Before our current age of nuclear war anxiety, there was widespread concern about an earlier terrifying weapon of mass destruction: poison gas. I will describe the history of war gases in the context of our current concerns about atomic war. It is an ugly topic, but examining it may provide some hope for a way […]
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Butlr heat sensing tech provides insights into office space utilization. Courtesy of Butlr A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large
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Yves here. American abuse of its supposed strategic allies has gotten to be so severe and inexcusable that some are having debates in political circles and the media about why they are continuing to accept this treatment. It’s as if the abusive husband intensified his wife-beating even as his income was shrinking due to bad
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istocksdaily | iStock | Getty Images Corporations are continuing to spend on business travel, but are being strategic about how they allocate those dollars amid ongoing trade uncertainties, according to new reports from the Global Business Travel Association and travel and expense platform Navan. Corporate travel spending activity increased 15% year over year in the
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Skims is teaming up with League One Volleyball. Skims Skims is deepening its ties in women’s sports with a new sponsorship in League One Volleyball. The popular undergarments brand started by star Kim Kardashian and Swedish entrepreneur Jens Grede will become the official loungewear, intimates and sleepwear partner of the emerging volleyball league. They did
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A view of the logo of Rakuten Mobile at its branch in Tokyo, Japan, November 28, 2023. Staff | Reuters There’s a new player making waves in an industry dominated by big banks. Imprint, the 5-year-old credit card startup, beat out banks in a competitive bidding process for a new co-branded card from online shopping
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The governments of Italy and Spain are doing everything they can to obstruct EU-supported bank mergers from taking place within their borders, inviting the question: will other governments follow suit? Since the Global Financial Crisis, the EU has stumbled through almost two decades of more or less uninterrupted economic stagnation. More recently, its self-harming sanctions
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Yves here. This article describes a minerals pact among the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and the US with the US getting investment rights with no actual security obligations, despite this agreement being touted as a peace deal. We just saw this movie in Ukraine, except this version has a bit more colorable optics via
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Yves here. The post below by Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back uses a one-time church, still supervised by a pastor, now a provider of free medical and dental care and other services for the poor, as a hopeful tale of communities banding together to practice the Christian message of care for the disadvantaged. Hopefully accounts
New GMC trucks are displayed on the sales lot at Hanlees Hilltop GMC in Richmond, California, on July 2, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images General Motors is set to report second-quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday, as investors watch for how President Donald Trump‘s auto tariffs will affect the automaker’s results and for any
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