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Why AI-generated recommendation letters sell applicants short

Maroun Khoury emphasizes the need to draw on personal interactions and experiences when writing letters of recommendation.Credit: Damircudic/Getty As a principal investigator in a research laboratory that specializes in advanced therapies, I am routinely asked to write recommendation letters for my students, colleagues and associates. I’m also often on the receiving end of such letters […]

Science

This App Set Out to Fight Pesticides. After VCs Stepped In, Now It Helps Sell Them

“Growth, growth, fast growth,” Strey says of what investors were after. “You burn money to grow.” Before its introduction to venture capital, the Plantix team had imagined success as simply making a profitable business. But a modest goal “hasn’t always been that sexy for investors,” who prefer to rapidly build toward a single giant payout, […]

Business & Finance

Jim Cramer says don’t sell Starbucks stock on the new CEO’s painful moves to right the ship

New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol’s decision to preannounce disappointing earnings is no reason to sell the stock, Jim Cramer said Wednesday. “I find it surprising that anyone thinks [these results are] surprising,” Jim said. “If you sell the stock today, you’re only selling it because you’re reacting to the press reports and the analysts, who are backward […]

Technology

Shady drugmaker used code words to sell knockoff weight-loss drug: lawsuit

Starts with a T Pivotal Peptides—which is not a licensed pharmacy or dispensary—did not respond to the letter. Instead, its website was modified to indicate that it was “down for maintenance,” and the company instructed customers to email directly. About 10 days later, Pivotal Peptides’ registered agent, Elizabeth Gately, then sent an email (which Lilly […]