Why Bill Gates Scheduled Time to Do Nothing but Think

A packed calendar is not a badge for productivity.

A packed calendar is not a badge for productivity.
Key takeaway: The Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed optional reporting schedule is expected to be adopted mainly by smaller banks, while larger institutions that face greater investor and media scrutiny are likely to continue reporting quarterly. Expert quote: “Eliminating mandatory quarterly reporting requirements could result in a range of unintended consequences that have the potential…
Key Points Google said in May that Gemini 3.5 Pro would arrive in June, and the model still hasn’t shipped. Alphabet’s Google Cloud revenue grew 63% year over year in its most recent quarter. Alphabet is scheduled to report second-quarter results on Wednesday, July 22. 10 stocks we like better than Alphabet › When Alphabet…
Key insights: Samsung Electronics, with Barclays and Visa, is launching its own, digital wallet-native credit card, the Samsung Galaxy Card. What’s at stake: Consumers gravitate toward digital wallets because they are fast, safe and easy to use, and card-led digital wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay are the most popular wallets in Australia,…
“I hate losing money more than anything. Losing money is what kills you. It is not the actual loss. It’s the fact that it messes up your psychology,” Michael Platt of BlueCrest Capital Management observed in 2012. So, just imagine how angry he is at losing a high-stakes £200 million battle with HMRC over the…
Anyone looking for a last-minute ticket to see Lionel Messi and Argentina face off against Lamine Yamal and Spain in the World Cup final should be ready to dig deep into the wallet for the credit card with the biggest balance possible. A key to a bank vault would work if there is one laying around. Sunday’s final in East…
Alpaca, an agent-first brokerage infrastructure, and Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE: BR) announced Monday the integration of Broadridge’s governance infrastructure into Alpaca’s Instant Tokenization Network. The partnership is said to introduce proxy voting, investor communications, voting entitlement reconciliation, and regulatory disclosures across Alpaca’s platform, with the aim of helping investors retain the rights, transparency and…