Monthly Archives: August 2022

The Microsoft Excel world championships is as brilliantly entertaining as it sounds

Over the weekend, ESPN broadcast a replay of a recent esports event that saw the world’s most advanced Microsoft Excel users go head-to-head in a knockout tournament. Organized by the people behind the Financial Modeling World Cup, the Excel “All-Star Battle” took place back in May. It began with eight competitors, who went up against…

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The US Navy fished a sunken F/A-18 Super Hornet out of the sea after the fighter jet blew off an aircraft carrier in rough weather

An F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the “Rampagers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, lands on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on Sept. 23, 2015. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman B. Siens/Released The US Navy has recovered a F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet from the Mediterranean…

Beginner’s guide to investing in marijuana stocks and the booming cannabis industry

As cannabis goes mainstream, the budding industry is poised to grow. Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images There are several ways for investors to gain exposure to the marijuana industry. There are two types of marijuana investments: individual stocks and marijuana ETFs Due to legal uncertainties on the federal level, marijuana investments remain risky and volatile. When it…

Innovation Strategies at Small and Midsize FIs: How US Banks with Assets Below $100 Billion Are Punching Outside Their Weight Class on Digital User Experience

Smaller FIs are aware of the need to develop value-added digital customer experiences, but they have to do so with smaller budgets than their competitors. The following is a preview of Insider Intelligence’s Innovation Strategies at Small and Midsize FIs Report. You can purchase this report here. Do you work in the Banking industry? Get…

Softbank’s View could run out of money by November. Here’s how it went from investor darling to one of the worst SPAC deals ever

View CEO Rao Mulpuri. Ethan Miller/Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/Insider Prospective investors often toured the factory of View in northwestern Mississippi as the cash-burning smart-glass maker sought new capital. But the visitors did not ask the questions that might have alerted them to the potential problems in the manufacturing process, a former employee told Insider. View…