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WHY 2018 WILL BE BEST YEAR IN A DECADE FOR ARM INDUSTRY
- Gordon Beck, CEO of Diversified Consultants, Inc., made a bold prediction for the ARM industry for 2018. Speaking on a webinar last week which was sponsored by Microbilt, Beck said that 2018 will be the ARM’s industry’s “best year in a decade.” The objective of the webinar was to provide an in-depth outlook at what 2018 has in store for the ARM industry.
REPORT CONCLUDES: ‘LOOMING STUDENT DEBT CRISIS IS WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT’
- About 40% of students who attended college in 2004 will eventually default on their student loans by 2023, according to an analysis a professor at Columbia University. That figure is about double the default rate among students who attended college in 1996. By analyzing a 20-year trend for 1996 graduates, data can be extrapolated about how the 2004 graduating class will perform during the next six-to-seven years.
CFPB’S ENGLISH APPEALS DENIAL OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
- Leandra English, the deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has taken the next step in trying to legally claim the director’s position at the agency, by appealing a ruling denying her request for a preliminary injunction to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
MRS PLANS TO EXPAND VANTAGE SOURCING AFTER ACQUISITION
- MRS BPO’s acquisition of Vantage Sourcing will lead to 110 new jobs being created in Vantage’s Alabama office, according to a published report. The new hires will join approximately 70 employees who already work at Vantage’s Dothan, Ala., office.
WORTH NOTING: Parents in California allegedly held their 13 kids captive for years, to the point where neighbors didn’t even realize that there were kids living in the house … I’m definitely a few days late to this because it happened over the weekend, but the false missile alert from Hawaii still has me shaking my head … American Airlines just gave their flight attendants a big weapon to help deal with cranky passengers … How re-arranging your schedule can make you 20% smarter … How science can help make meetings more productive … Why your car company may know more about you than anyone else … Embezzlement is plaguing union offices across the country … The ugliest building in every state … Artificial intelligence predictions for 2018 … Scientists have figured out what killed 15 million Aztecs in a five-year span 500 years ago.
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An artist in Australia recreated the balloon scene from “Up”
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