On Thursday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that he was committing the world’s largest online retailer to meeting the terms of what he christened “The Climate Pledge.” Broadly outlined, signing the pledge, which Bezos hopes others will do as well, …
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The process of paying the wealth tax could also be expensive for the wealthy, before even accounting for how much they owe. Appraisals for real
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SAN FRANCISCO — Airbnb said on Thursday that it planned to go public in 2020, becoming one of the last of a generation of prominent technology start-ups to aim for the stock market, even as some of its brethren have struggled since listing their shares.
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At least three more major companies are rethinking plastic. U.K. restaurants of the Burger King chain will remove all plastic toys from children’s meals starting this week to help reduce waste. U.S. stores aren’t following suit, yet. McDonald’s MCD has said it will …
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On Thursday, Google announced its plan to make “the biggest corporate purchase of renewable energy in history.” This announcement precedes a day of walkouts by tech employees, including those from Google, who are participating in the Global Climate …
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