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Griffin & Strong CEO Rodney Strong received the Parren J. Mitchell Crusader Award at ACCA's 40th National Training Institute. The award honors his decades of work in contract compliance and equitable procurement.
Dutch regulator fined Uber €825M for suspending drivers without human review. Uber calls fine 'disproportionate', will appeal. Only 126 drivers affected, company says.
A Colorado board will decide Aug. 27 whether Buc-ee's travel center qualifies as an allowed use under C-1 zoning. A favorable ruling would bypass public hearings.
India pulled in $65 billion through FCNR-B deposits in 75 days as NRIs chase returns. Banks are borrowing overseas to fund the inflows. SBI sees total collections hitting $85 billion before the swap window closes Aug. 31.
India's food regulator issued 150 notices to Nestle, PepsiCo, Coke and others for false ads and labels, plus 20-plus to five-star hotels over calorie rules. Products were seized from multiple beverage and alcohol makers.
President Trump called for a DOJ review of Shell, Chevron, and Exxon after earnings more than doubled in the first half. The companies say commodity markets, not pricing power, drive the surge.
New 50% tariffs on US imports from Canada target plastic products, electrical machinery, furniture and wood. Canadian value added is 0.4% of GDP. Canada has signaled retaliation.
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen says Bitcoin could end 2026 $10,000-$20,000 from current levels, with macro factors capping gains. She also questions prospects for US government Bitcoin purchases.
Agathos AEC, backed by Hunter Forest Capital, adds Tecton Architects to its platform, gaining a 50-person architecture firm with a strong New England presence and projects for General Dynamics Electric Boat.
Atlassian's go-to-market spend grew 35.8% against revenue growth of 26.0%, a sign that even bottom-up companies eventually need sales teams. The threshold for hiring has tripled to $100M ARR, but the sales build is still inevitable. Alpha Scores: CRM 63, TEAM 43.
Fairmint CEO Joris Delanoue says tokenized equities risk repeating Wall Street's 1960s paperwork crisis unless issuers adopt fully onchain infrastructure, not hybrid models.
Voice AI tools like Wispr Flow and ChatGPT voice mode are removing accuracy barriers. The productivity gain is shifting how people work. The question for markets is which public platforms capture that shift.
U.S.-Canada trade talks collapse, triggering 50% tariffs on $20B of Canadian exports. Retaliation promised. Section 338 dusted off for first time since 1949. Markets brace for impact.
Kochi airport operator CIAL says weather was fine as SpiceJet blames bad weather for disruptions; NCLT fines airline ₹7.5 lakh for last-minute settlement notice.
Real estate is flooded with celebrity agents and underqualified sellers. The same oversaturation hits stock analysis. Apple (AAPL) investors should look past fame and check the fundamentals.
At the Federation of Press Clubs conclave, N Ram said erosion of public trust and threats to press freedom are interconnected challenges facing journalism.
South Korea's FSC blueprint lets 3,500 firms open crypto accounts, legalizes tokenized securities, and launches 9-bank deposit token trials for institutional crypto.
S&P 500 index funds have quadrupled over a decade, but tech concentration near 50% has advisors warning about dot-com parallels. Experts recommend equal-weight, international and small-cap alternatives.
Devonte Duncan earns $159K in Brooklyn, pays $3,450 rent, a debt consolidation loan, and a Carvana loss. He saves 10% automatically. 'You can't save your way out of poverty,' he says.
Trump's 50% tariffs on Canadian goods took effect Saturday after talks collapsed. Canadian whisky brands like Crown Royal and hockey equipment are hit.
Levi Spires, a Syracuse Uber driver with 16,000 trips, explains three passenger behaviors that earn a one-star rating: making him wait, strong odors, and treating him like a robot.
Senate leaders set a Sept. 15 cloture vote on the CLARITY Act; Coinbase CEO says clear rules protect consumers and guard against regulatory overreach.
BitMEX cofounder says no FLOP token, presale, or memecoin exists yet. Airdrop expected Q4 2026, mainnet Q1 2027. Fake tokens circulating now.
Three tokenized CRCL products added $47.6M in market cap in a week. Ondo, Binance, and Backed offer on-chain equity with fractional ownership and DeFi yield, while regulators remain divided on the category.
BodyCodes replaces traditional women's sizing with personal body codes, aiming to eliminate the $250 billion annual return problem. Founder Cricket Lee's 26-year research underpins the system. First licensee OneJean launches premium denim.
DCGI Rajeev Raghuvanshi warns AI apps that bypass doctors break the prescription chain. The regulator calls a moving-target technology 'frightening' to oversee.
J.P. Morgan's tokenized Treasury funds have swelled to $885M since May. The two Ethereum-based products now account for a hefty slice of the $15B tokenized T-bill market.
Founders can assess VP hires within 60 days using Lemkin's four-part test: hiring, metric improvement, workload relief, and team confidence. Partial passes are not enough.
A Tempus AI director sold 3,000 shares under a pre-set 10b5-1 plan days before a 24% rally. She still owns 34,981 shares and sits on the board overseeing a $1.5 billion acquisition.
Joymoti, a 53-year-old elephant, was airlifted to Vantara in Gujarat after July floods left her with maggot-infested wounds and blindness in one eye.