A Better Way to Onboard AI,” NYU Tandon School of Engineering Associate Professor of Technology Management and Innovation, Anne-Laure Fayard sets forth an innovative model… Read More ›
On November 2, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer issued a letter to Mayor de Blasio and the city’s Education Department Chancellor, setting forth proposals in light of the over 100,000 students without internet access and 77,000 still lacking Wi-Fi enabled devices,… Read More ›
On election day, ballot measure Proposition 22, backed by App-based driver and delivery companies Ubder, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and Postmates passed in California, creating an exemption from labor legislation passed last year that required them to classify drivers as employees… Read More ›
HUAWEI BEGINS TO FACE DIFFICULTIES DUE TO U.S. CHIP BAN Huawei released its business results today, for the first three quarters of the year reporting a 9.9% increase in revenue over the same period last year. However, it noted that its “global… Read More ›
In a blog post by SVP of Global Affairs Kent Walker, Google responded on Tuesday to the arguments found in the antitrust action brought against it by the U.S. Department of Justice the same day, asserting that consumers are not forced to… Read More ›
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice along with eleven states that include Florida, Texas and Arkansas filed a civil action against Google in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the company unlawfully maintained “a monopoly in… Read More ›
Yesterday, the Partnership for New York City, the entity typically seen as the leading voice of the city’s business community released a health care plan entitled, “Towards a Resilient System of Health,” that seeks a coordinated and multi-sector approach that… Read More ›
On Wednesday New York State’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) released the results of its investigation into the July 15 hacking of the Twitter accounts of cryptocurrency firms and public figures such as Presidential candidate Joe Biden, using the opportunity to call… Read More ›
Noting the loss of 479,000 jobs in the city’s private sector and 253,000 jobs in the restaurant, retail, accomodations, building and personal services industries, today NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer announced a comprehensive Workforce Development Plan, which aims to “dramatically expand the scale,… Read More ›
