Artificial intelligence (AI) is one?if not the?key technology of our decade. Technological advances in this field are not only fundamentally changing our economies, industries and markets, but are also exerting enormous influence on traditional business practices, many of which will disappear, while others will be transformed or completely reinvented.

The consumer has spoken. Forrester Research asked 5,000 of them, "What created the biggest pain when you contacted a business for customer service?" They answered lack and consistency of agent knowledge, followed by the difficulty of finding relevant answers on company websites. So, what is driving this dissatisfaction?

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Estate planning is often an overlooked aspect of financial wellness, but it is one of the most important components. Due to the complexity of the topic, many people do not have a current estate plan to fit their financial planning… Read More

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The Qualified Business Income (QBI) Deduction has been a popular incentive for businesses and their owners following the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. One question that many people ask is, can the QBI deduction be used for trusts? We’ve been… Read More

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The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued final regulations around the increased gift and estate tax exclusion amounts in effect from 2018-2025. The final regs confirm that individuals who take advantage of the increased gift and… Read More

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By now you have heard about the Coronavirus. The sad reality is that it is spreading quickly and will continue to spread for a while. Did you know that we are getting roughly 13,000 new cases a day and it’s growing fast? No one really knows how many people will be infected (or will pass […]

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It’s been roughly a month now since the Coronavirus started to flip our lives upside down. From having to practice social distancing and getting used to life without the outdoors to continually washing our hands and wearing masks and seeing loved ones and friends getting sick, the Coronavirus is something none of us expected. Even […]

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The entire business started via social media posts and SHM began with mobile deliveries from the back of a Tata Nano.

Changing customer priorities and journeys create new opportunities for marketers to engage with consumers and win back their trust.

APAC businesses understand the importance of customer experience and are focused on optimising the customer journey in 2020, with one in five (19%) APAC organisations identifying better CX as their most exciting opportunity for this year.

The Code has expanded the definition of “employer” as well as “employee”, resulting in a broad based applicability of the regulations and is now applicable to employees in both organised and unorganised sectors.

The secret sauce behind happy customers is to have happy team members. You cannot create happiness on the outside if your organization is not happy on the inside.

CFOs have a central role to play during the financial crisis since they are the leader of the company who directly contributes to the organization's financial health.

We are all in this together, so the ideal way is to stay transparent with your consumers about what your business is going through. Customers can empathize with companies facing a crisis, as long as the communication is transparent.

“The stories that children will tell through their art will be incredibly moving as well as funny and we at the ABC are proud to be partnering on this project.”

The ABC will give all Australians, no matter where they are, access to this year’s Anzac Day commemorations, with extensive coverage across its radio, television, digital and social media platforms.

The ABC has launched a $5 million development fund to provide urgent and critical support to independent Australian producers and safeguard local content and creativity during these unprecedented times.

Maralinga Tjarutja shines a spotlight on the people who have lived on their lands for over 60,000 years. While it’s a story of deep tragedy, it also celebrates their incredible resilience.

The ABC TOP 5 scheme has been expanded to artists and arts scholars for the first time, to help train Australia’s next generation of researchers in the art of sharing their wisdom with the nation.

With the lights out in theatres and concert halls due to COVID-19, the ABC is bringing the best of the arts home to all Australians with performances by our leading arts and music companies, alongside new arts documentaries and radio programs. 

With Australians unable to stray far from home, ABC iview is taking them on a trip across the nation with more than 200 additional hours of on-demand content exploring the people and places of this wide brown land.

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The share of smartphones priced below Rs 5000, categorized as entry-level, has trailed from 12% in 2017 to 4% in 2019, whereas, for those priced between Rs 5000-Rs 10,000, categorized as basic, it has fallen from 45% to 42%.

Xiaomi India Managing Director said that the company does not collect any user data that the user has not explicitly given permission or consent to. He added that in the browser's incognito mode, all user data is completely encrypted and anonymised. He also pointed out that all Mi Browser and Mi Cloud data of Indian users is stored locally in AWS servers in India.

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

In respect of term loans, insurers are permitted to grant a moratorium of three months towards payment of instalments falling due between 1st March 2020 and 31st May 2020.

Rent payment is one of the biggest monthly expenditures, especially for youngsters living away from parental homes. In the case of credit cards, accrual of interest gets tricky.

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Wipro, Azim Premji Foundation commit Rs 1,125 cr to tackle coronavirus crisis

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Coronavirus impacts: No crisis within the banking system, says SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar

Reliance Industries to sell its Asian Paints stake worth Rs 7000 cr via block deal: Sources

Musk has listed two of his California homes for sale, seeking a combined $39.5 mn for the Bel Air properties.

Earlier this week, Uber said it was cutting 3,700 full-time workers, or about 14 per cent of its workforce, as people avoiding contagion either stay indoors or try to limit contact with others.

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The digital repository that is being launched could include a list of tools such as automated accounting, tax reconciliation, cloud services, cyber security, video conferencing, online meetings available free to MSMEs for a limited period of time.