Tag: Business

Canada Makes It Law to Cut Emissions by 40-45% for 2030, but Does It Matter?

Canada has a long history of missing emission targets. Its latest goal was made law under the new Bill C-12, the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act.


Canada Makes It Law to Cut Emissions by 40%-45% by 2030, but Does It Matter?

Canada has a long history of missing emission targets. Its latest goal was made law under the new Bill C-12, the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act.


Uber and Lyft Drivers Are on Strike Today. What Riders Need to Know

By Jessica Roy From Los Angeles Times Rides through Uber and Lyft that are already hard to secure these days—and sometimes eye-poppingly expensive—because many drivers stopped working in the pandemic may become even more difficult to reserve Wednesday, when some drivers will be on strike. An organization that represents rideshare drivers has called for the…


The Silicon Valley Dream and What Went Wrong (Part III)

Commentary (This article is part three of a three-part series) Y2K and the Repercussions Prior to the year 2000, the world experienced the Y2K scare. It had to do with the last two digits in a date. Often dates were written in the format MMDDYY. This format left two digits for the year, which meant…


Tiffany, Costco Settle 8-year Lawsuit Over Fake ‘Tiffany’ Rings

NEW YORK—Tiffany & Co has settled its more than eight-year-old lawsuit accusing Costco Wholesale Corp of trademark infringement and counterfeiting for selling generic diamond engagement rings bearing the “Tiffany” name. Monday’s settlement came after the federal appeals court Manhattan in August threw out a $21 million judgment that Tiffany, acquired in January by French luxury…


How to Pick the Right Networking Events to Attend

By Josh Weiss In-person networking events are returning as more and more people feel comfortable gathering indoors with larger groups of strangers. To some, networking is easy and fun, but to others, it’s an uncomfortable chore. As someone who has utilized networking to grow my successful public-relations consultancy, here’s a primer on networking and how you…


This Is the Powerful Message of the Olympic Games on Wellness

By Rodolfo Oviedo After many doubts and uncertainty, we arrived at one more appointment of the Olympic Games, one of the most unifying moments that we have as humanity, where empathy, healthy competition, amazement, effort, dedication coincide; That is why it was a historic milestone that they were suspended in 2020 and generated so much expectation…


5 Reasons Why Knowing How to Listen Is One of the Most Sought After Skills to Work

By Daniel Colombo The true power of communication is knowing how to listen, not speaking. In fact, I always share the idea that we need to listen 80 percent of the time and speak only 20 percent. It is not only about the economy of words, but that, conceptually, the process of connecting with other people through the use…


New York, Drug Distributors Reach $1.18 Billion Opioid Settlement as National Deal Looms

NEW YORK—The three largest U.S. drug distributors agreed mid-trial to pay up to $1.18 billion to settle claims by New York state and two of its biggest counties over their role in the nationwide opioid epidemic, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday. McKesson Corp, Cardinal Health Inc and AmerisourceBergen Corp settled as state attorneys…


Looming Foreclosure Crisis Unlikely to End Housing Boom: Experts

WASHINGTON—U.S. housing prices are going through the roof and a looming wave of foreclosures is unlikely to reverse this trend due to a severe housing shortage in the country, according to experts. The foreclosure moratorium for federally-backed mortgages is going to end on July 31. The Biden administration in June extended the national moratorium by…