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☆ Apple made a big move into women’s health just as startups go through a funding winter. 4 health investors and founders predict who’ll survive.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The tech giant's moves into women's health coincides with a funding winter for startups in the sector. Insider spoke to VCs about the challenges and opportunities this creates for women's health startups. When Apple rolled out the Apple Watch Series 8 in September this year, it cemented its growing footprint in the global women's health market. The aim is to give consumers a more consolidated view of their health data, an Apple representative said — but it's a step that could spell trouble for women's health startups. Funding into women's health has taken a dipThe tech giant's gradual monopoly over health data comes at a time when its apparent competitors — consumer women's health startups — are feeling the tech downturn.

☆ The Fed, earnings, jobs and China: How we think about this week's deluge of data
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

It is very premature, in my view, to think about or be talking about pausing our rate hikes. The news sent those stocks reliant on China for growth — Starbucks, Estee Lauder and Wynn Resorts, among many others — higher. Or bad news could just be bad news if weak data signals a recession ahead. And good news could be good news: for example, if China reopens and U.S. companies exposed to the region see a boost in demand. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Inside the 'Wild West' of law-school recruiting that has Big Law reeling in talent earlier and more aggressively than ever
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-22 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Law schools bemoan the trend, but more and more of them allow it, such as Harvard and NYU this year. The nation's biggest and most powerful law firms have always sought to hire the best and brightest students from top law schools. Some schools have threatened to ban law firms from participating in OCI if they engage in pre-OCI recruiting. This year, law schools at both Harvard and NYU even unveiled formal early-interview programs. Last year, they made 1,771 such offers, amounting to 18% of the offers made by law firms that engaged in the practice.

☆ Bloomberg: Companiile IT fug din Belarus. Ucraina este prima destinație
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-21 | by ( ) www.realitatea.md time to read: +3 min

Ultimul deceniu, la Minsk, a avut loc un lucru foarte straniu: în pofida conducerii autoritare a lui Aleksandr Lukașenko, companiile specializate în IT din Belarus au înflorit. În urma alegerilor prezidențiale dubioase, poliția din Belarus a oprit Internetul în țară pentru trei zile și a atacat dur participanții protestelor. Golub, în vârstă de 41 de ani, la fel a fost arestat lângă casa sa dintr-o suburbie a Minsk-ului. „Dacă președintelui îi va reuși să păstreze puterea, sectorul IT va fi nimicit și îngropat”, a declarat acesta pentru sursa citată. Iuri Gurski, dezvoltatorul aplicației „Flo”, care are 200 de angajați în Belarus, vrea să se mute în Lituania, Polonia sau Marea Britanie.

Persons: Aleksandr Lukașenko, Kiril Golub, Lukașenko, Vladimir Putin, Golub, Pavel, Iuri Gurski, Nikita, Dmitri Krutoi Organizations: Band, IT, EPAM, La început, Hi-Tech Locations: belarus, Minsk, Belarus, Europa, Kremlin, Ucraina, beloruse, Lituania, Polonia, Coreea de Nord, Europei, URSS, Belarusului, Tech

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