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Daimler Truck and Mercedes-Benz part ways

Cars and heavy vehicles are two very different businessesGOTTLIEB DAIMLER and Carl Benz built the world’s first motor cars at the same time in 1886, not far apart in Germany. Their names have been tied together since a merger of their firms in 1926. Daimler is the parent company of Mercedes-Benz. Yet the two men…

How to get managers’ incentives right

Executives, not investors, may be to blame for short-termismHOW BEST should managers be incentivised? In the biblical parable of the talents, a master divides his property among three servants before going away. Two put his money to work and double its value; the third buries it in the ground. The first two servants are rewarded…

Marjorie Taylor Green apologized in private, but in public she has not demonstrated remorse

Summary List PlacementRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican from Georgia who two years before winning her first election said Jews were starting wildfires with laser beams from outer space, is sorry about all that — or at least behind closed doors, she was sorry for the controversy she's caused. Privately, on Wednesday, she apologized. According…

THE RISE OF GENETIC TESTING IN HEALTHCARE: How leading genetic testing companies like Ancestry and 23andMe are carving into healthcare with the promise to fuel more personalized care

Summary List Placement Insider Intelligence publishes thousands of research reports, charts, and forecasts on the Digital Health industry. You can learn more about becoming a client here. The following is a preview of one Digital Health report, The Genetic Testing in Healthcare Report. You can purchase this report here. Since the first human genome was…

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy says he doesn’t know what QAnon is even though he denounced it months ago

Summary List PlacementHouse GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said he doesn't even know what QAnon is while speaking to reporters about freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.  "I think it would be helpful if you could hear exactly what she told all of us. Denouncing Q-on, I don't know if I say it right, I don't even…

Rep. Maxine Waters says she wants Redditor Keith Gill, Robinhood, and GameStop at a congressional hearing

Summary List PlacementAfter scheduling a hearing into the GameStop trading fiasco, House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters told Cheddar that she wanted Reddit trader Keith Gill, the Robinhood CEO, and a representative from GameStop to testify. "I have [Keith Gill] on my list to be present…I want him here... And I want absolutely to…