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CGTN: Why China believes seeds are a matter of national security

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

This goal has become more relevant amid increasing geopolitical tensions, including the prolonged Ukraine crisis.

Key Points: 
  • This goal has become more relevant amid increasing geopolitical tensions, including the prolonged Ukraine crisis.
  • Germplasm security should be elevated to the strategic height of national security, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in July 2021.
  • China needs to feed nearly one-fifth of the global population with some 9 percent of the world's arable land.
  • Though China has increased production of high-quality soybeans and imports have declined, the sector remains a weak link in the drive to achieve food security.

CGTN: Why China believes seeds are a matter of national security

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

This goal has become more relevant amid increasing geopolitical tensions, including the prolonged Ukraine crisis.

Key Points: 
  • This goal has become more relevant amid increasing geopolitical tensions, including the prolonged Ukraine crisis.
  • Germplasm security should be elevated to the strategic height of national security, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in July 2021.
  • China needs to feed nearly one-fifth of the global population with some 9 percent of the world's arable land.
  • Though China has increased production of high-quality soybeans and imports have declined, the sector remains a weak link in the drive to achieve food security.

Deloitte: Concern Around Rising Prices is not Fading and Likely Weighs on Americans' Sense of Financial Well-being

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --

Key Points: 
  • Americans' spending intentions have yet to fully recover to pre-inflation levels, and stagnating financial well-being could play a role.
  • Deloitte's U.S. financial well-being index hit a 3-year low of 70.7 in June 2022, the month inflation peaked at 9.1.
  • Persisting inflation will likely continue to weigh on consumer financial well-being sentiment, given lingering and widespread concern around rising prices.
  • Amidst rising food prices, spending intentions for groceries remained relatively flat since 2021, suggesting shifting behaviors at the grocery store.

Beem and TruStage™ Join Forces to Help Safeguard Americans Against Financial Uncertainties

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

This partnership underscores Beem's commitment to empowering individuals against the uncertainties of life, such as covered job loss or disability, through innovative tools and services.

Key Points: 
  • This partnership underscores Beem's commitment to empowering individuals against the uncertainties of life, such as covered job loss or disability, through innovative tools and services.
  • Beem's Super App has helped millions of working Americans prepare for financial uncertainties since 2021.
  • Through our strategic alliance with TruStage™, we broaden our mission, safeguarding Americans from drastic financial disruptions like job loss and disability, championing their financial resilience."
  • For more information about Beem and its suite of financial security solutions, please visit www.trybeem.com

Cloudflare Publishes Top Internet Trends for 2023

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today published its fourth annual Year in Review , exploring global Internet insights and security trends, accompanied by a deeper dive on the most popular Internet services in 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today published its fourth annual Year in Review , exploring global Internet insights and security trends, accompanied by a deeper dive on the most popular Internet services in 2023.
  • Cloudflare’s Year in Review revealed that in 2023 alone, there was a 25% increase in global traffic, with no signs of slowing.
  • Some of the biggest highlights of 2023 include:
    Most Popular Internet Service: Google came in first for the second year in a row, followed by Facebook (#2), Apple (#3), and TikTok (#4).
  • Internet Outages Observed: There were more than 180 Internet outages around the world in 2023 – compared to over 150 in 2022 – with many due to government-directed regional and national shutdowns of Internet connectivity.

Spotwork's AI Flexible Staffing Solution Shapes the Future of Work and Hiring

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

Workforce management platform, Spotwork, is on a clear path to changing the future of work and hiring.

Key Points: 
  • Workforce management platform, Spotwork, is on a clear path to changing the future of work and hiring.
  • Now with hundreds of customers on board and thousands of skilled professionals using the app on a daily basis, Spotwork is reshaping the future of work and the way we think and go about hiring.
  • "We knew there had to be a better way of hiring skilled workers," says Darren Perlman, Co-founder, Spotwork.
  • "Clunky hiring tools and staffing agencies just weren't fast enough when hiring managers, in places like warehouses where I worked, for example, needed immediate and reliable workers overnight."

CommerceIQ Publishes Full Event Insights from Prime Big Deal Days 2023

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CommerceIQ, the leading retail ecommerce management (“REM”) platform, today releases their analysis of the full week following Prime Big Deal Days 2023, which took place October 10-11, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Pet Products was the winning category during Prime Big Deal Days 2023, generating a 67% increase in ordered revenue versus the Prime Early Access Sale 2022.
  • Prime Big Deal Days 2023 saw an overall decline in average selling price (ASP) compared to Prime Day 2023, slipping 23% with higher ASP categories experiencing even higher declines in ASP.
  • Overall, Prime Big Deal Days saw more consistent sales throughout the event, while Prime Day 2023 endured larger ebbs and flows throughout the day.
  • For additional analysis of Prime Big Deal Days 2023, please visit the CommerceIQ blog .

Cohesity and Red Hat Enter Strategic Collaboration to Embed Red Hat Enterprise Linux into the Cohesity Data Cloud

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, and Cohesity, a leader in AI-powered data security and management, today announced that Cohesity has selected Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the foundational operating system of its Cohesity Data Cloud platform.

Key Points: 
  • Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, and Cohesity, a leader in AI-powered data security and management, today announced that Cohesity has selected Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the foundational operating system of its Cohesity Data Cloud platform.
  • A streamlined and straightforward migration process, with Red Hat tools designed to help make the transition to Red Hat Enterprise Linux easier.
  • Cohesity has already begun its Linux migration journey by embedding Red Hat Enterprise Linux into the Cohesity Data Cloud platform, which should provide a smooth migration experience for customers.
  • With Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Cohesity will bring the strong capabilities of the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform to its customer base.

New MIT Sloan research on the job performance effects of the ebbs and flows of employee engagement

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Yes, says Basima Tewfik ,  an assistant professor of work and organization studies at MIT Sloan School of Management.

Key Points: 
  • Yes, says Basima Tewfik ,  an assistant professor of work and organization studies at MIT Sloan School of Management.
  • Employee engagement has been a central focus of management theory for decades, credited with positively impacting everything from customer experience to profitability growth .
  • However, most studies have looked at either employees’ general engagement over time or their engagement within the context of specific tasks in the moment.
  • According to Tewfik, these approaches paint only a partial picture of the relationship between engagement and job performance.

HungerRush Welcomes Bill Mitchell to its Board of Directors

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

HungerRush , the leading cloud software provider for the restaurant industry, today announced it has added Bill Mitchell to its board of directors.

Key Points: 
  • HungerRush , the leading cloud software provider for the restaurant industry, today announced it has added Bill Mitchell to its board of directors.
  • Bill brings more than 30 years of experience across the U.S. and global markets.
  • He has a proven track record of transforming and successfully re-branding various restaurant chains to quickly scale and grow, providing tremendous value and experience to the HungerRush board.
  • “It is an honor to welcome Bill to our board of directors.