Corporate exposure to “forest risk commodities” like soy and timber could top $900 billion per year. Now, as institutional investors push companies in all sectors to come clean on their climate-change liabilities and exposure, their impacts on forests could become clearer as well.
On this week’s podcast: The sustainability perks of city living. Also, the shifting ground of jobs in the transition to a clean energy economy.
NGOs and companies have a lot to offer one another when it comes to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.
Entrepreneur Wendy Gordon leverages the power of points and games to encourage planet-friendly behavior.
Fortune |
Verizon Demands Better Deal Terms After Yahoo's Latest Hack
Fortune Verizon is said to have threatened to go to court to get out of the deal if it is not repriced. Yahoo yhoo came under renewed scrutiny by federal investigators and lawmakers on Thursday after disclosing the largest known data breach in history … Hacked Yahoo Data Is for Sale on Dark WebNew York Times How Yahoo's 1 billion account breach stacks up with the biggest hacks everCNBC The $1 Billion Price for Yahoo's IncompetenceBloomberg TIME –Ars Technica –USA TODAY –CBS News all 872 news articles » |
Bloomberg |
Dollar Halts Fed-Driven Rally as Asian Stocks Rise With Crude
Bloomberg The dollar trimmed its weekly climb as investors weighed whether the currency's surge amid the fallout from Wednesday's Federal Reserve meeting had gone too far. Asian stocks advanced with oil. The most important market news of the day. Get our markets … Investor optimism, global economic reality may clash in 2017Reuters Strong US dollar could challenge Trump agendaDaily Mail Euro could finally fall to key parity level with the dollarCNBC Business Insider –Syracuse.com –The Fiscal Times –Charleston Post Courier all 228 news articles » |
Reuters |
Asia stocks tepid, dollar near 14-year peak on Fed rally
Reuters People walk past an electronic board displaying various Asian countries' stock price index and world major index outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo – RTX2SMWO. By Shinichi Saoshiro | TOKYO. Asian shares muted, dollar climbs as rate outlook sinks inU.S. News & World Report The Strong Dollar ReturnsSeeking Alpha Stocks, yields, and dollar spike as investors digest Fed rate hikeCNBC The Hill (blog) –Forex Market (blog) –Forbes –Bloomberg all 267 news articles » |
Bloomberg |
China Growth Estimates Rise as Leaders Mull 2017 Economic Plan
Bloomberg As China's leaders huddle in Beijing to map out economic plans and policies for next year, optimism over the growth outlook is increasing as stimulus and prospects for stronger global demand buoy sentiment. Economists have raised first-quarter growth … Chinese Leaders Set 2017 Economy Plans Amid Trade PressureNew York Times China says no need to worry about Fed's impact on yuan-state mediaReuters Can learning from 1997 help China weather the current economic storm?South China Morning Post WatertownDailyTimes.com –Macau Daily Times –NACS Online –BBC News all 161 news articles » |
Long Beach City College Viking |
Trump eyeing Larry Kudlow for economic adviser
Washington Examiner (blog) President-elect Trump is considering CNBC contributor and prominent supply-side economics advocate Larry Kudlow for a top economic adviser post, according to a Trump campaign adviser, adding another television personality into the mix for the White … Adviser: Trump mulls Kudlow for top WH economistThe Detroit News Lawrence Kudlow in Running to Take Top Economic Adviser PostWall Street Journal |
The Boston Globe |
DeVry agrees to pay $100m in case alleging deceptive ads
The Boston Globe BOSTON — DeVry University and its parent company are paying $100 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging the school misled students through deceptive ads. One of the nation's largest for-profit college chains, DeVry was sued in January by the … DeVry University Agrees to $100 Million Settlement with FTC | Federal Trade CommissionFederal Trade Commission a statement – Organization Profile – DeVry Education GroupOrganization Profile – DeVry Education Group |