BALTIMORE, MD, October 8, 2024 – New findings from a team of renowned researchers calls for transparency and rigorous oversight of the U.S. Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the United States’ largest healthcare capitation program.
Hurricane Milton is barrelling toward the west coast of Florida. Meteorologists predict the storm will make landfall Wednesday at a level of either Category 3 or 4, in what one Wall Street analyst predicts could inflict between $50 to $175 billion worth of losses on the Tampa/Fort Myers region. Millions of residents have been ordered to evacuate.
Aided by intense pressure from senior Biden administration officials, the shipping companies, represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance, significantly increased the raise they were offering the dockworkers to 62% from their previous offer of a 50% boost in pay. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the dockworkers’ union, was seeking a 77% raise, but it accepted the new offer, which will be phased in over six years.
An audio journey of how data and analytics save lives, save money and solve problems.
Ashley Smith
Public Affairs Coordinator
INFORMS
Catonsville, MD
[email protected]
443-757-3578
Explore our resources for multiple topics including:
Ukraine can't export most of its grain due to a Russian blockade of its Black Sea ports. As the new harvest season starts, fears grow that much grain needed in Africa and the Middle East will go to waste.
We have entered the busy summer travel season. Since Memorial Day, many flights have been canceled and delayed, disrupting business and leisure travelers, putting everyone’s patience to the brink. For example, American Airlines canceled more than 2,800 flights around Memorial Day weekend.
Gasoline prices at the pump are off their all-time highs, but they remain well above prices just six months ago. Filling an SUV gas tank can run well over $100. People are feeling the pain and looking for ways to balance their budget as fuel costs are taking a bigger chunk out of their paychecks.
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink issued a letter stating that globalization is ending. Is it really? The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development notes that 2021 was a record year for global trade. Recent discussions at the G7 meeting in Germany and the BRICS summit in China paint a more nuanced picture of whether globalization is ending or increasing.
In this Q&A, supply chain expert Zachary Collier looks at some ways supply chains are threatened today and how companies need to avoid a single point of failure in supply chains.
OR/MS Today is the INFORMS member magazine that shares the latest research and best practices in operations research, analytics and the management sciences.
Access OR/MS Today Magazine
Analytics magazine showcases articles and research reports based on big data, AI, machine learning, data analytics and other new-age technologies.
Access Analytics Magazine