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A company in Japan explains

Mikio Okumura, group CEO and president of Sompo Holdings Inc. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sompo Holdings, Inc., one of Japan’s biggest insurance companies, says it’s using artificial intelligence to help alleviate a critical shortage of workers needed to care for the country’s aging population. AI and other technology can replace tasks normally performed by people while simultaneously improving …

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MLS Team of the week: Lionel Messi finds new ways to do magic for Miami, Tani Oluwaseyi nets two for Minnesota

Major League Soccer can be a topsy-turvy league. After four weeks of action, only one perfect team remains, the Vancouver Whitecaps. The Philadelphia Union, who were also perfect through three, fell at home to a strong performance from Nashville SC, but Vancouver has now scored nine goals only allowing two in their matches so far. Even losing Ryan Gauld to …

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Trump picks Fed Governor Michelle Bowman to replace Michael Barr as Fed’s supervision head

US Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman attends a “Fed Listens” event at the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2019. Eric Baradat | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump announced Monday he has chosen Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman to take over the central bank’s top supervisory role. The announcement comes after Michael Barr resigned from …

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