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Pandemic Wake-Up Call Drives Integrated B2B Platforms

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As a result, finance teams across the business ecosystem began to prioritize digitization and optimization, and many of them drew the same conclusion: Access to data is imperative to efficient and effective operations.

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Melinda French Gates No Longer Pledges Bulk of Her Wealth to Gates Foundation

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I recognize the absurdity of so much wealth being concentrated in the hands of one person, and I believe the only responsible thing to do with a fortune this size is give it away—as thoughtfully and impactfully as possible,” Ms. French Gates wrote in her new letter. Melinda French Gates.

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A Seat at the Table: The Risks of Complacent Data Privacy Governance

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Current privacy regulations, however, prioritize governments and firms over consumers. US data privacy policies, however, continue to prioritize the state and private firm rather than the consumer, exacerbating privacy concerns. Washington has also learned from the flaws in the EU’s GDPR, putting it in a position of corrective action.

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5 Lessons from Automakers on Navigating Supply Chain Disruptions

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The system assigns scores to each critical component and commodity based on types of risks, such as environmental, geopolitical, lead time for production capacity, and geographic concentration of suppliers. A key principle of the new strategy is ruthless prioritization.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (June 29-30)

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Also in industry news this week: How the SEC could target dually registered firms for enforcement of their duties to care for and manage conflicts of interest under Regulation Best Interest and the Investment Advisers Act to send a message to the industry and to clarify its expectations for these "dual-hatted" firms and their advisors Why a shift in (..)

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New Report: How A Global Pandemic Created A Digital-First Customer In Twelve Weeks

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had hit 1267 and there were 38 deaths, most of them concentrated north of Seattle, Washington. Early on, we surfaced the fact that consumers were prioritizing their own health – and not their jobs or their financial wealth – in making decisions about doing business in the physical world. Then, cases in the U.S.

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India wants WTO bodies to prioritise finance access, food security, tech

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India has urged for the prioritization of several key issues in discussions within the World Trade Organization (WTO), including access to finance, manufacturing concentration, food security, and reducing transaction costs in international trade and services.