]> Bitcoin’s Blockchain Can Revolutionize Supply Chain Transparency Spend Matters 2016-01-31T13:22:54Z 2016-01-31 Uber has so much money that, in at least some North American locations, it has been offering rides at rates so low that they didn’t even cover the combined cost of fuel and vehicle depreciation.<br/> The reason why Uber has so much cash is because, well, governments no longer do. 2016-01-31 2016-01-31T13:09:47Z Cheap cab ride? You must have missed Uber’s true cost | Evgeny Morozov | Opinion | The Guardian In an effort to offset declining performance and profits due to increased competition, these companies embraced the notion that the very purpose of a corporation is to maximize shareholder value as reflected in the current stock price.<br/> <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2014/06/17/why-the-worlds-dumbest-idea-is-finally-dying">see also</a> Why 'The System' Is Rigged And The U.S. Electorate Is Angry - Forbes 2016-01-31T13:15:03Z 2016-01-31 2016-01-31 2016-01-31T13:12:44Z A tutorial on hidden markov models in speech recognition applications