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Private Equity

All in the Franchise: Why Private Equity Loves the Business Model

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It’s understandable if you failed to notice one meaty if unglamorous trend on Wall Street: Private equity’s love affair with franchising.

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CIO Upside

How CIOs Can Prepare for the Not-So-Distant Quantum Security Threat

‘What’s more concerning is that people are just waiting and doing nothing’

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Artificial Intelligence

The Less You Know, the Better: Tech Moves Toward Data Minimization

‘At the end of the day, wherever that data is, it has to be protected’

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Consumer

Amazon, Starbucks Both Hit with Holiday Strikes

Though small compared to each company’s total workforces, work stoppages have set uncomfortable precedents for management.

2 min read

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