Michael Ford seeks to remix urban architecture to represent diversity and increase minority participation.

Is the current surge of political activism on the part of U.S. CEOs a repackaging of business-as-usual advocacy or acts of moral rectitude?

HSBC finds that two-thirds of investors plan on climate mitigation, but many are frustrated over “highly inadequate” information from companies.

This often unsung solution is practical and holistic, and baked into the Paris Agreement.


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China internet finance body suggests framework for virtual currencies
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FILE PHOTO: An attendant holds a bitcoin sign during the opening of Hong Kong's first bitcoin retail store February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo. SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A senior executive at China's internet finance body has urged Chinese …
China Is Said to Call for Bitcoin Exchange Halt by Month-EndBloomberg
Top China Bitcoin exchange to stop tradingBBC News
Energy Stocks Make Big Technical Breakout As Bitcoin Sells Off, Coincidence?Seeking Alpha
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Hyperloop Becomes Closer To Reality In Colorado
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The route from Cheyenne, Wyo. to Denver with travel to Pueblo was picked as a finalist and immediately the Colorado Department of Transportation, AECOM, and Hyperloop one entered into a public-private partnership. “It's kind of a right place, right
Hyperloop One Announces 10 Winners for Hyperloop One Global ChallengePR Newswire (press release)
Columbus connection named as finalist for Hyperloop transportationThe Columbus Dispatch
Colorado named one of 10 finalists for the Hyperloop One competitionThe Denver Post
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Portland probe finds Uber used software to evade 16 government officials
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FILE PHOTO: The Uber logo is seen on a screen in Singapore August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White. (Reuters) – A sweeping investigation by the city of Portland, Oregon, found that Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] used a software tool to intentionally …
Portland ends investigation into Uber's 'Greyball,' Uber's regulator-dodging softwareOregonLive.com
City of Portland Concludes Investigation of Uber Without Any Findings of Further WrongdoingWillamette Week

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Alphabet Talks With Lyft About Possible Investment: Source
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FILE PHOTO: A smartphone app for Lyft drivers is seen during a photo opportunity in San Francisco, California February 3, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Reuters. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc is in discussions with Lyft Inc about a possible …
Alphabet Considers Lyft Investment of About $1 BillionBloomberg
Alphabet is reportedly mulling a $1B investment in LyftTechCrunch
Alphabet is reportedly considering investing $1 billion in LyftBusiness Insider
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Washington Post

After massive Equifax breach, let's make it free to freeze your credit
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Whatever your political affiliation, there is now one financial issue on which we can all agree. We need Congress to pass legislation allowing consumers to temporarily freeze and unfreeze their own credit files at no charge to help thwart identity theft.
Equifax Could Have Fixed the Software Flaw That Led to Massive Data TheftTIME
FTC probes Equifax, top Democrat likens it to EnronReuters
Were you impacted by the Equifax breach? You risk financial chaos by doing nothingMarketWatch
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De Blasio: 'Unfortunate' to see plans scrapped for billionaire's $250M 'Diller Island'
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Mayor de Blasio said it was “very unfortunate” that billionaire Barry Diller had abandoned his plan to build a park in the Hudson River — and that the city did not have anyone else lined up to build it. “I'm disappointed that it's come to this, but I
Billionaire's plan for $250 million pier renovation scrappedFinance and Commerce
Thomas Heatherwick saddened after plans for New York "treasure island" are scrappedDezeen
That Plan for a Floating Park on the Hudson River? It's DeadAppsforPCdaily
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