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Chairman's Challenge: Penn-Del-Jersey Chapter Meets Rep. Dan Meuser

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Chairman's Challenge: Long Island Chapter NECA Meets Rep. Peter King

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Chairman’s Challenge: Penn-Del-Jersey Chapter Meets Rep. Madeleine Dean

On February 11, 2020, members of NECA’s Penn-Del-Jersey Chapter met with Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.)




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Blog: Understanding open world level design - Part 1

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Nintendo files lawsuit barrage to take down Super Mario 64 PC port

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Video: Behind the beautiful audio of PSVR game Paper Beast

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These States Have the Fastest and Slowest Internet Speeds in 2020

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10 Expert Tips for Transforming Your Business This Year

Members of our small business community have tips for transforming your business in 2020.



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How smartphones are transforming customer experience

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Vibrant network ecosystems are turning supply chains into competitive weapons

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Alfresco helps hospital go paperless

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Manquehue Hotels provides the personal touch with Oracle Hospitality

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Evans deploys machine vision AI to improve warehouse operations

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Making the Move from Volume to Value-Based Physician Compensation

Physician compensation models are evolving to keep up with the new quality metrics defined by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Switching from a fee-for-service structure to a value-based payment model changes the focus to providing better quality… Read More

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Merella Schandl Speaking at MOCPA Healthcare Industry Conference

Senior health care consultant Merella Schandl, MHA, CPMSM, CPCS is speaking at the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants (MOCPA) Healthcare Industry Conference on Thursday, October 17. The day-long conference will dive into how legislation, consumerism and value-based care are… Read More

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A Framework To Analyze Industry Competition

In 1979, Professor Michael E. Porter published “How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy” in the Harvard Business Review. Thirty-five years later, the framework developed by Professor Porter is still being used by business valuators to assess the competitive position of an… Read More

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Forensic and Litigation Services Group Speaking at MOCPA Fraud & Forensic Accounting Conference

Clay M. Kniepmann, JD, CPA, CFE, Kevin P. Summers, JD, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, CDFA, CEPA and Thomas E. Hilton, MSF, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, CGMA are speaking at the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants (MOCPA) Fraud & Forensic Accounting Conference on November… Read More

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Keeping It Personal With Natural Language Processing

Look at your organization and consider the unstructured text or audio data you gather and the possible revelations it may hold. That data reflects the voices of those you serve and holds the potential to help you deliver better experiences, improve quality of care and enrich human engagement. There are powerful stories to be told from your unstructured text data. And the best way for you to find them is with natural language processing.




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Nintendo files lawsuit barrage to take down Super Mario 64 PC port

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Video: Behind the beautiful audio of PSVR game Paper Beast

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Spending & Lifestyle

A party to welcome the CEO of an international auction house was recently held in Mumbai. Hosted at a luxury hotel, art enthusiasts and leading names from the corporate world attended the do. Guests included Krupa and Shaunak Amin, Sunaina Kejriwal and Vijay Choraria.




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Semantic Scholar and OpenAthens collaborate to provide access to academic research

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Adobe and ServiceNow release platform to improve customer experiences

Connecting marketing and customer service through data and digital workflows




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Explore how to build seamless digital experiences

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Energy Storage Still Expects Year-Over-Year Growth

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Energy Storage Still Expects Year-Over-Year Growth

While electric utilities and renewable energy associations have noted the negative impact of the pandemic on employment, performance and supply chains in their industries, energy storage seems to be doing relatively well.

A new report released by the Energy Storage Association (ESA), “U.S. Energy Storage Association Survey Reveals COVID-19 Impacts on Storage Industry Revenue and Employment,” noted that, while 63% of respondents anticipated a decrease in revenue, only 33% of those expected a 20% or greater reduction; 75% did not expect to have to reduce employment at all. Of the 25% who did expect to have to reduce employment, most expected reductions of 20% or less.

The news is even better for those who implement and install storage projects, such as electrical contractors. Specifically, the report noted, “The manufacturing segment of the industry expected more widespread and deeper revenue reductions than the industry segment that includes developers and installers who implement storage projects.”

While other industries are currently experiencing or expecting downturns in the near future and beyond, this is not the case for the storage industry.

The report continued, “[It] is clear the energy storage industry expects a deep, albeit brief, revenue downturn this quarter. Most companies are focused on retaining their employees during this time in order to better prepare and respond once business returns.”

“The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the energy storage industry tremendously,” said Kelly Speakes-Backman, CEO of the ESA. “While we still anticipate year-over-year growth, it is clear our industry is suffering with immediate and significant risks of workforce reduction and economic damage.”

While the ESA is of course concerned with these short-term downturns for its own members directly, its real concern is how the pandemic will affect customers.

“These delays upend grid reliability and resilience efforts, just as we enter fire and hurricane season, and as states, towns, and utilities are beginning to incorporate energy storage systems as backup power to prevent power system disruptions for critical healthcare facilities,” Speakes-Backman said.

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Customer Experience: The new ‘mantra’ for business success in the digital era

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Killing the kirana store? Should the competition regulator approve Walmart’s acquisition of Flipkart

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Independent directors face mandatory e-registration

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The one man show: Understanding the concept of One Person Company

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Car sales dipped 8% last month compared to Jan 2019: SIAM

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Vivo India donates 15,000 PPE suits, 50,000 litres of sanitizer

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Mobile phone retailers set to reopen stores where allowed

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Resumption of mobile phone production depends on state govts: ICEA

India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) Chairman Pankaj Mohindroo said that the two-week lockdown extension notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) appropriately undertakes significant measures whereby economic and manufacturing activities have been reopened in a calibrated manner.




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Samsung, Oppo, Vivo & Lava get Uttar Pradesh government nod to restart operations

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Bank of Baroda launches personal loan for customers to tackle coronavirus related liquidity issues

According to the bank, "The objective of this loan is to provide ease to tide over the liquidity mismatch to existing customers." The customer can approach their existing branches to avail this personal loan up to a maximum limit Rs 5 lakh




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What are Covid-19 personal loans?

The interest rate on a COVID loan is lower than a personal loan and can vary from 8%-15% per annum. The loan term varies from 6 months to 5 years.




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Covid-19 outbreak: Donald Trump suspends 'all travel from Europe' to US for 30 days

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Amazon files writ petition in K'taka HC seeking stay on CCI probe order

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No salaries for Apr, May; hours flown-based pay for those operating cargo flights: SpiceJet to pilots

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SMEs struggle to take off as lack of liquidity, labour, and demand pinch operations

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Firms spared fixed electricity charges for two months, no penalty for others on late payment: BS Yediyurappa

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