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Can Michelle Wu Unite Boston and Spark a Municipal Revolution?

For those looking to insurgent electoral movements to freshen our political possibilities, this week’s preliminary mayoral results in Boston offer reason for good cheer. Two current city council members—Michelle Wu and Anissa Essaibi George, both women of color—snagged the top spots in the preliminary mayoral election and will now face off in what will likely…

Ports are a mess but shipping company profits are at record highs

Ports are backlogged. Record numbers of ocean liners are waiting offshore for berths to unload their cargo. Shipping containers are nowhere to be found. Captains are rerouting their ships to avoid ports shut down by coronavirus outbreaks.And for many of the world’s largest shipping lines, profits have never been higher.The pandemic has been a double-edged…

Gas crisis forces two UK fertiliser plants to halt work; US retail sales beat forecasts – business live

1.13pm EDT 13:13 FTSE close And finally, European stock markets have ended the day higher. In the City, the London stock market finished 11 points higher at 7027 points. Construction rental group Ashtead led the rises, up 5.2% after saying earnings would be ahead of forecasts in a strong earnings update. Travel stocks held their…

It’s Good That Elizabeth Holmes Failed

As the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes—the disgraced former CEO of the defunct blood-testing startup Theranos, who allegedly defrauded investors, physicians, and patients—unfolds in San Jose, California, rubberneckers have no shortage of content over which to obsess. The tale of the blonde Stanford dropout who parlayed a try-hard Steve Jobs impression into a $9 billion…

Zamzam: How Modern Blockchain Technologies Can Change the Stock Market

The capitalization of the cryptocurrency market has for the first time surpassed the $2 trillion mark. This reflects the rapid development of the sector and the inflow of new capital into digital assets. Nevertheless, the crypto industry market cap remains several times smaller than the capitalization of the gold market  ($10.6 trillion) or the market…

Innovative Industrial Properties Declares Third Quarter 2021 Dividends

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIP), the first and only real estate company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: IIPR) focused on the regulated U.Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIP), the first and only real estate company on the New York Stock Exchange (IIPR) - Get Innovative Industrial Properties Inc Report focused on the regulated U.S.…

Yang Xiaosong: The Institutional Investor’s Road to Carbon Neutrality

BEIJING, Aug 31, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Yang Xiaosong, CEO of China Southern Asset Management Co., Ltd. ("Southern Asset Management"), was asked to deliver the keynote speech at the first ESG Global Leaders Summit on August 26 in Beijing, sponsored by Sina Finance ESG Channel and CITIC Publishing Group. The Summit presented an opportunity…

Josh Gottheimer Tried to Derail the Democratic Agenda. The Press Rewarded Him.

For 10 days, nine opportunistic House Democrats puffed out their chests and tried to derail not only their party’s agenda, but its best chance of passing a transformative budget in decades. They claimed, again and again, to be driven by conviction. New Jersey Representative Josh Gottheimer told The Washington Post that he and his confederates…

The Disasters in Afghanistan and Haiti Share the Same Twisted Root

Last week, the world shook twice. The first shock hit Haiti, when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake erupted beneath the island’s southern peninsula. Homes, churches, and hotels crumbled in the cities of Les Cayes and Jérémie and in nearby villages. More than 2,189 people have perished; that toll is expected to rise.The next disaster struck a…