Demand for health insurance has helped non-life insurers tide over the tough times while motor insurance is still struggling due to a fall in automobile sales
Author: Adiantku
Man who stormed U.S. Capitol charged with threatening to assassinate AOC
Garret Miller, 34, of Richardson, faces five charges related to the deadly riots in D.C.
What does big business need to do to earn your trust?
A peaceful transfer of power doesn’t mean that threats of political violence—and difficult conversations about it—have ended. Tim Ryan, the chair of PwC U.S. weighs in with some advice below. (Hint: The actual challenge leaders are facing is proving that they’re trustworthy.)
But first, here’s your Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman-inspired week in review, in Haiku.
“Where can we find light
in this never-ending shade?”
Asked by a new voice,
in a new moment,
free from the belly of a
beast that stalks us all.
It took a poet
to capture the promise of
a hard-won hill, climbed
by many on the
backs of a justice-seeking
few. Unfinished, yes
we are. But here’s a
good place to start: Pay all the
poets what they’re worth.
Wishing you a lyrically peaceful weekend.
Ellen McGirt
@ellmcgirt
[email protected]
10 sites for web designers & developers to bookmark on National Reading Day
Happy National Reading Day, y’all!
While today is semi-officially reserved for encouraging schoolkids to read, don’t look past the opportunity for us to nurture our inner child. And there’s no better way to do that than by focusing on growth — professional growth, that is.
National Reading Day Bookmarks
In the spirit of National Reading Day, these 10 sites could turn your breaks in the porcelain palace into a legit web design masterclass. Here they are, in no particular order… 10 sites that will help you build your web professional skills.
1. Smashing Magazine
Okay, you might be familiar with this one — hence this reminder to make sure Smashing Magazine gets bookmarked and browsed regularly. It’s one the definitive places to turn, not only for trends and news, but also a wealth of tutorials. While the basic site is free, a paid subscription is worth considering. A couple … Read the rest
Maharashtra govt seeks to expedite plan for coastal zone development
Several housing societies and slums are expected to be eligible for redevelopment based on the plan as these areas will get a Floor Space Index (FSI) or permissible development equal to the rest of the city.
A Loon comes down to earth
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It was an admittedly loony project in the first place: Loon, a much-hyped project aiming to deliver internet via helium balloons, will be shuttered, Google’s parent company Alphabet said late Thursday.
Formed nearly ten years ago within the tech giant’s “moonshot”-focused research lab, X, the hope was to use the balloons to send internet service into areas that have limited to no internet access. While the numbers are hard to come by, an estimated 3 billion to 4 billion people in the world today still can’t shop online (or read this newsletter).
So it makes sense that many tech giants and flashy billionaires view the practice as a major business opportunity: Elon Musk has Starlink; Richard Branson and SoftBank have OneWeb; Jeff … Read the rest
Minnesota rethinks how it supports entrepreneurs and businesses
As cities and states face pandemic-induced budget shortfalls, they’re struggling to create playbooks to help businesses get back on their feet and put millions of unemployed Americans back to work.
The Brookings Institution projects that state and local government revenues will decline $167 billion in 2021, and $145 billion a year after that.
That doesn’t leave local and state policymakers with a lot of levers to pull to stimulate economic growth.
Related: Online micro-businesses can be an easy economic win for local governments
That puts the onus on these leaders to strike a careful balance: Come up with creative ways to help these businesses without depleting key funds that are needed to keep emergency service workers and teachers employed, as well as deliver adequate services to residents.
Thankfully, there are some models for supporting businesses of every shape and size, whether brick-and-mortar Main Street stores or home-based digital enterprises.
Among … Read the rest
Yesterday once more? Market has a stock of worry
The evident mistrust isn’t restricted to whether the Sensex deserves to be where it is. The hectic pace of the turnaround since the crippling sell-off in February-March of 2020 and a narrow pool of growth assets favoured by overseas funds have contributed to the sense of scepticism.
Stock futures tick lower as markets look to end record-setting week
Stock futures tick lower as markets look to end record-setting week