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Great Neck Estates residents continue to pushback against multi-family housing
Great Neck Estates residents continued to voice their concerns over a plan to build another multi-family housing development in the village at the Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, Dec. 8. Paul Bloom, representing 200 MNR SUN LLC, presented the case for the 65-unit development to the board and increased the incentive offer for the project from $1 million to $1.5 million.
The Ryan Walters Project
Introduction: The State of the Schools — A System in Revolt The first buses pulled up before dawn, their headlights slicing through the dense fog as teachers spilled out, every step charged with fiery resolve and eyes blazing with a hope born of righteous anger. They adjusted their backpacks, hoisted their signs, and stretched sore legs from hours of driving in from the farthest reaches of the state.
Your Borders Won’t Hold: The Silent Climate Migration Reshaping Global Power
Forget the old maps. Forget the traditional reasons people move. A vast, silent tide is rising across the planet, driven not by war or economic promise alone, but by a force far more ancient and relentless: climate change. We hear about melting ice caps and extreme weather, but what’s not making enough headlines is the profound, insidious way climate-induced migration is quietly, irrevocably, rewriting the rules of global power and straining nations to their breaking points.
bZ4X EV - does it drive like a Toyota?
Toyota Australia describes this as the most important car in decades for the brand, and it’s easy to see why. The new Toyota bZ4X is the brand’s first fully electric model to be sold in Australia, and while the company has modest aspirations of just 1,500 sales per year for the EV, it is the first stepping stone before the brand jumps headfirst into its future powertrain strategy.
Toyota bZ4X - not just another electric car for fleets!
Toyota Australia has launched its first electric vehicle in Australia – the bZ4X midsize SUV, which is priced from $66,000 plus on-road costs. The new Toyota BEV model is showing up at the same playground where the Tesla Model Y has been the king of the castle for a long time now, but the Japanese brand reckons that unlike Tesla and a number of other EV alternatives, the bZ4X will offer a different kind of appeal because of the brand’s heritage in our market.
LDV bullish on electric van sales to fleet customers
LDV Australia has its focus on the fleet market with its new eDeliver 7 electric midsize van, which it says offers a better total cost of ownership than the traditional diesel vans it competes with. The eDeliver 7 has four derivatives to choose from, priced from $59,990 plus on-roads for ABN holders. That starting point is about $10-$15K higher than rival diesel midsize models like the Hyundai Staria Load, Ford Transit Custom and sales-leading Toyota HiAce.
US Seizes $12 Million From Estate of Accused Statue Trafficker
US prosecutors reached a deal to seize $12 million from the estate of the late Douglas Latchford, a British antiquities dealer accused of engineering a decades-long scheme to move stolen Cambodian artifacts into American and European collections. According to a complaint filed on Thursday in Manhattan federal court, the money represents the proceeds of Latchford’s sales of looted Southeast Asian objects.
The Best Business Books of 2022: the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award
For those who don’t follow it every year, can you introduce what kind of books the FT Business Book Award is generally looking for? The Financial Times prize has been going since 2005 and the broad remit is to choose the book that provides the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues. That is deliberately quite broad. We go beyond what you might find on the shelves labelled ‘business book’ in the bookstore.
Parenting the boss: How parents can support their entrepreneurial kids
Parenting is not an easy job. Most parents want to raise children who grow up to become respected members of society and adults that are passionate about serving their communities. So, for many parents, a successful career, especially within commonly respected fields such as medicine, engineering and perhaps a job in the public sector, is one way of attaining respect from their communities.
4 mistakes every new entrepreneur should avoid
As a start-up entrepreneur or a first-timer in the world of business, you are bound to make mistakes. It's okay, it happens to the best of us and we all have horror stories. There are mistakes you will make because of the uniqueness of your business which you will not have any prior warning or reference points, meaning you will have to find the solution on your own.
THE BIG READ | How killer robots are transforming the art of war and why we should all be very afraid
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THE BIG READ | How killer robots are transforming the art of war and why we should all be very afraid
Machines can already outclass seasoned fighter pilots in aerial combat while drones and other robotic weapons are replacing soldiers on the battlefield but can we trust them to fight on our behalf? A white drone hovers high above a sunny Californian valley. Then a bigger black drone appears, mimicking its movements, stalking it.
Pleated Filters: The Great Problem Solver
Undersized dust collectors, differential pressure limiting production and overextended employees tied up with lengthy maintenance: The dust collection baghouse has no shortage of problems. Before scrapping a dust collection system and rebuilding expensive infrastructure, it is worth considering a simple filter swap to a pleated-style filter to address some of these headaches.
How Lean Gets Done
In its early stages, the coronavirus pandemic forced dozens of major cities and even entire states to put a hold on construction to reduce the spread of COVID-19. While the moratorium has lifted, supply chain logjams in the construction market continue to drive up the cost of materials. Adding to the volatility, we’ve seen many businesses table their construction projects to prepare for the likelihood of a global recession, as well as a fundamental change in the use of commercial real estate.
Inside Story Of Billion-Dollar Ever Given Cargo Ship That Broke Global Trade
The Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, became jammed across the Suez canal in March Captain Krishnan Kanthavel watched the sun rise over the Red Sea through a dusty haze. Winds of more than 40 mph, whipping off the Egyptian desert, had turned the sky an anemic yellow.
Better Ways to Measure Middle and High School Students’ Progress
Following the widespread closure of schools last spring, teachers grappled with the challenges of remote learning. Meeting students’ needs became more difficult as teachers traded the predictability of in-person schooling for the unpredictable nature of learning by distance. Many educators embraced greater flexibility and grace in measuring student progress. Broadly, schools encouraged a focus on learning and growth instead of a steadfast devotion to letter grading.
Democracy Would Solve Hong Kong Problems, Taiwan Contender Says
Democracy Would Solve Hong Kong Problems, Taiwan Contender Says (Bloomberg) -- The candidate representing Taiwan’s China-friendly opposition party in January’s presidential race called for free elections in Hong Kong, as the city continued to be roiled by some of the most severe protests in its history.
China’s Crackdown on Dissent Claims Free-Market Think Tank
(Bloomberg) -- One of China’s most prominent independent think tanks will cease operations after years of attempts by government officials to silence it. The Unirule Institute of Economics, which advocated free-market economic theories and is well known in U.S. academic circles, has decided to shut down after district officials in Beijing declared that it was operating without authorization, the organization said in a statement dated Aug. 26.
Why Muji Is Struggling
NEW YORK, United States — The retailer Muji became one of Japan’s most recognizable brands by selling simple, practical items that it hopes will last for decades. It turns out, though, that “less is more” has its limits as a business strategy. After a decade of expansion that brought its minimalist emporia of modular shelving, sturdy kitchen gear and earth-tone fashions to cities from Toronto to Shanghai, Muji is struggling.
Enabling the Next Generation of Decentralized Finance with Multichain Collateralized Assets
For those of you who knew me before I was into blockchain, you know that I wrote software on Wall Street. So it’s only natural that I’d be excited to learn about the latest decentralized finance products out there. It’s been interesting to watch all of these concepts be brought into the modern area. Right now, products like MakerDAO, Uniswap, Dharma, Compound, and dYdX are making such amazing advances in user experience for trading and leveraging assets or stable coins.
Why students need more ‘math talk’
Test scores, school report cards and Facebook posts complaining about homework problems often drive critiques of how math is taught in schools. Amid the debates, it has become increasingly clear that one ingredient is necessary for success: opportunities for students to talk about math. We are both math education researchers.
Management needs to let go and let Scrum development work its magic
Scrum, when sincerely implemented, has shown repeatedly that it yields much better results than does micro-management, the kind of supervision used on soldiers and most software development teams. And yet, so many companies seem incapable of letting go and letting it work its magic. So long as companies do not implement Scrum sincerely, Scrum teams will not deliver the promises that Scrum makes. If you are a developer, ask yourself: do you feel micro-managed? Over-supervised?
3 Ways CIOs Can Lead A Transformation In Grocery Manufacturing
Remember how straightforward the groceries business used to be? Manufacturers navigated a well-trodden path of monitoring supply-side size and scale, distributing inventory as widely and inexpensively as possible, and watching the profits flow in. It was a simpler time of mass-produced products distributed through a limited number of channels. But the digital revolution has made this simpler time a distant memory.
Suit accuses Coca-Cola of acting like tobacco
Coca-Cola Co. was sued by activists who compare the beverage giant's advertising tactics to the tobacco industry's past efforts in minimizing the health effects of its products and targeting children to replenish the ranks of its customers. The nonprofit Praxis Project seeks to stop Coke and the Washington-based American Beverage Association from deceptive advertising of sugary drinks, particularly to children, and for the disclosure of documents related to their impact on health.
Dirty linen: a bed sheets scandal is roiling the cotton industry
Huddled inside Target Corp.'s headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, a team of investigators spent the summer trying to answer what should have been a simple question: What were hundreds of thousands of the retailer's sheets actually made of?What they discovered has undermined trust in a global luxury product and set off a salvo of class-action lawsuits that have created a king-sized public relations challenge for the Indian textiles industry and the U.S. companies it supplies.Turns out that...
Bed sheet industry coming unraveled
Major American retailers, including Target and Wal-Mart, have been selling premium-priced sheets purportedly made of Egyptian cotton but that may in reality have been woven with lower-quality cotton blends Matthew Campbell, Shannon Pettypiece and Siddharth PhilipBloomberg Huddled inside Target Corp.'s headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, a team of investigators spent the summer trying to answer what should have been a simple question: What were hundreds of thousands of the retailer's sheets...
Dirty linen: a bed sheets scandal is roiling the cotton industry
Huddled inside Target Corp.'s headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, a team of investigators spent the summer trying to answer what should have been a simple question: What were hundreds of thousands of the retailer's sheets actually made of?
Bed sheet scandal roils the cotton industry - International | IOL Business
New York - Huddled inside Target’s headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, a team of investigators spent the summer trying to answer what should have been a simple question: What were hundreds of thousands of the retailer’s sheets actually made of? What they discovered has undermined trust in a global luxury product and set off a salvo of class-action lawsuits that have created a king-sized public relations challenge for the Indian textiles industry and the US companies it supplies.
Bedsheet scandal rubs off on cotton
Huddled inside Target Corp.'s headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, a team of investigators spent the summer trying to answer what should have been a simple question: What were hundreds of thousands of the retailer's sheets actually made of? What they discovered has undermined trust in a global luxury product and set off a salvo of class-action lawsuits that have created a king-size public relations challenge for the Indian textiles industry and the U.S. companies it supplies.
Bedsheet scandal rubs off on cotton
Huddled inside Target Corp.'s headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, a team of investigators spent the summer trying to answer what should have been a simple question: What were hundreds of thousands of the retailer's sheets actually made of? What they discovered has undermined trust in a global luxury product and set off a salvo of class-action lawsuits that have created a king-size public relations challenge for the Indian textiles industry and the U.S. companies it supplies.
Sheet cheats: Indian textile firm and Walmart being sued for fake Egyptian cotton linen claims
Huddled inside Target Corp.’s headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, a team of investigators spent the summer trying to answer what should have been a simple question: What were hundreds of thousands of the retailer’s sheets actually made of? What they discovered has undermined trust in a global luxury product and set off a salvo of class-action lawsuits that have created a king-sized public relations challenge for the Indian textiles industry and the U.S. companies it supplies.
‘Peppa Pig’ owner rejects takeover bid
London - Entertainment One, the film and TV distributor being pursued by UK broadcaster ITV, said it rejected a takeover offer that values the business at about £1bn ($1.3bn), and suggested it’s seeking a higher price. The 236 pence-per-share proposal - from ITV according to a person with knowledge of the situation - represents an 8.5% premium to Entertainment One’s latest closing price.
Messy divorce: Brexit process explained
Brussels - The UK’s departure from the European Union may turn out to be the most tortured divorce proceeding in history. Read also: Brexit: May wants bespoke terms There will be high-level summits and hours of back-room horse trading before the UK breaks away. While the negotiations will be intense, the EU treaty sets out the parameters in just 261 words - meaning much is left for politicians, lawyers and bureaucrats to wrestle over in the months and years to come. The task will be vast.
All your #Brexit questions answered
Brussels/London - British voters have opted to walk out on the European Union, setting up at least two years of bitter talks. Here’s a road map of what’s to come... The prime minister said on Friday morning he’ll stay in office for at least three months to “steady the ship”. He said Britain should have a new leader by the time his party meets for its annual conference in October and it should be the next prime minister who starts the formal negotiations with the EU. What happens next?
UM, MSU stand together for public lands
There’s a student movement afoot in the last best place.University students in our great state are joining together and letting it be known they recognize and celebrate the vital role that public lands play in the everyday lives of all Montanans. The Associated Students of both the University of Montana (ASUM) and Montana State University (ASMSU) passed resolutions this spring urging our elected officials to maintain federal management of American public lands.
A Qualitative Evaluation of Program Budgeting and Marginal Analysis in a Canadian Pediatric Tertiary Care Institution
Hospitals in Canada are being asked by governments to improve efficiency and do more with fewer resources. Healthcare decision makers are thus driven to find better ways to manage budgets and deliver on their mission. Formal processes of priority setting and resource allocation (PSRA) are one means to this end. This paper reports an evaluation of one such approach, Program Budgeting and Marginal Analysis (PBMA), as applied at a children and women’s tertiary care facility in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Glencore sells agri stake
London - Glencore agreed to sell just-under a 10 percent stake in its agriculture unit to Canada’s British Columbia Investment Management for $624.9 million in cash as it continues to cut debt. The commodities trader and miner, which sold a 40 percent stake in the business to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for $2.5 billion in April, will retain a majority 50.01 percent stake, it said in a statement on Wednesday.
Great leap upward: Behind China’s $100bn shopping spree
London - China’s Anbang Insurance, which has twice sweetened its offer to buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, is engaged in a high-stakes bidding war with Marriott International to acquire the owner of the upscale Sheraton, Westin and St. Regis brands.
Dealing with slippery cash
London - As they grapple with shrinking profitability and the threat of a British exit from the European Union, the UK’s banks also face another challenge: slippery banknotes. Lenders from HSBC Holdings to Royal Bank of Scotland Group are working to upgrade or replace thousands of cash machines before the Bank of England starts to switch paper money with notes made of sophisticated polymers later this year.
Davos Frets Over Popularity Of Trump, Sanders
By Matthew Campbell, Jacqueline Simmons and Simon Kennedy, Bloomberg News (TNS) DAVOS, Switzerland — The collapsing center of U.S. politics poses a growing threat to global business, according to Davos delegates who say they’re watching anxiously as Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders ride a populist wave in the presidential election.
Angst rises in Davos
Davos - As the chattering chieftains of the global economy gather this week in Davos, Switzerland, they’re facing the darkest outlook since the financial crisis tipped the world into recession seven years ago. The Chinese slowdown and accompanying slide in the yuan are imperiling already sluggish international growth, oil is trading at its lowest level in more than a decade, stocks have suffered their worst January ever, and the prospects for corporate earnings are the most pessimistic in years.
Davos gets jittery as China slows, oil falls and political tensions mount
As the chieftains of the global economy gather this week at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, they’re facing the darkest outlook since the financial crisis tipped the world into recession seven years ago. As the chieftains of the global economy gather this week in Davos, Switzerland, they’re facing the darkest outlook since the financial crisis tipped the world into recession seven years ago.
Economic forum looks to the future, but more immediate concerns loom
LONDON — The organizers of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, want attendees to focus on the challenges of the future: The theme of this year’s annual meeting is Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a catchall rubric that describes advances in technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics. The problems of the here and now, though, are likely to be a more popular topic.
How Primark Is Pushing Into a Cutthroat Retail Landscape
LONDON, United Kingdom — Every day around 5 p.m., a human wave builds at the west end of London’s Oxford Street. It gathers energy as it approaches a pile of gray stone and scuffed brick that takes up almost a full block, and then crashes through double doors into a cavernous space garlanded with bright T-shirt dresses and tasseled scarves. This is rush hour at fast-fashion retailer Primark’s flagship store.
AB InBev, SABMiller close $106 billion deal to create beer giant
Biggest consumer-product takeover in history finalized in tiny brick house in London LONDON — After weeks of public grandstanding and private haggling, the biggest consumer-products takeover in history was decided by a handful of men in a tiny brick house on a one-lane street in London.
Where to seal the biggest beer deal ever? A tiny house in London (+video)
LONDON - After weeks of public grandstanding and private haggling, the biggest consumer-products takeover in history was ultimately decided by a handful of men in a tiny brick house on a one-lane street in London. At meetings on Monday in the diminutive St. James’s home of boutique advisory firm Robey Warshaw, Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller reached a deal to create a colossus that’s poised to dominate global brewing.
Aetna is said to be closing in on acquisition of Humana
(Bloomberg) — Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET), the second-largest U.S. health insurer by market value, is closing in on an acquisition of Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM) and could reach a deal as early as this weekend, several people with knowledge of the matter said. Humana shares rose 8 percent to $198.99 at 1:47 p.m. in New York, the biggest intraday gain since May 29. Aetna shares rose 2.8 percent to $131.07.
Syngenta Rejects $45 Billion Takeover Offer From Monsanto
Syngenta AG, the world’s largest maker of agrochemicals, rejected a 41.7 billion Swiss-franc ($45 billion) takeover offer from U.S. rival Monsanto Co., saying it undervalued the company and a merger would have significant execution risks. Monsanto proposed paying 449 Swiss francs a share, with the cash part of the bid equal to 45 percent, Basel-based Syngenta said in a statement, confirming a Bloomberg report. That’s 35 percent higher than yesterday’s close.
The U.S. Economy Is Strong, But Is It Strong Enough to Power the World?
For the world economy, it's a case of U.S. and them. That was the conclusion of investors, executives and policy makers as they ended their annual trip to Davos, Switzerland last week with the U.S. poised to outpace world growth for the first time since 1999. Celebrations were muted by questions over whether the strongest U.S. expansion in 11 years will prove strong enough to power the global economy or whether it will be undone by slowing growth in Europe and China.
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