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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 16-Jul-2025 20:11 ET (17-Jul-2025 00:11 GMT/UTC)

INSEAD webinar on scaling affordable healthcare: balancing purpose, innovation & growth

INSEAD Asia Campus
Meeting Announcement

Join the free webinar for a deep dive into Access Afya’s journey to scale its affordable healthcare model while staying true to its mission of serving underserved communities.

Tracking U.S. health care spending by health condition and county

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: Broad variation in health care spending was observed across U.S. counties. Understanding this variation by health condition, sex, age, type of care, and payer is valuable for identifying outliers, highlighting inequalities, and assessing health care gaps.

Journal: JAMA

Drivers of variation in health care spending across U.S. counties

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cross-sectional study, variation in health care spending among U.S. counties was largely related to variation in service utilization. Understanding the drivers of spending variation in the U.S. may help policymakers assess the allocation of health care resources.

Journal: JAMA Health Forum

INSEAD webinar on the dual race to AI & global leadership

INSEAD Asia Campus
Meeting Announcement

Join INSEAD for a free TECH TALK webinar featuring a discussion between Tim Gordon (MBA’00D), Partner, Best Practice AI and Theos Evgeniou, INSEAD Professor of Technology & Business and Director of Executive Programs in AI.

INSEAD Webinar to explore the future of agentic AI & autonomous organizations

INSEAD Asia Campus
Meeting Announcement

Join in the free webinar for a deep dive with Rotem Alaluf, CEO of Wand – a pioneering platform for enterprise-grade AI systems – and Peter Zemsky, Professor of Strategy at INSEAD, and explore the challenges and opportunities of deploying multi-agent AI systems in large-scale enterprise environments.

Atomic-level diamond surface polishing with high quality, efficiency, and material removal rates

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing has published a study by Professor Zhenyu Zhang and his team at Dalian University of Technology, detailing their innovation of an eco-friendly photocatalytic chemical mechanical polishing (PCMP) slurry specifically designed for diamond polishing. This innovative, green PCMP slurry not only delivers high-quality and efficient polishing outcomes but also adheres to sustainable practices, marking a substantial leap forward in material processing technology. Their research offers fresh perspectives on achieving an atomic-level diamond surface, paving the way for potential applications in high-performance devices.

Journal: International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

New report reveals potential $28 million tax discrepancy involving British American Tobacco in Kenya

University of Bath
Reports and Proceedings

The analysis, written by The Investigative Desk, published by the University of Bath's Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG), in collaboration with Tax Justice Network Africa, highlights a $93 million discrepancy (KES9.6 billion) in revenue reported by BAT Kenya (BATK) for 2017 and 2018, with no plausible explanation provided by the corporation. This gap could reflect tax avoidance or evasion, raising urgent questions about BATK’s financial practices in the region.

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