Melissa Thompson

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Melissa Thompson writes about a wide range of topics, revealing interesting things we didn't know before. She is a freelance USA Today producer, and a Technorati contributor.

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Leadership Tips To Motivate Employees

Being a team leader can be one of the most rewarding- and often challenging- experiences you could have. Watching employees grow and become...

The Elder Abuse of Stan Lee

According to federal statistics, elder abuse is on the rise. An estimated 1 in 4 cases of senior abuse goes unreported in spite of...

STD Infections Are on the Rise. Here’s What Is Important to Know

Sexually transmitted disease (STD) infections are on the rise in the United States and the world. Although much has been done to educate sexually...

Ara Crackerian Is The Kind Of Business Titan We Need Right Now

There is no question that someone who can help us all make great strides in healthcare, environmental issues, and the development of our youth...

How Technology is Improving Access to Healthcare Knowledge

Sadly, there are a lot of people around the world who are without access to healthcare. Many of these people will suffer greatly from...

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How Buy Now, Pay Later Debt Changes Your Bankruptcy Decisions

Does buy now, pay later debt count when you're deciding whether to file for bankruptcy? More and more, yes, even when the balance never touched your credit report. Split-pay loans from apps like Klarna, Afterpay, Affirm, and Zip have become

The Debt Collector’s AI Voice Agent: How Synthetic-Voice Dunning Calls Are Colliding With Decades-Old Consumer Protection Rules

Most consumers assume the friendly voice on a collection call belongs to a person following a script. It is often a script following a person. A synthetic voice, cloned or generated by an AI agent, working a call list on behalf of a collect

The Black Box in the Crossover: What Vehicle Event Data Recorders Capture in the Seconds Before a Fatal Pedestrian Crash

A pedestrian killed by a crossover has, on average, about 20 seconds of the driver's inputs sitting inside the car that hit them. Throttle position. Brake pressure. Steering angle. Whether the seat belt was buckled and whether stability con

When the CFO Leaves: How Growing Companies Keep the Books on Track

Most owners assume a CFO exit is mainly an HR headache. Post the job, run the search, backfill the seat. The seat is the easy part. What breaks first is the reporting cadence: the month-end close nobody owns, the covenant calculation that u
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