A Court Order to Terminate Hate Speech Tests Facebook | WIRED

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FACEBOOK MAY WANT to see itself as a platform for others to share news, not a publisher that intervenes to filter what appears on the site. But the world keeps getting in the way.

The latest demand for Facebook to exercise something like editorial control comes from an Austrian court, which ruled yesterday that the company must take down posts identified as “hate speech” in a case brought by the country’s Green party over insults to its leader. “There’s a multitude of ways to enforce the court’s decision in case Facebook is not willing to fully comply,” says Alexander Nessler, an attorney at the firm representing Greens politician Eva Glawischnig in the case. “In the end, it’ll depend on Facebook’s actual reaction.”

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Here is why Trader Joe’s is so cheap | Business Insider

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Customers love Trader Joe’s because of its relatively low prices.

During a recent trip to a Trader Joe’s location in New York City, the cheapest available ground beef cost $4.99 a pound, compared with $9.99 at a New York Whole Foods location, which was selling only organic. The lowest price for a liter of extra-virgin olive oil was $6.99 at Trader Joe’s, compared with $9.99 for the same size at Whole Foods.

Consumers view Trader Joe’s as high quality but inexpensive. How can Trader Joe’s afford to keep its prices so low?

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Conversational Commerce Is What Retail Is Talking About Today | Adweek

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Think back to the best shopping experience you ever had. Chances are it involved a well-informed and upbeat salesperson who engaged with you, asked about your needs and guided you through the purchase. You left knowing you made the right decision.

This kind of conversation-driven sale—high on empathy and knowledge, low on price and haggling—has long been a staple of successful retail loyalty. It focuses on understanding the needs of consumers and delivering an exceptional experience. But in today’s continually upended shopping environment, that conversation between seller and buyer is as likely to take place with an AI-driven bot as it is with a friendly associate.

Welcome to the age of conversational commerce.

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Can Virtual Care Shift From Vision To Reality? | Forbes

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In today’s über-connected world, people are increasingly incentivized to take accountability for their health.  With wearable devices tracking everything from sleep cycles to heart rates to steps taken, friends and family members hold each other accountable to healthy goals.  For example, “My Fitness Pal” notifies me each time my friend walks her dog, and the app prompts me to congratulate her. And my sister can view the number of steps her husband takes each day via their connected Fitbit apps. She can intervene when he isn’t being as active as he should.

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Twitter Is Failing in Exactly the Ways It Predicted | Inc.com

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You can learn a lot about a public company by reading its risk factors.

These are the portions of companies’ financial filings that require them to put on a show of honesty and humility. Risk factors are the challenges a company sees for itself, the threats it believes could sink it.

Twitter lists more than 40 risk factors in its most recent quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Many of them are obvious challenges that apply to any company (currency fluctuations could hurt, taxes might go up, God forbid a natural disaster destroy our headquarters, etc.). So far, it has navigated those successfully enough. It’s on the risk factors unique to Twitter it has foundered.

Here are a dozen areas where Twitter has foreseen risks — but still failed to avoid them.

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Conquering Adversity: From Homeless Teen to C-Suite | Business News Daily

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You could say I had an unconventional upbringing – but it served me well and was the catalyst for my sense of determination, level of conviction and desire to succeed. I am truly a product of my own making.

My parents divorced when I was 12 years old. My mother moved far from our home in Michigan and I spent my early teen years living with my father. But, at the young age of 16, I moved to Florida to live with my mother. My presence was not well-received by my step-father. Before I could even graduate high school, I found myself homeless, broke and completely on my own.

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Has Your Company 401(k) Plan Made These 11 Mistakes? | Payroll Link

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It is critical to keep your company’s 401(k) plan in compliance with numerous federal laws and regulations. Plans that are found to be in violation risk expensive penalties and disqualification.

The IRS recently issued this list of 11 potential errors:

1. Has your 401(k) plan document been updated within the past few years to reflect recent law changes?

2. Are the plan’s operations based on the terms of the plan document?

3. Is the plan’s definition of compensation for all deferrals and allocations used correctly?

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U.S. Created 211,000 Jobs in April, Unemployment at its Lowest Since 2007 | NBC News

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The nation’s economy is still on a strong upward trajectory, according to the latest monthly report from the Department of Labor, which showed an increase of 211,000 jobs for the month of April. Unemployment fell to 4.4 percent, its lowest level since May 2007.

April’s strong showing puts economic growth firmly back on track after a miserable March, when only 79,000 jobs were added (revised down from 98,000), and paves the way for the Federal Reserve to hike up the interest rate next month.

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Benefits Of A Pocket Notebook for Business People | The Startup Magazine

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There can be a lot of great benefits from having a notebook, especially if you are a journaling fanatic. When you are able to write down all of your observations and creative inspirations, it is a truly wonderful thing. But, what is it that makes a pocket notebook so great? What you will find may actually be surprising.

Rich History

A pocket notebook has an incredible history when it comes to list-making. This is a lineage that might not appear to be all that grand but this is a method used by some of human society’s brightest minds. From a camper to an inventor, a police officer to a doctor, or even a graphic designer to the President, a pocket notebook is a way to capture important revelations and deep thoughts. While the use of a pocket notebook may not be as popular as it once was, they are starting to make a comeback in both fashionable and trendy circles. The notebook is there to help you organize, but is also good for an everyday accessory to help reflect upon your personality.

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BrewDog: Craft beer punks take their $1 billion business to America | CNN Money

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Scottish craft beer maker BrewDog is expanding into the U.S.

The company, which started out a decade ago making beer in a garage in Scotland, recently opened a 100,000-square-foot brewery in Columbus, Ohio, and plans to launch its beers on the U.S. market in the next two months.

It’s been quite a journey for James Watt and Martin Dickie, whose firm is now valued at £1 billion ($1.29 billion).

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