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Treasury Department Places "Real Value" on Digital Currencies, Sees No Widespread Criminal Bitcoin Use; Virtual Currency Rules Coming Later This Year

MishTalk

Cohen rejected arguments that regulation would drive virtual currency innovation out of the U.S., And that is what we are trying to do through sensible, flexible and -– to use a word from the tech world -– scalable regulation.’’ Cohen has served as undersecretary since 2011. 11 attacks. 11 attacks.

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Tecchies vs Business minds - managing people in different departments

freshminds

What do you need to take into consideration when business meets tech? Understand the topic you are working on - To be a useful, co-operative and approachable team member in a tech focused team, don't isolate yourself from the group by seemingly having no relevant knowledge at all. How much do you need to know?

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Future of Healthcare: Virtual and Augmented Reality

Tom Spencer

Currently engineers, physicians, other healthcare providers, and educators are working to create innovative ways to apply these immersive technologies in order to transform clinical teaching and practice. As far-fetched as these scenarios may seem, they are closer to reality than you might think. Medical Student and Resident Training.

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Why Some of the Most Groundbreaking Technologies Are a Bad Fit for the Silicon Valley Funding Model

Harvard Business

We’re now entering a new era of innovation , one that the model doesn’t quite fit, and we will have to develop new approaches to build the future. We’re now entering a new era of innovation , one that the model doesn’t quite fit, and we will have to develop new approaches to build the future.

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Steve Jobs ? stay hungry, stay foolish - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

by Tom Spencer on October 6, 2011 · 0 comments. TODAY October 5th 2011, we received the sad news that Steve Jobs has departed. For most of us it would be impossible to imagine using a PC without a mouse, but this is just one of the innovations that were introduced and popularised by Steve Jobs, the visionary.

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Immigration Is at the Heart of U.S. Competitiveness

Harvard Business

We risk impeding growth in sectors such as high tech and life sciences if we make it harder for top talent to arrive and compete for jobs. Kennedy Airport, 1981. I was 11 years old, and my mom and I had just arrived from Guyana. Together, we had $34. Later we learned that the machine was called an escalator. In time, I would become a U.S.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business

He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. Innovation at GE was on a roll. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D. Then it wasn’t.