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Ahead of the High Holidays that begin this week, a network of Jewish security experts and religious leaders hosted several webinars to help prepare for the season. Among the topics: How to respond to an “active threat” targeting the Jewish community, and how to stop severe bleeding. Over recent years — in the face of increased antisemitic threats and violence — the season also is a time of heightened vigilance. “The High Holidays are about renewal — about trying to build a better world,” said Rabbi Noah Farkas, president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. Earlier this month, the Orthodox Union, the largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, announced a partnership with the Community Security Service, a leading Jewish security organization, to encourage more Orthodox congregation members to volunteer for security training.

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☆ Microsoft swerves to avoid EU speeding ticket
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft Teams app is seen on the smartphone placed on the keyboard in this illustration taken, July 26, 2021. Yet Microsoft has arguably created a lot more value using its market clout. Back in 2016, Slack was the hottest new product for helping office workers communicate with over 4 million users. Combining Teams with its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 software bundles gave the messaging and collaboration app a big leg up. Microsoft said on a call in April that Teams had over 300 million monthly users.

Persons: Slack, Robert Cyran, Pernod Ricard, Mukesh Ambani’s, Peter Thal Larsen, Sharon Lam Organizations: Microsoft, Reuters, Big Tech, European Union, Apps, X, Thomson Locations: Europe

[1/2] AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsAug 30 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will host tech leaders and experts at an artificial-intelligence (AI) forum on Sept. 13, as several governments around the world are considering how to mitigate the dangers of the emerging technology. - Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Meta has invested in artificial intelligence for years. - Elon Musk: The CEO of Tesla (TSLA.O) launched his own AI startup named xAI earlier this year. - IBM (IBM.N) CEO Arvind Krishna: IBM launched a new artificial-intelligence and data platform in May to help companies integrate AI in their business.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Chuck Schumer, Sam Altman, OpenAI, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Jensen Huang, Arvind Krishna, Krishna, Bill Gates, Charles Rivkin, Eric Schmidt, Tristan Harris, Deborah Raji, Alex Karp, Kanishka Singh, Richard Cowan, Matthew Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Meta, Tesla, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, Bloomberg, Motion, Center for Humane Technology, University of California, Palantir Technologies, Thomson Locations: China, Berkeley, Washington

☆ At Taser maker Axon, ex-staff say loyalty meant being tased, tattooed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Scottsdale | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +34 min

Reuters also interviewed 63 current and former Axon employees, including nine former executives. No one with whom Reuters spoke was aware of deaths or lawsuits stemming from tasings of Axon staff. Axon has faced fewer lawsuits since 2009, the year it introduced a new Taser model with a lower charge. Screenshots from an Axon promotional video show CEO Rick Smith taking a Taser hit in 1993, the year he co-founded the business. And that’s off-putting.”Gorman, the former Axon lawyer, said he “vividly” remembers an executive asking him if he was going to be tased.

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☆ A couple invested $29,500 into buying a soccer franchise in 2018 to start making passive income. They explain how they grew to 2 locations and have done more than $1 million in revenue.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Ultimately, they went with Soccer Shots, a children's program that partners with local schools to help kids develop both soccer and life skills. The Halls bought their first Soccer Shots franchise in 2018. They also had to put together a PowerPoint presentation for Soccer Shots' executive team at the headquarters in Pennsylvania. Buying their first Soccer Shots for $29,500 plus additional start-up costsSoccer Shots officially offered the franchise to the Halls in September 2018. On average, they spend one to two hours a week working on Soccer Shots.

Persons: Erika, Kareem Hall, Kareem, they'd, that's, it's, Jon Brock, Rachael Victoria, Brock, they've, Erika Hall, That's Organizations: Soccer Shots, Emory, Bain, Accenture, Primrose Schools, Shots, Soccer Locations: Atlanta, Dekalb County, Pennsylvania, —, Covid

☆ AI needs 'human control' to avoid being weaponized, says Microsoft's president
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"We have to ensure that AI remains subject to human control. Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence technology that can generate content such as text, images, code and more. AI impact on jobsMeanwhile, the explosive growth of AI has workers worrying that their jobs could be replaced by the technology. A Goldman Sachs report in March said generative AI could impact as many as 300 million jobs around the world. The Microsoft executive pointed out that AI is a tool that supplements human work, and not one that replaces jobs.

Persons: Brad Smith, Smith, it's, we've, CNBC's Martin Soong, We've, Goldman Sachs Organizations: CNBC, Tech, Microsoft Locations: New Delhi

☆ Inside Goldman Sachs' coveted summer internship for aspiring investment bankers, where there's no such thing as 'busy work.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Goldman Sachs' summer internship program is harder to get into than Harvard. This summer Goldman hosted 2,970 interns, about 500 of whom were placed in the investment bank, according to stats provided by Goldman. Some rising juniors are also part of the internship classes, however, including Stephenson, who applied for her first Goldman internship during her freshman year of college. Last summer, Stephenson took the subway to work, which had its share of problems. According to Friedland, there's no "busy work" or "shadowing" and the senior bankers rely on the interns to do real work.

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☆ Goldman Sachs' summer internships are coming to a close. A former intern turned partner breaks down the 5 secrets to successfully snagging a return offer.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

This summer Goldman hosted 2,970 interns, about 500 of whom were placed in the investment bank, according to stats provided by Goldman. They advised future Goldman interns to learn how to multitask and have a solutions-oriented mindset, among other suggestions. "You go into someone's office, you don't sit there and say, 'I don't know how to do this,'" he said. As selective as the application process is, Goldman summer analysts are not expected to know how to do their jobs before they start. "I said, I'm really nervous, I don't know how to model.

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☆ Google, Microsoft, and Meta can't stop talking about A.I. — here's why Apple rarely mentions it
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesMicrosoft, Google and Meta are rallying everyone around AI, even though the future is murkyGoogle launched Bard AI, it's own chatbot to rival Microsoft and OpenAI's ChatGPT. Google, for example, has announced its plans to revamp its search engine using an AI model called Search Generative Experience. Google and Pichai say that the company's text-generating AI models will make its search engine better and could even answer questions that normal Google search can't. Zuckerberg was effusive about AI technology and its applications in virtual reality, ad targeting and recommending content from accounts users don't follow. UBS analyst Lloyd Walmsley wrote this week that generative AI was still an "overhang" over Google.

Persons: Tim Cook, Narendra Modi, Stefani Reynolds, ChatGPT, Jonathan Raa, OpenAI's, Amy Hood, we'll, Nadella, Pichai, it's, Zuckerberg, Meta, Bing, Gartner, Mark Murphy, Laura Martin, Lloyd Walmsley, monetization, Walmsley, Scott Olson Organizations: India's, White, AFP, Getty, Microsoft, Google, Nurphoto, Meta, Apple, Big Tech, Nvidia, Venture, JPMorgan, UBS Locations: Washington ,, iPhones, Brussels, Belgium, Chicago

☆ Cool-girl brand Aritzia made employees rate each other's appearances, discriminated against Black salespeople, and fostered a culture of fear, some ex-staffers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Nichole Jankowski | Isabella Zavarise | Brianna Holt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

They said 54% of Aritzia employees and 60% of retail employees identified as BIPOC but declined to provide a breakdown of those statistics. Insider spoke with 53 current and former Aritzia employees, several of whom said that while the world of fashion is notoriously cutthroat, working at Aritzia was particularly grueling. Aritzia's spokesperson said the company's success was a "direct result of its high-performance culture." (In a statement of defense filed with the court on July 5, the store manager and Aritzia denied all allegations. A former Ontario store manager said that shortly after she was hired, the manager of store operations asked if she had a boyfriend.

Persons: Brian Hill, Hill, Kendall Jenner, Meghan Markle, Jennifer Lopez, Aritzia, Lindsey Adelman, Melina, Isabel Slone, Max Mumby, Aritzia's, Carly Bishop, Brian, Jennifer Wong, who's, Wong, Robson, We're, George Pimentel, Heather McLean, Hill's, Tim Hortons, Kendalls, —, Todd Korol, Jessica Porter, weren't, Candace Jerry, Anyango Juma Miguna, Miguna, Hannah, Kaycelyn Pascual, Pascual, couldn't, Nadia Mahammed, Mahammed, she'd, George Floyd, they'd, Todd Ingledew Organizations: Aritzia, Euromonitor International, Aritzia's, Queen's University, Fashion, Globe, Toronto Star, Getty, SPH, Employees, British Columbia Human, Product, Estate Development, Business Locations: Toronto, Vancouver, Ontario, Aritzia, ascot, Canada, Aritzia's Vancouver, Canadian, New York City, Aritzia's Paramus , New Jersey, Newmarket , Ontario, British, New York

☆ Inspired by Ukraine war, Taiwan launches drone blitz to counter China
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Reuters Graphic | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +16 min

These drones range from jet-powered, long range surveillance aircraft to small quadcopters deployed by ground troops. Taiwan should accelerate mass production of a range of military drones to boost self-reliance in the struggle with Beijing, it concluded. U.S. drones range in size from two-kilogram, hand-launched drones to 14,500-kilogram long range surveillance drones. Unlike Taiwan, China began mass-producing unmanned aircraft long before the Ukraine conflict. Hundreds of technology experts, including specialists in AI, were recruited to the military, according to UCSD analyst Cheung.

Persons: Tsai Ing, ”, Tsai “, Max Lo, “, Hawk Yang, Yang, Tsai, Joe Biden, ’, Lo, Tai Ming Cheung, ” Cheung, Nancy Pelosi, ” Tsai, Chang, Xi Jinping, Xi, Cheung, ” Elsa Kania Organizations: Reuters, People’s Liberation Army, Thunder Tiger Group, “, Communist Party, Taiwan, Taiwan Affairs Office, U.S . Department of Defense, White, Pentagon ., Teal, University of California, PLA, U.S . House, Airborne, Washington -, Strategic & International Studies ., Royal United Services Institute, 20th Party Congress, UCSD, Center, New, New American Security, China's Ministry of Defense, Pentagon Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Taipei, Taiwan, China, Asia, United States, Australia, Japan, South Korea, America, Republic of China, “ China, Kinmen, Beijing, Washington, Pentagon . U.S, U.S, University of California San Diego, Chiayi, Strategic & International Studies . Ukraine, London, Chang Kong, Today, New American

☆ Here's exactly how much I made as a JP Morgan trader and Buzzfeed account executive. I have no regrets leaving behind my $656K job to become my own boss.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Aria Yang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Tu says leaving Wall Street was one of the best decisions she's ever made. I wanted to go on to Wall Street because that's what everybody else was doing. I chose Wall Street because a lot of my friends were interviewing for Wall Street jobs, and I didn't want to be left behind. I had never really thought about investing or growing my wealth until I hit the desk on Wall Street. Buzzfeed:Digital Media Strategy Salesperson, $80K base salary + commissionsAccount Executive, Client Partnerships, $100K base salary + $127K commissionsSenior Account Executive, Client Partnerships (2020), $110K base salary + $252K commissionsSenior Account Executive, Client Partnerships (2021), $120K base salary + $536K commissionsI worked on the digital marketing strategy sales team at BuzzFeed, focusing on establishing partnerships with brands.

Persons: Vivian Tu, Morgan, she's, —, JP, JP Morgan, Rich BFF, it's, I've, Rich, Aria Yang Organizations: University of Chicago, Wall, Chicago, Fifth Third Bank, JP Morgan, Media, BuzzFeed, YouTube Locations: BuzzFeed

☆ Microsoft adds $154 billion in market value after it announces $30 per month AI subscription
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft stock surged as much as 6% on Tuesday after the company unveiled an AI subscription for its Office 365 platform. The software giant will charge $30 per month per user to have AI capabilities integrated into its Microsoft Office platform. At its peak on Tuesday, Microsoft added $154 billion to its market value, which is bigger than Morgan Stanley. Investors cheered the move and the company's apparent pricing power, with Microsoft stock adding as much as $154 billion to its market valuation at its peak on Tuesday. Microsoft stock hit a record high of $366.78 in Tuesday trades and was on track to close at its highest level ever.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Yusuf Mehdi, Dan Ives, Ives Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Intel, Honeywell, Bing Locations: Wall, Silicon, Copilot, OpenAI

☆ Your Word, Outlook, and Excel apps might look different. Microsoft just changed its default font for the first time in 15 years.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft announced this week that it's changing its default Office font to Aptos. Microsoft Office users may notice that their documents look different. Microsoft announced this week that it's replacing Calibri, its default font for the last 15 years, with a new font, Aptos. Aptos will officially become the default font for all customers in the upcoming months. Microsoft said that changes to its default font were needed to adapt its suite of Microsoft Office tools to higher resolution screens as technology continues to evolve.

Persons: Aptos, Steve Matteson, —, Tenorite, Matteson's Organizations: Microsoft, Toyota, Google, Windows Locations: Calibri, — Grandview, Seaford, Skeena, Santa Cruz , California

☆ Here's the new default font for Microsoft Outlook and Word: Aptos
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Microsoft has named the next default font for its productivity applications, such as Word and Outlook, after testing five candidates it introduced in 2021. Aptos will remain available in the font list under the old Bierstadt name for people who are accustomed to it. In 2019, Microsoft asked font designer Steve Matteson to develop a font in the grotesque sans-serif style that includes the classic Helvetica. The company didn't let on that it was considering it as a possible successor for Calibri, Matteson said in an interview with CNBC this week. Some people didn't take the name seriously, and Microsoft decided to come up with a new one for the font, Matteson said.

Persons: Si Daniels, Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer, Steve Matteson, Calibri, Matteson, didn't, Aptos, He's, hasn't, Lucas de Groot Organizations: Microsoft, CNBC, Monotype, redwoods Locations: Nadella, Colorado, Santa Cruz County , California, California, Bierstadt

☆ I quit my $120K finance job and make more money with YouTube videos. I wish I never drank the corporate America Kool-Aid and chased my own dreams sooner.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Aria Yang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Vincent Chan left his $120,000 job in finance and became a full-time YouTuber. His biggest advice for people who want to quit is to have a financial safety net before quitting. So I wanted to get a really good job after graduating college, and finance was one of the careers I looked into. I quit my job in finance, and now I make more money by creating contentI work on a couple things now: I primarily focus on content creation. When the time came for me to quit, my parents noticed that I was making a good amount of money from my creative endeavors.

Persons: Vincent Chan, I've, Aria Yang Organizations: Morning, Financial Times, Street Locations: America

☆ American Express is being investigated over sales practices. Salespeople say they have been made scapegoats.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

In late May last year, some 250 salespeople at American Express learned they weren't going to get paid. In addition to earning commissions, the Premium Wire volumes helped them reach higher compensation tiers, known as kickers. For the first time, the Premium Wire product made economic sense. The presentation discussed shifting the sales focus toward Premium Wire and another product to "accelerate revenue growth and meet client's needs." Isserlis said Williams was fired because of misconduct unrelated to Premium Wire.

Persons: Amex, salespeople, Salespeople, Adam Isserlis, Isserlis, Stephen Squeri, John Moore, Amex salespeople, Pablo Ribas, Ribas, Anna Marrs, Marrs, Charles Schwab, Schwab, Mike Peterson, Charlene Luke, they'd, Nick Williams, Williams, Nick, Mr, —, Thomas Zoerner, Zoerner, Amex's, she's, weren't, Carter Johnson Organizations: American Express, Commercial Services, Securities and Exchange Commission, Justice Department, Internal Revenue Service, Street, IRS, Getty, Credit, Employees, Business, SME, Global Commercial Services, Marriott, Express, University of Florida's Levin College of Law, Amex, California Labor, Court, whistleblowing Locations: Brooklyn, California, Manhattan, Canadian, —, Orange County , California, New York, Webex

☆ How to Crush the Wall Street Summer Internship
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Wall Street's summer internship season is finally here — and the competition will be fierce. "I wouldn't be surprised if it's 70% or even less," he said of the return offer rates at the end of the summer. So if you're starting your Wall Street internship now, congratulations. At the end of the summer, they may help determine who gets a return offer. "It's a 10-week internship, you're 20 years old.

Persons: it's, Steve Sibley, They're, Sibley, don'ts, Goldman Sachs, David S, Holloway, Asif Rahman, Rahman, you'll, doesn't, I've, Gucci loafers, you've, You've Organizations: Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, Google, Wall Street Locations: New York City, San Francisco, snagging, dealmaking

☆ How AirTags and luggage trackers became the hottest travel accessory
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

That’s right: compact, portable and potentially snatching your perfect vacation from the jaws of lost luggage disaster, the travel accessory of the moment is the humble luggage tracker. “There remain significant problems with lost luggage this year, and this is likely to be worse still in the peak travel period this summer. Possibly because he was one of many: “At one point the agent I was emailing with told me that the building had thousands of lost bags,” he said. Elliot SharodElliot Sharod was one of the first to go viral for tracking his lost luggage through its AirTag. Both Lufthansa and Air New Zealand seemingly banned bag trackers in the hold last year – before swiftly reversing the ban in both cases.

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☆ This 33-year-old brought in $2 million making PowerPoints: Here's her best career advice
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The 33-year-old studied graphic design at Boise State University, and after deciding to focus on presentation design, filled her senior portfolio with them. By 2017, with her client list growing, she founded her own presentation design company, 16X9. When she and her fellow graphic design students would get assigned to do them, "people always were like, 'ugh, PowerPoint. In graphic design, "there's a lot of flashier things like advertising and branding," she says, but it was this day-to-day task that executives across the board were looking to outsource. Be 'a strong advocate' for yourselfWhether or not you go the freelance route, make sure you're getting paid what you deserve.

Persons: Courtney Allen, Allen, Allen wasn't Organizations: Boise State University, Cisco Systems, Adobe, BBC, Census Locations: PowerPoints, U.S

☆ A Nvidia-backed platform that turns text into A.I.-generated avatars boosts valuation to $1 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn animated avatar generated by the AI video platform Synthesia. To do that, Synthesia has created animated avatars which look and sound like humans, but are generated by AI. Synthesia is a form of generative AI, similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT. The company doesn't disclose its sales or revenue metrics, though it says it "consistently driven triple digit growth," with over 12 million videos produced on the platform to date. Synthesia plans to ramp up investment into its technology, with a particular focus on advancing its AI research and making Synthesia avatars capable of performing more tasks.

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☆ A former CEO shares 5 tips on how to grow as a leader without burning out
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Susan Margolin | Kellogg Insight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

One step is to build a "circle of influence" filled with people who can help you make an impact. But the path forward is not always obvious, says Sanjay Khosla, senior fellow and adjunct professor of marketing at the Kellogg School and trained executive coach. "When you're stressed out, there's a mismatch between what you want to be doing and what you're actually doing," Khosla says. As part of her circle of influence, Maya identified her manager, a few peers, a senior sales leader in her company, and a handful of people outside the company. "Look at everything from another person's point of view, rather than just telling them what you're doing," he says.

Persons: Sanjay Khosla, Khosla, —, Maya's, delegating, Maya, Susan Margolin Organizations: Kellogg School, Service, Kraft Foods International, Maya Locations: Boston

☆ 10 things Wall Street summer interns should know to snag a return offer, including how to fill the downtime and when it's not OK to go out for lunch
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Wall Street's summer internship season is finally here — and the competition will be fierce. "I wouldn't be surprised if it's 70% or even less," he said of the return offer rates at the end of the summer. At the end of the summer, they may help determine who gets a return offer. "People just didn't know him, so they didn't have an opinion on him when they were making the decision about the return offer. "Assuming business professional-dressed student A and business casual-dressed student B perform equally well on the job, student A would be more likely to receive the return offer," Sibley said.

☆ I quit Goldman Sachs after only a year. Here's how I knew leaving for a tech startup was the right career move.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Chris Hladczuk | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Chris Hladczuk leads growth at Meow, a fintech startup, after quitting Goldman Sachs. I picked a weird day to quit — it was my 24th birthday and I called my boss to tell her I was leaving Goldman Sachs. The power of Goldman SachsI love Goldman because it taught me how to win. With my future career in mind, is my pace of learning higher at Goldman in investment banking or at an early-stage startup? Chris Hladczuk currently leads growth at fintech startup Meow.

☆ ValueAct loses its temper in 7-Eleven
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Pete Sweeney | Thomson Reuters | Asia Economics Editor Pete Sweeney Joined Reuters Breakingviews In Hong Kong In September Previously He Served As Reuters' Chief Correspondent For China Economy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

HONG KONG, May 10 (Reuters Breakingviews) - ValueAct Capital’s chief Mason Morfit prefers to chide undervalued conglomerates behind closed doors. In its latest 151-page presentation, ValueAct took its case directly to shareholders, the second time it has seen fit to do so in its history. That highlights the U.S. fund’s frustration from its two-year long campaign calling for Seven & i to spin off its 7-Eleven convenience stores, among other things. That implies a standalone 7-Eleven could be worth 10 trillion yen, roughly a quarter more than its parent today. He may have a point, and in truth ValueAct has far more experience turning around technology companies than food retailers.

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