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LAS VEGAS — NFL coaches are renowned for being workaholics, for sleeping on the couches in their offices during the season, going over video to try to find the slightest edge. Johnathon Banks, the trainer of Gennadiy Golovkin, doesn’t find that approach useful in the case of his fighter, even though there are 24 rounds on tape of Golovkin fighting Canelo Alvarez for him to peruse. It will be the same fighters in the same arena, but after that, so much is changed that Banks said the video… Source link

Over the past two years, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, has faced increased pushback from employees, most recently at an employee meeting in March. Employees there complained that the company is falling behind on issues like compensation and how the company reviews performance. Before that, Google eliminated its iconic town-hall meetings in response to a rise in employee activism. Pichai himself faced criticism over his leadership style, with some employees complaining that he takes too long to… Source link

Last month, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, faced criticism over his leadership style in the form of a New York Times piece. The report relies on 15 current and former executives who have expressed discontent over–among other things–the amount of time Pichai takes to make decisions.  According to the Times, employees expressed frustration that “Google did not move quickly on key business and personnel moves because he chewed over decisions and delayed action.” For example, the sources… Source link

UnitedHealthcare (UNH) announced this week it would start rejecting claims for non-emergency visits to the emergency room starting July 1. The move has been met with stark criticism from patient advocacy groups and health experts who worry the move will discourage people from seeking care when they need it. But the health industry has long worried about the excessive cost of over-reliance on the ER. “The emergency door is the most expensive entrance into the hospital, any hospital,” health… Source link

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Baz Luhrmann’s masterpiece Moulin Rouge!, I want to take you back to 2001. I grew up in the middle of nowhere Northern California. And when I say “middle of nowhere,” I mean that my parents had to drive 100 miles into a town in Oregon just so I could be born because my hometown hospital was not equipped to perform C-sections. Like many youths, I struggled to connect my fellow teens. I just had nothing in common with the people I went to high school… Source link

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes exits Robert F. Peckham U.S. Courthouse after the first day of federal court hearings in San Jose, California, U.S. May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Kate Munsch Court documents filed Thursday in the federal criminal fraud case against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes reveal questions that her attorneys hope to pose in selecting the jurors who will decide the fate of the embattled Silicon Valley entrepreneur. The proposed questionnaire and jury instructions submitted… Source link