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Technology is supposed to make our lives easier. It doesn’t always, but it certainly has during the pandemic. Imagine if this pandemic would have happened even 15 years ago – there would be no grocery ...
An image shared on Instagram purportedly shows an infographic created by the World Economic Forum. "What will our diets look like in 2030?" reads the text at the top of the image in the Aug. 29 post.
Climate change is having an enormous negative impact on global labor productivity, the spread of infectious diseases and exposure to heatwaves and pollution, according to the inaugural report from The ...
The EU and its member states continue to protect jobs and livelihoods through the deployment of unprecedented support measures. Facilitated by flexible budgetary rules and a temporary framework for ...
Memphis in May (MIM) bought more than $88 million to the area’s economy this year, according to a new study. More than 265,000 attended the month-long festival this year and they spent $38.3 million ...
The Green Hydrogen Facility in Chile, to support a green, resilient, and inclusive economic development project, seeks to incentivize investment in green hydrogen projects in Chile, which will ...
Passing the federal DREAM Act would significantly improve the economic outlook for states across the nation. Juan Carlos Guzmán is a monitoring and evaluation specialist at the Initiative for Global ...
The COVID-19 pandemic still affecting communities around the world, so it may seem a bad time to start a business. However, many successful companies have been founded during downturns, recessions, ...
While the U.S. economy in recent years has fallen on very hard times, many economists see reason for tempered optimism in the coming year. According to the recent Hiscox eDNA small business survey, ...
When Culture Secretary Maria Miller called for the arts to make their “economic case” for subsidy, the Arts Council responded by publishing an independent report showing that, among other things, for ...