Washington Post |
Presidential candidates offer platitudes but no real plans to help black and Latino voters
Washington Post To hear the presidential candidates tell it, the future for African Americans and Latinos will be great. More jobs. Better schools. Affordable housing. Fewer inmates. Less killing. More equality. But hardly anyone ever asks how they intend to make it … Blacks will take hundreds of years to catch up to white wealthCNNMoney It Could Take 2 Centuries For Racial Wealth Disparities to DissipateCityLab STUDY: Blacks Centuries Behind Whites in Wealth DevelopmentColorLines magazine Wall Street Journal (blog) –CNBC –Daily Mail –Fortune all 30 news articles » |
CNBC |
OPEC using 'smoke and mirrors' to boost oil prices
CNBC Just the whiff of an OPEC meeting has driven oil prices higher, squeezed shorts in the futures market — and made further inaction by the cartel more likely. But that hasn't stopped market chatter that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries … Oil Falls on US Production ForecastWall Street Journal Oil dips on oversupply; calls for producer meeting met with scepticismReuters Oil futures end lower as traders ponder supply, OPECMarketWatch FuelFix (blog) –USA TODAY –Nasdaq –TheStreet.com all 374 news articles » |
Reuters |
US productivity falls for third consecutive quarter
Reuters WASHINGTON U.S. worker productivity fell for the third straight quarter in the spring this year, suggesting that corporate profits may continue to decline and wage growth may remain sluggish. The Labor Department said on Tuesday that productivity … Why Did Productivity Fall? Look To The Price of Oil and GasWall Street Journal (blog) Productivity drop renews questions on the economy's healthUSA TODAY U.S. Productivity Unexpectedly Falls for Third Straight QuarterBloomberg Forbes –KOMO News –Nasdaq –Toledo Blade all 46 news articles » |
Amid growing awareness of the huge energy appetite of computer processing and particularly high end graphics, computer chip-maker AMD releases a more energy efficient chip — and a study to prove it.
If the world is to prevent global temperatures from rising another 2 degrees Celsius, we will need to remove some carbon from the air. Here are some promising innovative attempts to do so.
Wall Street Journal |
UK Retail Sales Defy Brexit Vote
Wall Street Journal LONDON—U. K. retail sales increased in July, according to a survey by a retail trade group, an early indicator that consumers didn't slow spending in the immediate wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union. The upbeat data follow a series of … UK retail spending rebounds in July by most in six months: BRCCNBC Brexit hasn't slowed down British shoppersBusiness Insider UK Consumers Embrace 'Feel Good Factor' After Brexit And Carry On Spending, Despite 'Project Fear'Breitbart News Irish Examiner –BBC News –TheStreet.com –Daily Mail all 69 news articles » |
The “supermajors” will have to make some drastic financial changes if they don’t want go the way of the dinosaur.
Why some of the world’s best thinkers on sustainability recently sang for their supper on a London riverbank.
Startups to pitch sustainability solutions before global audience.
Why a leading LEED consulting firm is talking up the BREEAM — Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology— methodology.