Alan Nishihara

Business technology senior manager. University of Oregon MBA.

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Real Estate
Home sales make record jump, proving how sensitive buyers are to mortgage rates
CNBC - Diana Olick
Sales of existing homes skyrocketed a whopping 11.8 percent in February compared with January, according to the National Association of Realtors. …
U.S. Politics
New York City public schools like Stuyvesant show why standardized testing is broken
Vox - Jose Vilson
New York City’s Specialized High School Admission Test is a tool of structural racism. When news broke this week that only seven black students were accepted into New York City’s Stuyvesant High School,
San Francisco, CA
The Problem With San Francisco’s Proposal to Ban Vaping
slate.com - Shannon Palus
Vaping is much safer than actual cigarettes.
San Antonio, TX
Chick-Fil-A Banned From San Antonio Airport
Fortune - Chris Morris
Don’t plan on getting a Chick-Fil-A sandwich next time you fly through San Antonio Airport. The city’s district council approved a new concession …
Eastern Europe
3 Reasons Why Being A Polymath Is Key In The Future Of Work
Forbes - Adi Gaskell
Ever since Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, the industrial world has been enthralled with specialization. Workers have been trained from an early age to focus on a fairly narrow range of skills
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton replies to AOC's take down of Jared Kushner and we all need a minute
Mashable - Cassie Murdoch
Brace yourself: AOC and Hillary Clinton have joined forces on Twitter and created a clapback so powerful that you may need to take a some deep breaths to compose yourself. It went down on Thursday night,
Business
GM, stung by criticism, says it will hire 400 workers at Michigan electric vehicle plant
CNN - By Chris Isidore, CNN Business
New York (CNN Business) — General Motors, which has been under fire for plans to close four plants in the United States, said Friday it would add 400 jobs as part of its bigger push into electric and vehicles.
Facial recognition can speed you through airport security, but there's a cost
CNET - Laura Hautala
A growing Customs and Border Protection program pits convenience and security against privacy.
Airports
Sisters meet for first time, thanks to DNA webs
ktvu.com - By Brian Scott, FOX 35 Orlando
- Christine Courtwright nervously tapped her foot sitting in baggage claim B of Orlando International Airport Thursday. Like many, she waiting for a …
Hubble
One Of These Four Missions Will Be Selected As NASA's Next Flagship For Astrophysics
Forbes - Ethan Siegel
When it comes to exploring the Universe and understanding what it’s made of, how it came to be, and what its ultimate fate is, no observatory has taught us more than the Hubble Space Telescope. It was
Media Strategy
3 Ways To Spy On Your Competitors - And Why You Need To Start Doing It Now
Forbes - Lilach Bullock
As a business, one of the biggest struggles is to find ways to gain that edge of your competitors. Starting a business is now easier than ever , which is certainly great news for all the would-be entrepreneurs
Technology
Tesla's customer referral program is back weeks after it was killed off
TechCrunch - Kirsten Korosec
Tesla killed off its customer referral program way back on Feb. 1, 2019 because the popular program was getting too costly to maintain. But now, less than two months later, Tesla is bringing it back with
Technology
Finnish authorities to investigate Nokia-branded phones sending data to China
The Verge - Jon Porter
Data was sent to a domain linked to a Chinese-owned telco The Finnish data protection watchdog has confirmed it’s investigating HMD Global’s Nokia-branded phones over reports they were found to be sending
Retirement Planning
4 Ways a Small Business Can Hold on to Key Employees
The Motley Fool - Daniel B. Kline
These are high-cost solutions for only your most important personnel. Before you make a major effort to keep an employee from leaving or lock the …
Humanity
Scientists Are Trying to Get Rid of a Fundamental Measure Used in Science
ScienceAlert - MIKE MCRAE
For a while now, scientists have been debating what to do with one of the most famous tools used to describe scientific certainty, the concept of …
CES
The Amazing Ways Carnival Cruises Is Using IoT and AI To Create Smart Cities At Sea
Forbes - Bernard Marr
Even before you sail away on a Carnival cruise, the company operates more than 100 ships that travel to 740 destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Australia; you get to experience
Investing
Peter Schiff: The Fed Is Not Getting It Right; It's Proving How Much It Got Wrong
Seeking Alpha - SchiffGold
By SchiffGold There's that word again - patient. Jerome Powell once again emphasized patience during the most recent FOMC meeting. The Federal Reserve …
Technology
Mass production 3D printing? It's coming, and it's a big deal
ZDNet - Greg Nichols
Markforged $82 million raise should be a starting gun for mass production additive manufacturing, which will drive the next industrial …
Colleges, Don't Be So Quick On The Trigger Warnings. They May Misfire.
Forbes - Michael T. Nietzel
Campus trigger warnings are statements cautioning individuals that they are about to be exposed to content in readings, classes, films or speeches they may find upsetting. Intended to shield students what
Investing
Biogen’s Next Move Could Be an Acquisition
Barron's - Avi Salzman
Text size Biogen (BIIB) stock plunged 29% on Thursday, erasing $18 billion in market value, after the company discontinued trials of its Alzheimer’s …
Business
Opinion: Facebook crumbles around its lonely king
MarketWatch - By Therese Poletti
Mark Zuckerberg seems increasingly alone at the top of Facebook Inc., with executives streaming out the doors as he promises a new direction that …
News
Fentanyl deaths skyrocketed more than 1,000% over six years in the US. Here's who it's killing
CNN - By Nadia Kounang, CNN
(CNN) — Deaths from the synthetic opioid fentanyl skyrocketed more than 1,000% from 2011 to 2016, according to a report released Thursday. The number of fatalities related to the drug held fairly steady
Genetics
NASA finds ice on the surface of the moon
CNET - Jackson Ryan
Definitive evidence that our moon, both cold and dark, has water ice at both of its poles.
Social Media
Why Social Commerce Is Becoming ‘The Ultimate Form Of Advertising’ For CMOs—And What’s On The Horizon
Forbes - Jenny Rooney
The blur between content and commerce intensifies, and social-media platforms are working overtime to create opportunities for brands to turn consumers’ obsession and time spent with images and video seamless,
News
Harrowing scenes after Cyclone Idai with inland ocean visible from outer space
CNN - By Anna Cardovillis, Jack Guy, Jenni Marsh and Columbus Mavhunga, CNN
Chimanimani, Zimbabwe (CNN) — As many as "300 to 400" bodies line the banks of a road out of the city of Beira in Mozambique, according to an eyewitness account, and flood waters have formed an inland
Mushrooms
They’re magic! Eating mushrooms could slash risk of cognitive decline by 50%
MarketWatch - By Catey Hill
Call them magic mushrooms. Older people who eat more than two portions of mushrooms a week could cut their odds of having mild cognitive impairment …
World News
A No-Deal Brexit Is Still on the Table—And Businesses Have Every Right to be Scared
Fortune - David Meyer
It’s not every day that employers and trade unions issue a joint statement calling for the exact same thing, but the Brexit crisis gripping the …
Business
Tiffany posts mixed results in fourth quarter
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Tiffany & Co. on Friday posted mixed results for the holiday season, with profit meeting estimates but revenue falling short because of low spending by Chinese tourists. "Softer trends
Ralph Lauren
The Ups And Downs Of J. Crew -- Where Is It Going?
Forbes - Walter Loeb
15 years ago, Millard “Mickey” Drexler took charge of J. Crew and converted it into an exciting place to shop. Fashions were timely and, during my visits, I was always astounded to see many new ideas.