How does a company inspire and empower employees to embrace — and help shape — its sustainability strategy? Cargill created a pretty good recipe.
It’s vines versus old-growth forests, a biodiversity debate with consequences for steelhead trout, mountain lions and spotted owls.
A growing number of initiatives are giving corporations the resources to help achieve global climate goals regardless of government support.
Bloomberg |
Australia's Central Bank Holds Key Interest Rate Steady
Bloomberg Australia's central bank held interest rates, remaining on the sidelines as lending curbs take steam out of east-coast housing markets and as prospects for a pickup in business investment emerge. RBA leaves cash rate unchanged at a record lowMarketWatch Australian Dollar Gains As Export Data Raise GDP HopeDailyFX No change in RBA rate expected until 2018 at the earliest: analystsFinancial Times The Australian –ABC Online –Herald Sun –Xinhua all 72 news articles » |
Bloomberg |
Chill, Bitcoin's Still Cool. What's That Burning?
Bloomberg Bitcoin took a hit over the last few days because of China. That has cryptocurrency markets in a panic. But if we channel the deeper sentiment of the true believers, even a massive crackdown on initial coin offerings won't be enough to upset a … China's virtual coin fundraising ban just the start of tighter regulations – YicaiReuters Cryptocurrencies are getting smokedBusiness Insider Cryptocurrencies have crashed 20% in two daysTechCrunch BBC News –newsBTC –Forbes –CoinTelegraph all 167 news articles » |
Bloomberg |
United Technologies' Aerospace Megadeal Means Heavy Lifting
Bloomberg United Technologies Corp. and Rockwell Collins Inc. sure know how to put the "Labor" in Labor Day Weekend. But the hardest work is yet to come. Company executives and bankers seemingly spent the unofficial-end-of-summer holiday in conference rooms … What United Technologies gains in its $30B deal for Rockwell CollinsUSA TODAY United Technologies to Buy Rockwell Collins in $30 Billion DealNew York Times US firms agree aviation merger dealBBC News CNBC –Hartford Courant –DesMoinesRegister.com –Winston-Salem Journal all 45 news articles » |
Reuters |
Asian stocks on defensive after selloff on North Korea fears
Reuters Employees of a foreign exchange trading company work near monitors showing TV news on North Korea's nuclear test (R) and the Japanese yen's exchange rate against the Euro and the U.S. dollar (L) in Tokyo, Japan September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Issei … Asian markets falter in the wake of North Korean nuclear testsBusiness Insider US dollar steadies after pondering North Korea headlines, US policies in focusTHE BUSINESS TIMES Blue chips resilient amid North Korea riskNikkei Asian Review Reuters Canada –Moneycontrol.com –The Japan Times all 36 news articles » |
New York Times |
The Daily News, a Distinctive Voice in New York, Is Sold
New York Times The New York Daily News sharing space with The New York Post, magazines, gum and candy at a news stand at the Times Square subway station. Credit Karsten Moran for The New York Times. Tronc, the publisher of The Los Angeles Times and The … Tronc acquires New York Daily NewsChicago Tribune The New York Daily News is sold to tronc, Inc.New York Daily News Publisher Tronc Acquires Daily News, Storied NY TabloidU.S. News & World Report USA TODAY –Reuters –Recode –CNNMoney all 34 news articles » |
The Mercury News |
Labor Day: Union rallies demand raises, decry employers
The Mercury News Panda Express employee Yasmin Fernandez, center, speaks to workers during the SEIU rally and protest for higher wages at McDonald's in San Jose, California, on Monday, September 4, 2017. Bay Area workers are joining the national 'Fight for $15' protest … Las Vegas workers march The Strip for higher wagesLas Vegas Review-Journal On Labor Day, workers seeking higher wages, unions rally and march in hundreds of cities including KCfox4kc.com Fast-food workers strike in St. Paul for $15 minimum wageDuluth News Tribune WIBW –Fresno Bee –AZCentral.com –Kansas City Star all 104 news articles » |
Washington Post |
Richard Cordray dodges questions — again — about his political ambitions
Washington Post CINCINNATI — The annual AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic is a staple for up-and-coming Democrats in Ohio. Surrounded by welders, electricians and their families eating hot dogs, Richard Cordray, the state's former attorney general, joined their ranks Monday. US consumer watchdog chief Cordray tests Ohio's election watersReuters Cordray tests Ohio's election waters amid concerns about consumer agency's futureStreetInsider.com |