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NADO News | November 2, 2023

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25% faster and 40% better. This is how managers can leverage the productivity promise of generative AI

A new report from Harvard Business School and BCG reveals the most successful companies using AI achieve over 20% of earnings from AI before interest and taxes.

The Way You Pay to Buy or Sell a Home Is About to Change

In a report released ahead of the verdict, Ryan Tomasello, a real-estate industry analyst with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, predicted that the lawsuits could lead to a 30% reduction in the $100 billion that Americans pay in real-estate commissions every year and push well over half of the almost 1.6 million agents out of the industry.

High Country News November News – The Climate Crisis Is Everywhere

The climate crisis affects everything, from where we live to what we eat to how we deal with crime. In Washington, extreme weather and COVID-19 pushed over-strained prisons to the brink, leading some to ask: Why not let people out? In Kasigluk, Alaska, buildings are succumbing to rising sea levels and melting permafrost, but relocating entire communities isn’t easy.

Montana’s outdoor economy to suffer as climate change worsens

The effects of climate change are already affecting Montana’s outdoor recreation, but with predictions of even more heat and drought by 2050, the outdoor recreation industry stands to lose thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in earnings, according to a new report.

Here’s a novel way for contractors to pitch ideas to the Defense Department

And let’s talk about this year old effort on videos, and just to get a progress report, how many videos have been presented and what are you generally getting in from vendors and what types of products are they pitching in this manner?

Why the Nature Conservancy is investing some of its $3 billion endowment in startups

“It made sense for TNC to be a leader in climate tech, given the mission of the organization,” says Bola Olusanya, vice president and chief investment officer at the Nature Conservancy.

New Fed ‘Basel’ rule could wipe out Montana’s small business, ranches and farmers

The basic proposal is this: The Fed is proposing that banks be required to hold as much as 20% more capital (cash) than they are presently required to hold.

As baby boomers retire, German businesses turn to robots

At machine parts producer S&D Blech, the head of the grinding unit is retiring. With Germany’s acute labour shortage leaving few candidates to take on the skilled but dirty and hazardous manual work, the company will replace him with a robot.

LinkedIn exec reveals exactly how AI is changing hiring and recruiting

On the latest episode of The New Way We Work, LinkedIn’s Head of Opportunity Project shares what new AI roles have already been created, how AI is changing the job market, and the impact AI will have on everyone’s job.

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