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Is it Time to Put AI in Charge of Pricing Strategies? Most Firms Seem Hesitant to Take the Leap

Despite corporates enthusiasm for AI, its use in pricing strategies — using algorithms to determine optimal prices for goods and services — is yet to gain the approval of many. More than half of those canvassed by data and technology

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Major Tech Boost for Logistics Sector

How 5G technology will keep the supply chain moving… PwC predicts that wide-scale development of 5G communication networks will contribute an additional $1.3tn to global GDP by 2030. With logistics and transport among the primary target sectors for the technology,

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The Swiss Never Miss When it Comes to Perfecting Trade Finance Solutions

Over three decades of experience in developing solutions for the trade finance community. MIT Make Intuitive Tech SA (MITech) is a Swiss-based fintech firm specialising in the development of banking software solutions for the trade finance community. Founded in 1984

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Peace-of-Mind for Financial Services Industry in 2024

In an industry where compliance is crucial, misplaced security ‘can be an operational death sentence’. Digital workspace solutions firm Espria is hosting a series of IT industry conversations this year, covering security, document solutions, communications, and automation. It will work

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Magic Happens — at Least in Your Head — but Should it Hold Sway in the Modern Day?

Despite the modern triumph of rational thought and the emergence of technological marvels, superstition, magic, and the search for spiritual meaning persist. Some still think it prudent to salute a single magpie to ward off bad luck, toss spilled salt

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Workers are Shunning Companies That Fail to Address Climate Issues

Concern about climate change has become so extreme that some people feel unable to perform at work because of “eco-anxiety”. And some are becoming unwilling to join companies that have no ESG measures in place — and there are significant

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The Cornflake Revolution: How Breakfast TV Became a Staple of Britain’s Mornings

The race for ‘bright and early’ viewers began 40 years ago, and changed the way Britain woke up. Asign on the wall of the BBC’s Lime Grove offices of Breakfast Time, the UK’s first morning television show, read: “Today is

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Judges Approve use of ChatGPT in Legal Rulings, Despite Its Tendency to Fib — and ‘Invent’ False Cases

Fallible AI gets the go-ahead in Britain to summarise lengthy texts and perform ‘administrative’ court tasks. UK judges will be allowed use ChatGPT to help write legal rulings — despite warnings that the technology can “invent” cases that never happened.

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‘The Madman’ Takes Charge: Javier Milei Inaugurated President of Impoverished Argentina

In his inaugural address to the nation on Sunday, delivered on the steps of the Argentina’s domed neoclassical congress, President Javier Milei (53) repeatedly reminded the crowd that “all the money” has gone and austerity looms. His message was met

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OECD: The Funding Models of Development Finance Institutions

The drum beat of reform is increasing for the development system and particularly for the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). While the reform is looking to address a number of areas, there is a repeated call for the mobilisation of the

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