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AI-Powered Tech Supercharges Ocean Cleanup, Boosting Plastic Collection by 60%
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 23, 2025 – As plastic pollution in the world’s oceans reaches critical levels, groundbreaking new research reveals how artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can dramatically accelerate plastic waste removal – boosting efficiency by more than 60%.

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China’s rare earth minerals power the modern world. Banning their export could destroy it
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Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.

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Trump’s tech tariff confusion
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The Trump administration’s back-and-forth moves on tariffs for technology products are stirring confusion in a sector heavily reliant on global supply chains.  
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CEOs’ Compensation Climbs If They Appoint CFO, Research Suggests

CEOs’ Compensation Climbs If They Appoint CFO, Research Suggests

The Wall Street Journal, December 4, 2019

Incoming chief executives tend to replace top lieutenants within the first few years of joining a company. New academic research suggests there might be an incentive to do so when it comes to at least one key position: the finance chief.

Studies from European School of Management and Technology Reveal New Findings on Management Science (Financing Capacity with Stealing and Shirking)

Studies from European School of Management and Technology Reveal New Findings on Management Science (Financing Capacity with Stealing and Shirking)

Advisor News, December 3, 2019

Investigators publish new report on Science - Management Science. According to news reporting originating in Berlin, Germany, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “We study a firm’s capacity choice under demand uncertainty given that it must finance this investment externally. Sharing profits with investors causes governance problems affecting both capacity and demand: the firm may ‘steal’ capital, which reduces effective capacity, and ‘shirk’ on market development, which reduces demand.”

Cornell Johnson’s Girotra: Users Won’t Walk Too Far for a Bike Share

Cornell Johnson’s Girotra: Users Won’t Walk Too Far for a Bike Share

Poets & Quants, December 2, 2019

Bike-sharing systems have swept the world, making them the transportation mode of choice for many urban millennials. Cities like Hangzhou and Shanghai in China and London, Paris, and New York have the biggest networks. Washington, D.C. and Chicago are among the largest in the U.S.

Web Users Aren’t Duped by Native Ads

Web Users Aren’t Duped by Native Ads

O'Dwyer's, December 2, 2019

Internet users seem to recognize native ads as advertisements and aren’t deceived into thinking that branded content is bona fide news, according to new research published by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

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