Environmental and conservation groups say they’re optimistic about changes to the board that oversees natural resources policy in Wisconsin after two members recently resigned, including its controversial former chair. Bill Bruins and former chair Fred Prehn resigned from the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board at the end of last month, endingContinue Reading
CQYoung/iStock via Getty Images Chinese food delivery giant Meituan (OTCPK:MPNGF) continues to deliver strong growth despite being adversely impacted by headwinds to its travel business as a result of China’s zero-covid strategy. With China lifting these restrictions, Meituan is positioned to benefit near term from pent-up travel demand. Long termContinue Reading
Cycling over London Bridge as the dry heat pushed the temperature above 40C and a hot wind gusted down the River Thames, Friederike Otto paused to look at the monument to the city’s great fire more than 350 years earlier. “The heat was intense, the humidity was so low andContinue Reading
People take selfies with China’s national flag while attending a flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square on October 1, 2022.Photo:IC More than 66 percent of Chinese participants of an annual survey conducted by the Global Times are optimistic of the international environment that China will face in the future despite theContinue Reading
Most of the country’s top corporate executives started 2022 brimming with optimism that the worst was over, the COVID-19 pandemic had peaked and there was nowhere to go but up. Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February, however, plunged the global economy into yet another turmoil. Oil prices skyrocketed andContinue Reading
UAE-based growth and transformation consultancy, Gedeon Mohr & Partners, designed by leaders for leaders launches today with revealing insights from 250 UAE and KSA business leaders on the year ahead. New survey findings paint an optimistic picture of the region’s business leaders’ approach to 2023 against the global economic challenges,Continue Reading
Pittsburgh in 1940 and Today. Source: (Top) Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901–2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh. Public domain. (Bottom) Photo by Corey Grau (www.coreygrau.com) What’s the point of saving for the long run if there isn’t going to be one? That question, posed by a young, highly-educatedContinue Reading
After a two-year epic run in tech stocks, 2022 has been an epically bad year in the market. Through yesterday, the Nasdaq composite index is down 30%, the S&P 500 is off 21%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 16% and the poor HODLers of bitcoin have had to endureContinue Reading
Drew Barrymore, who recently became an investor in Grove Collaborative, stars in a new ad campaign by the CPG brand. Grove Drew Barrymore went to bed upset after watching Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay’s 2021 allegory for the climate crisis. As the asteroid got closer and closer to Earth, noContinue Reading
After three years of work on a report warning that time is running out to head off a climate disaster, Greg Nemet is optimistic about the planet’s chances. Nemet, a professor at UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs, was one of the lead authors of a report on waysContinue Reading
