Seven student-loan borrowers sued US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Education Department Tuesday over delays in processing their applications for student-debt relief. The department has not approved or denied any applications in one year and there may be as many as 180,000 applications waiting for processing.
Product demonstrations should focus on telling a compelling story instead of simply providing a tour of the product's features and benefits, writes Sean McPheat. Make your prospect the hero of the story and your product the "magic sword" for solving a specific difficult problem, McPheat recommends.
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Boredom can stimulate creativity and support learning, according to journalist Manoush Zomorodi, who shared the details of her "Bored and Brilliant" challenge during the International Society for Technology in Education conference. Zomorodi said that when people limit their time with digital devices, they can allow their minds to wander -- supporting creative thought and problem-solving.
A survey by the National Association of Manufacturers finds 56% of manufacturers identify trade policies from the Trump administration as one of their biggest challenges. About 31% of respondents deem the economy one of their biggest challenges.
Walmart subsidiary Sam's Club announced the launch of same-day alcohol delivery through Instacart. The service is now offered in 12 states and a total of 215 stores, with plans for expansion, and members can order from the in-house Member's Mark brand as well as major alcohol brands.
A report by Integris Software finds that health care executives place too much confidence in their data privacy maturity in light of the actual effectiveness of their policies. Seventy percent of respondents expressed strong confidence in their management of sensitive data, despite 50% saying their personal data inventory is updated only once a year, at most. The researchers noted that a majority of respondents implement data security measures for regulatory compliance rather than to build a comprehensive data protection strategy.
The key aspect of Facebook's planned content oversight board -- which is expected to review controversial decisions made by content moderators, provide public explanations for decisions and suggest policy changes -- is that it will be an independent body. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to form the board, which is expected to have 40 people on it who are appointed by the company, seven months ago.
Ford completed $1 billion in upgrades at its two Chicago plants, including new body and paint shops, a revamped cafeteria and break room, and improved parking security. The latest Ford Explorer, Lincoln Aviator and Police Interceptor Utility vehicles will be produced at the plants, where 500 jobs were added.
A security company contends that hackers have accessed and taken control of the networks of more than a dozen mobile carriers over four continents outside North America and gained access to sensitive data about their subscribers. Cybereason says the attackers, who have infiltrated the carriers over the past seven years, could potentially crash the networks at any time.
The partial hold imposed by the FDA in AbbVie's late-stage clinical trial for Venclexta/Venclyxto, or venetoclax, in combination with dexamethasone versus Celgene's Pomalyst, or pomalidomide, plus dexamethasone, in patients with translocation abnormality-positive relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, has been lifted. AbbVie has made amendments to its trial protocol, including new measures on risk mitigation.
AT&T will compete for streaming video customers by dipping into its huge library of content to provide more programming choices to consumers, said John Stankey, the CEO of AT&T's WarnerMedia arm who is charged with consolidating the telecom's various media pieces. Toward that end, AT&T put WarnerMedia Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt in charge of Otter Media, the company's collection of digital services.
By 2025, the roofing market in the US and Canada will be worth $47.5 billion, up from $29.9 billion in 2017, an Allied Market Research report finds. Roofing membrane will likely continue to be the largest segment of the market, although metal roofing will gain ground.
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US oil prices posted their best performance since December 2016, with West Texas Intermediate for August delivery surging 9.4% last week to settle at $57.43 per barrel on Friday, after President Donald Trump canceled a military strike on Iran. Daniel Yergin, vice-chairman at IHS Markit, says that "the market is poised between where it was before, which was just gloom," and "the possibility that demand will spike up because there will be some kind of settlement with China."
FreightWaves' first Shipper of Choice Awards recognized UPS for its commitment to efficiency and productivity. Winners were selected based on factors including flexibility, efficiency and providing driver-friendly facilities. UPS sales Vice President David Meyer attributed the award to "strong commitment to providing customers with reliable service, time-saving technology and a robust portfolio of logistics solutions."
Officials at the Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, are considering whether to add a hotel. The project, if approved to move forward, would most likely kick off construction next year.