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What to Know About Juneteenth22:55 It’s a celebration of Black history and freedom that relatively few white Americans had heard of until recent years, if at all. Now suddenly, Juneteenth is prominent on the nation’s calendar, having been propelled there by sweeping protests in 2020 against racial injustice that prompted dozens of corporations to give their employees a day off. Now Congress is preparing to make it a federal holi... Spray paint, soiled carpets, dead cats: Evicted tenant allegedly turned home into ‘slice of hell’22:23 Stepping inside Suzy Myers's Colorado Springs property shows damage left by an angry tenant: walls spray-painted with vulgarities, rooms destroyed by a hammer, carpet reeking of human and animal feces and dead cats locked in a bathroom. The top highlights and takeaways from E3 202118:34 With the conclusion of the virtual conference, a look at the highlights and most important things to know. Homeowners are doing great. Shareholders are doing even better.17:27 A new Fed report finds homeowners’ equity rose 13 percent over the past year — and continued to climb during the first quarter of 2021. Smart tires are rolling out to predict flats, blowouts15:16 Goodyear is among several tire makers including Continental, Bridgestone and Pirelli to work on smart tires with embedded sensors. Inside Pfizer’s race to produce the world’s biggest supply of covid vaccine13:05 Pfizer had evidence the mRNA vaccine could stop the novel coronavirus. But it would do little good unless the company could quickly take new nanoparticle technology from lab to mass production, a feat never before accomplished. Why China Is Cracking Down Now on After-School Tutors13:05 China’s private education companies have for years been the darlings of investors from New York to Shanghai, building a $100 billion industry on the promise of the world’s largest and arguably most-competitive schooling system. Then suddenly they got caught up in the Chinese government’s sweeping efforts to rein in the country’s technology giants, ostensibly in the name of consumer protection. The regulatory clampdown on tutoring, online and in person, has walloped listed companies and forced st Seller wants to access house after I bought it. How do I handle this?12:33 REAL ESTATE MATTERS | We don’t think it is fair of the seller to sell the home to you in its “as is” condition and then pick and choose what the seller wants from the home after closing. Rents on the rise as pandemic pricing disappears11:59 TOWN SQUARE | In some housing markets that have attracted many new residents, such as Boise, Idaho, rent growth has skyrocketed over the past year. Why One Hack on One Firm Can Shake Global Meat Supply11:26 In the last three years, a fire, a pandemic and now a cyberattack have disrupted the U.S. meat industry. The common thread between these very different incidents is that they show a highly concentrated market with little margin for error. A ransomware attack on JBS SA, the largest meat producer globally, at the end of May shut nearly a fifth of America’s meat production and idled JBS plants as ... |
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