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Delaware Courts Are Taking a Hard Look at Non-Compete Agreements Original
Delaware courts are taking a hard look at restrictive covenants such as noncompetes and non-solicitation agreements, and the consequences could extend far beyond the state. Judges are showing greater skepticism toward covenants that go too far or are drawn too broadly.
Why AI Literacy Should Replace AI Suppression On Campus
Greg Brown is CEO of Illumia, a platform that empowers education, healthcare, and corporate enterprises with secure, intelligent technology. Students already use generative AI in their daily lives; faculty carry a responsibility to protect academic integrity; and employers are raising the bar for AI fluency in the graduates they hire. These pressures pull in different directions, and most institutions are trying to reconcile all three.
Practical advice and effective tips: Streamlining valuation workflows for UK accountants
The UK accounting scene is both large and highly competitive, valued at nearly £40 billion with close to 30,000 firms competing for clients (IBISWorld). At the same time, expectations are shifting. Accountants are no longer seen purely as compliance providers, but increasingly as trusted strategic advisors. This shift is already visible across the market, with advisory services now accounting for a significant share of total revenue and continuing to grow (L.E.K. Consulting).
Supercharge Your Address Data with Five Critical Steps
Addresses might seem almost mundane, but they are quietly doing some of the heaviest lifting in your tech stack. Acting as a foundational link between people and services, a clean, standardized, enriched address record doesn’t just streamline operations — it builds trust. Few data points are as deceptively powerful, or as consistently underestimated, as the “simple” address.
Safety | Construction Dive
Let Construction Dive's free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. Sponsored Safety is now a C-suite priority: protecting workers, reducing risk and boosting business results. By Greg Brown • Sept. 2, 2025 A lack of resources for a large Spanish-speaking workforce raises safety concerns and holds back talented workers. Contractors are beginning to make a change. By Zachary Phillips • Aug.
Digital & Enhanced Underwriting Models
The London reinsurance industry sees a growing push toward digital approaches. Enhanced underwriting stands out as a new direction for companies seeking better underwriting decisions and portfolio strategies. Experts project steady gains over the next few years as more participants embrace these methods. We define Enhanced Underwriting as propositions that use data and digital technology to enhance underwriting decisions, and propositions that have taken a new strategic approach to follow business.
Better Safety = Better Profitability: Masonry Saw Safety
Better Safety = Better Profitability: Masonry Saw Safety Words: Denise Linn In 2022, private industry reported 2.3 million cases of work-related injuries (Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023). According to the National Safety Council, the total cost of those work-related injuries was a staggering $167 billion with an average medical cost of $40,000 per individual case (NSC Annual Research Report, 2023).
Customized Mailing Lists Power New Revenue for Mailers and Printers
One-stop-shop services are a powerful way mailers and printers can capture more business – a strategic opportunity to adapt and thrive by becoming a comprehensive solution provider. Offering customized mailing lists is one way to add value to direct mail client relationships, yet list development has historically required third-party providers and additional management on a client’s behalf. Today, simple APIs are addressing this need.
LETTER: Updating high school pool good for community
To the editor: The Shawano School District is again surveying those who live within its borders to gain information on how to address possible capital improvements. The project I would like to discuss today is the pool at Shawano Community High School. There are several reasons why a school district might want to renovate its swimming pool. I believe the following is worth considering when responding to the question of either closing or renovating this community swimming pool.
Rare super blue moon set to delight stargazers
Most months only have one full moon, so a second is a quite a rare event, occurring approximately once every two or three years. The moon appears larger than usual, and will rise at around 8pm (BST) on Thursday, setting at around 6am (BST) the following day. August brings the joining of two rare events in astronomy: a blue moon and a supermoon The peak of the full moon – when the near side of it is completely lit up by the sun is at 2.35am (BST) on Friday morning.
Structural insights into hydrolytic defluorination of difluoroacetate by microbial fluoroacetate dehalogenases
Original Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi:10.1111/febs.16903. Abstract Fluorine forms the strongest single bond to carbon with the highest bond dissociation energy among natural products.
Appluent Unveils FilePulse 360 and Learning Xperience to Celebrate 10 Years, Wins Conga Partner Impact Award!
PHOENIXVILLE, PA, USA, April 25, 2023/ EINPresswire.com/ -- Appluent Business Solutions™, a leading provider of innovative cloud technology solutions, is proud to celebrate its 10th anniversary by launching two new products, FilePulse 360, and the Learning Xperience. In addition, the company was honored with the Conga® Partner Impact Award at Conga Connect, a recognition of its outstanding partnership contribution to the Conga ecosystem.
Don’t make a fatal mistake
Business Community News Health & Wellbeing Home & Garden The recent incidents of poisonous plants contaminating bags of supermarket baby spinach leaves was a reminder that some plants may look innocuous, but they could be deadly dangerous. The same can be said for some backyard landscaping plants. There’s a lot of common garden plants that we all know to be poisonous to pets and people. Oleander, Foxglove, Angels’ Trumpet, Rhubarb leaves and white cedar berries just to name a few.
Friends of NRA | 2023 Volunteer of the Week- Garett Brackett
"Garett has been the both the local chairman of Kennesaw Friends of NRA and the State Fund Committee chairman for 3 plus years. For Kennesaw Friends of NRA, he works closely with the venue to produce a banquet that is consistently a High Caliber event. He also typically helps with a second event for this committee to further the fundraising capabilities for Georgia.
Powering Correct Addresses: Going Beyond NCOA to Reach Elusive Customers
Mailers rely heavily on the US Postal Service’s NCOALink dataset – nearly 160 million permanent change-of-address records including individuals, families, and businesses that have updated their information by filing a change-of-address with the USPS. But according to Census Bureau data, more than 43 million Americans move every year – but far fewer file a change-of-address update.
Industry Best Practices: Going Beyond Simple Address Cleansing
In a time of supply chain snarls, paper shortages, higher inflation, and ever-increasing customer expectations, now is the best time to look beyond simple address cleansing and find the types of services that set you apart from the competition. By providing efficient mailing services to your customers, you can help them create effective direct marketing campaigns that not only qualify for the lowest postage rates, but also generate more revenue.
Address Data Is Everything
There is no question that customer relationships and successful business operations rely on great address data. But understanding the need for clean data and keeping it clean are two entirely different things. A few proactive steps and smart tools can keep your data at the top of its game. Data Validation: Enter Data Correctly from the Outset Get data correct from the start. This simple yet brilliant mandate is a critical strategy in the long-term battle for clean address data.
Sports and Sex
By Greg Brown, PhD Sex in an extremely important biological factor for the continuation of life for any species on earth. It is an indisputable biological fact that human reproduction requires the male gamete (a sperm) to unite with the female gamete (an egg) to propagate the human species.
Diversity, equity, inclusion: Building a business case for companies to embrace DEI
Editor’s note: Greg Brown is Executive Director, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. Sarah Franks is Director, Institute for Private Capital. +++ CHAPEL HILL – An increasing focus on social justice has shined a harsh spotlight on systemic inequalities in the corporate sector. In response, businesses have renewed their focus on attracting and retaining a diverse workforce.
Exploring stakeholder capitalism: Making the case it can improve societal outcomes
Editor’s note: Greg Brown is Executive Director, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School; Gerald Cohen is Chief Economist, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Christian Lundblad Director of Research, Levin Distinguished Professor of Finance, and Associate Dean of the Ph.D. Program, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Data Quality: Five Steps to Holiday Season Preparedness
This holiday season, retailers face a new reality as the industry acknowledges the impact of broad changes in consumer shopping habits. Shoppers have become more familiar and reliant on social-distance-friendly options such as online and mobile methods. They have high expectations of a checkout process that is as smooth as possible. At the same time, customers themselves have changed – or at least moved, in many cases.
Equitable entrepreneurship? What the pandemic response taught us
Editor’s note: Ashley Brown is Director of Research Services, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Greg Brown is Executive Director, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School; and Vickie Gibbs is Executive Director, UNC Entrepreneurship Center. CHAPEL HILL – Entrepreneurial ecosystems drive economic growth, job growth, innovation and innumerable other societal benefits.
Venture funding haves, have-nots in times of COVID: Funding swells but gaps remain
by Greg Brown, UNC-Chapel Hill, and David Robertson, Duke University — July 27, 2021 . Editor’s note: Greg Brown is Executive Director, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School; David Robinson is The James and Gail Vander Weide Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, & Research Director, Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative.
6 Ways to Hold Onto Those New Pandemic Customers
Life-changing events or circumstances — like marriage, divorce, becoming parents, and yes, COVID-19 — have a huge impact on shopping needs and, therefore, behavior. As the coronavirus has many expanding their online shopping habits, online retailers must focus on retaining customers gained during this once-in-a-century pandemic.
Reaching Homebound Shoppers: Is Your Retail Organization Overlooking the Competitive Value of Address Data?
Everything is different today, thanks to COVID and its profound role in changing how we think, act, dine, connect, and of course shop. Retailers — and shoppers — should anticipate permanent change in shopping habits, or at minimum, steadily increasing reliance on ecommerce until a vaccine offers new options.
Home or Office: It’s All a Blur for Marketers, Courtesy of Coronavirus
Kitchen table or desk, where do you send your direct marketing campaigns? Thanks to COVID-19, work is where you live for many professionals. When the kitchen table may be the office, direct marketers face a new hurdle when trying to reach their primary targets. As traditional workplace models are forced to change, it is essential that B2B marketers strengthen their target contact data by including more residential information.
Accurate address data fuels global growth and profits
Greg Brown, vice president of global marketing at Melissa Coronavirus is accelerating change in the way we shop—from cashless purchases to contactless delivery, online buying for just about anything and everything has arrived on a global scale. The changes may be here to stay, too, as millions of consumers worldwide develop and reinforce new online buying habits.
You’ve Got (Business) Mail… at Home
Direct marketers face a new challenge with many of their business targets working at home. Thanks to the coronavirus, in the office or on the couch are very nearly the same place, at least in terms of direct mail campaign strategies. Reaching business targets, who may or may not even regularly see their usual business mail, means getting smarter and more efficient in enhancing business contact data with consumer information such as home addresses.
Column: A passion for trail work for Blues Crew
The Lick Creek Trail is one of my favorite trails within a short drive from Walla Walla. Starting at the Zig Zag Springs Trailhead and connecting with the Grouse Mountain Trail, it offers wonderful ridge line views of the North Fork Umatilla Wilderness with a journey through a canyon of old growth ponderosa pine and fir trees. For the last three years, the Blues Crew has returned to this trail to provide incremental improvements.
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Age of Gen. Z: Young Workers Expect You to Do More
Last summer, it came out that the online home goods and furniture company Wayfair had sold $200,000 worth of bedroom furniture to BCFS, a government contractor running child detention camps near the US-Mexico border. Wayfair employees were outraged and demanded that the company stop doing business with BCFS. Executives responded dispassionately.
Data Clean-Up: Address Your Data Mess and Improve the Citizen Experience
A four-point strategy reduces operating costs and enhances waste management services. By Greg Brown Great customer service requires excellent information to help decision makers recognize challenges, set and meet goals, track success, and plan for the future. It is all about the data, and finding smarter options for managing, enhancing and connecting data points.
Transforming the Enterprise with Artificial Intelligence and Data Quality
With the data deluge data managers face today, smarter options for managing, enhancing, and connecting customer data points need to find their way into the data toolkit. AI capabilities are playing a new role in this effort. Initially developed to support advanced scientific research, tools such as machine reasoning are powering up key operations that include identity verification, customer onboarding, and product-focused data quality.
Greening Your Mail Can Keep You In The Black
by Greg Brown , December 15, 2010 A recent Aperture Research Institute study reported upwards of 70% of organizations has adopted a green initiative of some kind. While those companies should be lauded for their efforts at environmental stewardship, bad days on Wall Street and for the economy have seen some companies abandon or scale back their green initiatives as they tighten their belts.
Data Quality in the Customer Journey: Create an Amazing Experience by Eliminating the Knowledge Gap
Customers define success for a brand. They are the only judge of successful marketing, and the number one reason they leave a brand is because they feel the company does not care about them. In reality, marketers of course care but often just don’t understand what their customers are saying on social media, what they’re buying and how they’re engaging in our stores, on mobile devices and online. Only 35% of customer experience officers believe they understand their customers well.
Your most requested feature is here - list groups!
Here at To-Do we like to think that you can have lists for everything:books you want to read, restaurants you want to check out, chores your kids need to do, and that big work project that you’ve been tackling each week. In fact, you can have a list for every aspect of your life. But once you start to add a lot of listsand your holiday packing plansminglewith your work tasks, it becomes easier to lose focus.
Improving Customer Data Solves Both Fraud and Shipping Problems
Not quite everything in the world of e-commerce is digital. Shipping, based on customer-provided data, may be the weakest link in a smooth, cost-effective transaction. Even slight inaccuracies can delay deliveries, add expensive reshipping fees, and create unhappy customers in the process. Equally painful to any supplier are credit card chargebacks, charges to cover return costs, and additional penalties.
Summit Park Weekly Update for April 1st through April 5th
Weather delays will push substantial completion of the project into June 2019 Restroom building room beams are in place Sewer line is installed Baseball/softball dugout foundations poured Park entry grades are complete The site is an active construction site, authorized personnel only. Sign up for project eNotifications Visit the Summit Park Project page for project details.
Summit Park Weekly Update for March 18th through March 25th
Weather delays will push substantial completion of the project into June 2019 Restroom building foundation is complete, underground plumbing complete Baseball/softball dugouts excavated, concrete forms in place Parking lot & driveway grading complete, concrete curbs being poured Landscape beds taking shape The site is an active construction site, authorized personnel only. Sign up for project eNotifications Visit the Summit Park Projectpage for project details.
Summit Park Weekly Update for March 4th through March 15th
Weather delays will push substantial completion of the project into June 2019 Water line connection has been completed Softball field sub-grade work now complete, concrete curbs and fencing is underway Restroom building foundation is complete, underground plumbing is underway The site is an active construction site, authorized personnel only. Sign up for project eNotifications Visit the Summit Park Project page for project details.
How to Review Diabetes Data with Your Doctor
As technology continues to change how we track and decode our diabetes outcomes, the logistical question of how and when to most effectively share all that data with our doctors and other healthcare professionals can, frankly, be overwhelming. We reached out to a collection of patients, care providers, software developers, and diabetes educators to glean their advice on how to best share your diabetes data with your doc without suffering a stress-induced meltdown in the process.
ReInsurTech: The New Wave of InsurTech?
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3 lessons we can learn about investing from the DealCloud acquisition
Greg Brown is the administrator of the Charlotte Angel Fund, Charlotte’s largest group of angel investors, and the founder of Cardinal Finance. The company, which was founded in 2010 by Ben Harrison and Rob Cummings, built significant value and provided the sort of financial return to the founders and their investors that justifies the hard work and risk associated with startup businesses.
Home Loans Center Enhances Golden 1 Member Experiences
Golden 1 celebrated the opening of its first location dedicated solely to home loans in Campbell, Calif., in May. Across nearly every sector, companies are focused on harnessing technology to improve the products and services they offer customers. One need look no further than retail giant Amazon to make the business case for focusing on customer convenience above all else. The financial services industry is no different.
Tips from Diabetes Users of the Medtronic 670G
When Medtronic’s MiniMed 670G hit the market in late 2016, it was heralded as a milestone. While insulin pumps come and go, and CGMs (continuous glucose monitors) change incrementally, this was the first diabetes tech marketed as the next “real” big thing: a hybrid closed-loop system that was essentially the first iteration of an Artificial Pancreas.
Escaped Muskogee County Inmate: The Latest
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MarkupKit 4.2 Released
MarkupKit 4.2 is now available for download. This release adds support for formatting the result of binding expressions. In MarkupKit, attributes whose values begin with "$" represent data bindings. The text following the "$" character represents an expression to which the corresponding view property will be bound. Any time the value of the bound expression changes, the target property in the view will be automatically updated.
Frontier Flight Diverted: The Latest
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Rocklahoma RV Fire: The Latest
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Police search for owner of north Tulsa pig
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Tulsa minor shoots friend in the back recreating music video
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