Category: Spend Analysis
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Think tank: Bill Nelson campaign a financial drain
[ad_1] U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s re-election efforts this year may yet prove successful, but could siphon dollars to the Sunshine State that Democrats should spend elsewhere, according to an analysis by the Brookings Institute. The Washington, D.C.-based institute today launched a new series on its FixGov blog analyzing the most competitive Senate races in the…
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Outside groups spending north of $1.5 million in the Love-McAdams race
[ad_1] Washington • Outside groups are pouring more than $1.5 million into television ads in Utah amid a neck-and-neck race between Rep. Mia Love and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams. The bulk of the money, some $1.14 million, is coming from the Congressional Leadership Fund, a political action committee aligned with House Speaker Paul…
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Can artificial intelligence change construction?
[ad_1] IBM’s Watson supercomputer has beat Jeopardy champions, reconstituted recipes, and even helped create highlight reels for the World Cup. Now it’s taking on a new tech challenge; changing how the construction industry operates. A new partnership between IBM and Fluor, a global engineering and construction company, will put the supercomputer’s computational skills to work…