IBM is not only currently led by the company's first female CEO, but some of the hottest industry sectors within the company are also led by women.
Eileen Lowry is the Global Program Director for IBM Blockchain and Rachel Liddell is the Manager of Watson Client Relations. The two are proud to be leading in industries that are typically regarded as male dominated.
When asked how they ended up in the tech sector, Lowry said she always dreamed of working in the field and was able to work with innovators and used her personal fascination to push her career forward. Liddell says she met the right people at the right time, and she's glad she did.
An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases. And National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins says those delays are “unconscionable.” Erin M. Collins said in the report released Wednesday that overall the 2024 filing season went smoothly, though IRS delays in resolving identity theft victim assistance cases are worsening. It took nearly 19 months to resolve self-reported identity theft cases as of January, and Wednesday's report states that now it takes 22 months to resolve these cases.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
