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☆ Midwest American Cities Are Facing a Downtown Crisis, Urban Doom Loop
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

But Midwestern cities are also facing a crisis of their own — struggling to attract workers, residents, and visitors to their downtowns. Nine of the 13 Midwestern cities tracked in the study were in the bottom half of the rankings. In the early part of the 20th century, Midwestern cities boomed — attracting workers and families seeking out manufacturing jobs and education. Many Midwestern cities relied on a single industry or even a single company to buttress its economy. "If office workers are coming downtown less, but college students are willing to come downtown more, what about literally putting a college in your downtown?"

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☆ Chicago is spending over $17 million to add miles of new bike lanes — all in hopes of curbing segregation and boosting racial equity
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Helaine Krysik | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Chicago's cycling community has exploded in recent years, and the city plans to add 150 more miles of lanes to accommodate this growth. The new, ambitious Chicago Cycling Strategy from the Chicago Department of Transportation, worth over $17 million, includes expanding Chicago's bike network by designing and implementing 150 miles of low-stress bikeways over the next several years. If you have friends that ride, ride together, if you have family members that are willing to ride, especially older ones, ride with them. Earlier in the pandemic, Chicago launched a program to give away 5,000 bikes to eligible Chicago residents by 2026. Green Corps participants have helped to assemble the bikes in the Bike Chicago program.

Persons: Jesus Barajas, Davis, CDOT, Gia Biagi, Kevin Womac, it's, It's, Biagi, Womac Organizations: Morning, University of California, Active Transportation Alliance, Chicago, Chicago Cycling, Chicago Department of Transportation, Bike Chicago, Green Corps, West Town Locations: Chicago, Milwaukee, Chicago's Black, bikeways, Belmont Cragin, North Lawndale, Chicago's Logan, Bridgeport

☆ Opinion | Communities of Color Have Suffered Environmental Injustice for Far Too Long
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Nick Tabor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

For decades, Democrats have talked about using a “whole-government approach” to reduce the environmental hazards that so many minority communities face. In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed an executive order to address environmental justice and ensure that low-income citizens and minorities do not suffer a disproportionate burden of industrial pollution. Federal action could also have mitigated the risks for disease in places like Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.”Instead, minority communities throughout the United States have continued to suffer disproportionately. This time around, ‌there will also be ‌an Environmental Justice Scorecard, designed to ‌concretely measure what each federal agency is doing — so the departments can be held to certain benchmarks. The White House is seizing on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as a chance to fund environmental justice projects.

Persons: Bill Clinton, Jackson, Biden Organizations: Environmental, White, Law Locations: Alabama, Flint, Mich, Miss, United States, ‌, Detroit, Jackson

☆ Average 401(k) account balance tops $112,000, new report shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —The average balance in employer-sponsored savings plans last year was $112,572, well below the $141,542 recorded in 2021. “Vanguard participants’ average account balances decreased by 20% since year-end 2021, driven primarily by the decrease in equity and bond markets over the year,” according to the report. “Among plans with a nonmatching employer contribution, the average contribution was equivalent to 5.1% of pay; the median contribution, 4.1% of pay,” Vanguard noted. The auto enrollment feature has helped boost overall participation in the plans Vanguard oversees. Including what employees kick in, the average total contribution rate was 11.3%.

Persons: ’, nonparticipants Organizations: New, New York CNN, Vanguard Locations: New York, nonparticipants

☆ Australia's visa overhaul leaves Chinese millionaires in limbo
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Stella Qiu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] Chinese and Malaysian tourists take photographs of the Sydney Opera House from a viewing area located on Sydney Harbour, Australia, October 4, 2016. Similar investment visa schemes have been scrapped in Canada, Britain and Singapore as governments conclude they do not create jobs and could be a means to park speculative money. It said a new migration strategy would be released later this year, which would include "radically reshaping" the BIIP programme. "I just don't think the investor programme is on their radar at the moment - they might overhaul it down the track. BIIP holders say they are curtailing business investment given the uncertainty, postponing life decisions and in some cases selling properties in Australia.

Persons: David Gray SYDNEY, Paul Wang, Wang, Tony Le Nevez, Tan, Stella Qiu, Praveen Menon, William Mallard Organizations: Sydney Opera House, REUTERS, Innovation, Investment, Labor, Department of Home Affairs, Henley & Partners Australia, Thomson Locations: Malaysian, Sydney Harbour, Australia, Beijing, Canada, Britain, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, United States

☆ NATO 'Air Defender 2023': Hundreds of warplanes fly over Germany in alliance's largest-ever aerial drills
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

An F-16 fighter airplane takes off from the Schleswig-Jagel Air Base in Jagel, Germany, on June 12 during the Air Defender 2023 exercise. “Air Defender is necessary because we live in a more dangerous world. Two US Air Force A10 fighter jets taxi onto the runway ahead of Air Defender 2023. Peter Layton, a fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute and former Royal Australian Air Force officer, said Air Defender 2023 should give Russian military planners a lot to think about. Similar planes are taking part in Air Defender 2023.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Oleksandr Vilkul, Andriy Dubchak, Gregor Fischer, Oana Lungescu, “, Putin, Amy Gutmann, Ingo Gerhartz, CNN’s Nic Robertson, Formidable ‘ hodge, Karl, Josef Hildenbrand, ”, Brynn Tannehill, it’s, Adam Casey, Tannehill, Peter Layton, Harald Tittel, ” Layton, ” Tannehill Organizations: CNN, NATO, Air, Russian, Russia, Operational Command, Alliance, Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jagel, Base, AP NATO, “, ” United, Russia –, Latvia –, German Tornadoes, US Air Force, RAND Corp, US Navy, Aviators, Griffith Asia Institute, Royal Australian Air Force, US, Air National Guard, National Guard, Air Force Locations: Germany, German, Moscow, Ukrainian, Kryvyi, Black, Odesa, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, Schleswig, Jagel, ” United States, Russia – Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Japan, US, Finnish, Spangdahlem, NATO

The plan comes a day before an annual shareholders meeting where governance and strategy - including a slow pivot to battery EVs under former CEO Akio Toyoda - will be scrutinised. Toyota said it aims to launch next-generation lithium-ion batteries from 2026 offering longer ranges and quicker charging. At the high end of the market, Toyota said it would produce an EV with a more efficient lithium-ion battery offering a range of 1,000 km (621 miles). An EV powered by a solid-state battery would have a range of 1,200 km and charging time of just 10 minutes, Toyota said. "What we want to achieve is to change the future with BEVs," Takero Kato, president of new Toyota EV unit BEV Factory, said in a video posted on the automaker's YouTube channel on Tuesday.

Persons: Akio Toyoda, Koji Sato, Takero Kato, BEV Factory, Henry Ford, Koji Endo, Toyota's, I'm, it's, Toyota's BEV Factory, Kato, Tesla, Daniel Leussink, Christopher Cushing, Kevin Krolicki Organizations: Toyota, EVs, Tesla, Engineers, Toyota EV, YouTube, NEW ASSEMBLY, SBI Securities, Lexus, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, China

☆ What Is Cash Value Life Insurance and Is It Worth It?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +10 min

What is cash value life insurance? Although you’ll see insurance companies advertise various life insurance products, all policies can be divided into two categories: term and cash value. How your policy’s cash value worksCash value life insurance is so named because of its ability to build cash value. Types of cash value coverageThere are two main types of cash value insurance:Whole lifeWhole life insurance is the most popular form of cash value insurance. Universal lifeUniversal life policies are more flexible than whole life policies.

Persons: Kat Tretina, you’re, PolicyGenius, Jay Zigmont, “, they’re, ” Zigmont, Andrew Latham, you’ll, ”, Latham Organizations: Universal, American Council of Locations: Water Valley, Miss, Santa Ana, Calif

The 70-year-old former cricket hero who become prime minister in 2018 has been embroiled in a confrontation with the powerful military since he was ousted in a no-confidence vote last year. Khan was freed days later but new charges against him have been piling up. The military, which denies involvement in civilian politics, initially saw Khan with his conservative, nationalist agenda as a leader who shared their interests. But as prime minister, Khan took steps that angered the generals, in particular in connection with security sector appointments. The prime minister who replaced Khan, Shahbaz Sharif, has rejected his call for an election before one is due by late this year.

Persons: Imran Khan, Khan's, Khan, Gohar Khan, Shahbaz Sharif, Asif Shahzad, Robert Birsel Organizations: Pakistani, Court, Thomson Locations: ISLAMABAD, Islamabad

☆ Russia's claim that Ukraine could get nuclear-capable F-16s is baseless fearmongering, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Sinéad Baker | Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russia made the bizarre claim that F-16s being given to Ukraine could be fitted with nuclear weapons. Ukraine has no nuclear weapons, and the F-16s it may get won't have that capacity anyway, he said. While F-16 jets can be made to carry nuclear weapons, Ukraine does not have any nuclear weapons in its arsenal. And none of Ukraine's allies who have given it weapons and military training since Russia's invasion in February 2022 have suggested they will give Ukraine nuclear weapons. Kristensen added: "There's no way at all that any nuclear state in the West would give nuclear weapons, or nuclear weapons capability, to Ukraine.

Persons: —, Sergei Lavrov, Ukraine's, John Kirby, Joe Biden, Kirby, Lavrov, Hans Kristensen, Kristensen, that's, It's, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev Organizations: Service, US, Reuters, Federation of American Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Belarus, Europe

☆ Russia says U.S.-built F-16s could 'accommodate' nuclear weapons if sent to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 6 (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets can 'accommodate' nuclear weapons and warned that supplying Kyiv with them will escalate the conflict further. "We must keep in mind that one of the modifications of the F-16 can 'accommodate' nuclear weapons," Lavrov said in a speech at a military base in Dushanbe in Tajikistan, according to a transcript on the ministry's website. "If they do not understand this, then they are worthless as military strategists and planners." But U.S. National Security adviser Jake Sullivan said there was no final decision on Washington sending aircraft. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sergei Lavrov, Lavrov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, Lidia Kelly, Michael Perry Organizations: Russia's, U.S, Washington, Ukrainian, National Security, Thomson Locations: Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Washington, Melbourne

☆ 6 in 10 Americans aren't saving for retirement—here's where to get started
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

If you're among the cohort lacking a retirement account, just about every financial planner would tell you to get started as soon as possible. There are plenty of different ways to invest out there, including workplace retirement accounts, individual retirement accounts, accounts designed for medical expenses and regular old brokerage accounts. Still, there are some general guidelines that financial pros typically prescribe when it comes to where you park your retirement savings. Priority 3: Get triple tax savings with an HSANot every retirement saver can invest using a health savings account. Like a traditional 401(k), money you contribute to an HSA counts against your taxable income.

Persons: Christopher Lyman, Kevin Brady, Roth, you've, Amy Miller Organizations: Financial Advisors, Wealthspire Advisors Locations: Newtown , Pennsylvania, New York City, West Hartford , Connecticut

☆ Time batching is a simple but effective way to improve productivity. Here's what it looks like in practice and how to do it properly.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Time batching is a technique where you group related tasks together to avoid mentally moving in between different tasks. Time batching is one of the ways in which you can manage your time and focus levels to improve your productivity and performance rate. Through time batching, you can eliminate multitasking, which impedes productivity by reducing your attention and dedication to your performance. Also, other activities which may be seen as distractions from attaining your goal within your timeline will be eliminated or reduced, which enhances deep work focus. The simplest part of this productivity process is starting your time-batching journey.

Persons: batching, —, Eisenhower Organizations: Service, Google, Workers

☆ The average wedding just hit $29,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The average cost of a wedding, nationally, this year is $29,000, up $1,000 from 2022, according to online wedding planning site Zola. It said searches for alternative weddings – especially underwater weddings – have jumped 305% on its platform. “Though slightly challenging logistically, it should be interesting to see the data for underwater weddings in 2023,” she said. “Wedding photographer Kimber Greenwood, who specializes in underwater wedding photography, is booked to photograph 20 of them this year. The wedding industry should enjoy the recovery, because it may not last.

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☆ Opinion: The war on Russia’s doorstep just got uncomfortably close
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Michael Bociurkiw | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Then on Tuesday morning a drone attack on the Russian capital brought the conflict to Russian soil with fresh clarity. The aim here appears not to actually occupy Russian land – but to send a message to Putin and the Russian public that the Ukraine war is a waste of blood and treasure. What is perhaps likely in the short term, is that Russia will use a hybrid strategy to attack Ukraine and make life uncomfortable for the West. It is reasonable to assume that Putin will not end this war voluntarily, by submitting to a ceasefire or peace deal. And with the war he started getting uncomfortably close, I believe Putin’s days in office could be numbered as well.

Persons: Michael Bociurkiw, CNN —, Michael Bociurkiw Chrystia, Volodymyr Zelensky, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Putin, David, Goliath, Kyiv’s, ”, Zelensky, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Rather Organizations: Atlantic Council, Organization for Security, Cooperation, CNN, Russia, Putin, Kremlin, Kyiv, Russian Volunteer Corps, of Russia, Ukraine, Legion, Armed Forces of, New York Times, Nazi, Twitter Locations: Odesa, Europe, Iraq, United States, Putin Russian, Belgorod, Ukrainian, Berdiansk, Moscow, Ukraine, ”, Russia, Kyiv, Washington, Armed Forces of Ukraine

☆ Column: Germany energy transition faces key chemical sector conundrum
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Gavin Maguire | Thomson Reuters | Gavin Maguire Is The Global Energy Transition Columnist. He Was Previously Asia Commodities | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

However, Germany is also home to Europe's largest chemicals sector which churns out plastics, paints, acids and other key inputs that are critical to manufacturers and heavy industries that form the backbone of the German economy. Sharply lower business activity also caused a drop in chemicals consumption last year, but as economic activity recovered in 2023 a lingering shortage of key chemical products has pushed German chemicals prices to near record premiums over those supplied by other producers. DAMAGE DONEThe sustained high prices of German chemical products over international rivals have two important damaging consequences. If the German chemicals sector is to ensure its own long-term future, it must somehow win back any business lost among commodity manufacturers by driving product prices steadily lower relative to rival offerings. On its own, the chemicals sector may struggle to both cut costs and clean up its own product lines and emissions footprints.

Persons: Gavin Maguire, Christopher Cushing Organizations: German Chemicals Association, Reuters, Thomson Locations: LITTLETON , Colorado, Germany, Europe, South East Asia, Polymerupdate, United States

☆ The Most Expensive and Most Affordable Cities for Childcare in the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Jeremy Ney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

The most expensive counties generally have fewer childcare workers or the state doesn't provide enough financial support for low-income families. The US Department of Health and Human Services considers childcare "affordable" if it costs less than 7% of a family's income. The pandemic provided a perfect example of this dynamic: 2 million women left the workforce and haven't returned, citing childcare costs as the No. Counties with higher levels of poverty often lack affordable care as childcare workers themselves can't afford to live on the industry's low wages. In Canada, where childcare workers make more, that ratio is six to one.

Persons: haven't, It's, Joe Biden, doesn't, Annie Lowrey, Grant, Jeremy Ney Organizations: Department of Labor, US Department of Health, Human Services, New, Bay State, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US, Preschool, America, Federal Reserve Bank of New Locations: Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York City, America, Kings County, Brooklyn, Queens County, Bronx County, Bronx, Bay, While Massachusetts, California, . Mississippi, New York, Canada, Portland , Oregon, Portland, Michigan, The, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

☆ Babies Are Expensive—This Amazon Credit Card Helps Me Ease the Sting
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +4 min

To my surprise, one simple solution has taken out some of the sting, saving us hundreds of dollars: The Prime Visa credit card (previously known as the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature). (Note: To be eligible you need an Amazon Prime membership, which costs $139 per year.) I knew the Prime Visa existed—I’ve been writing about personal finance for 11 years—still, when my husband suggested we apply, I was skeptical. With my daughter about to turn one, I hope our Amazon spending will slow down a bit (though some experienced parents may smirk at my optimism). Either way, I’ll continue to put any Amazon purchases on this card and would recommend it to any new parents.

Persons: Samantha Sharf, I’ve, —, I’ll Organizations: Visa, Amazon, Amazon.com, Foods, Smart, Amazon HALO, Chase Travel, Amazon Prime, Michelin Locations: Europe

☆ In a TikTok world, many wedding traditions don't stand a chance
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The wedding industry is beginning to see the fallout of this shift away from tradition. That meant "wedding TikTok" — with its dancing groomsmen and videographers turned influencers — was the next best thing. "So it is time for us in the wedding industry to expand the definition of what a perfect day means." Adrienna McDermott spent nine years in the wedding industry before starting a marketing agency for wedding professionals called Ava and the Bee. "It really opened up my eyes for the power of TikTok," Lee said.

☆ Should You Lock in Today’s CD Rates?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +8 min

Buying a long-term CD means you could lock in today’s generous rates for years to come. Today top CD rates on three- to five-year CDs are 4% to 5%, the highest they have been since the mid 2000s. Deciding when to lock in CD rates is always a balancing act—and even more so in today’s climate of high economic uncertainty. Second, they let you lock prevailing interest rates, so if rates fall you’ll continue to earn the rate you signed up for, for the entire term of the CD. For instance, CIT Bank’s no-penalty CD has an APY of 4.9%—just a hair below the 5% APY its top regular CD offers.

☆ All the ways cars suck, according to the guy who wrote the book about it
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Knowles told Insider why Americans, and the world, love cars so much, despite the downsides. One person even wrote to The New York Times, suggesting that pedestrians crossing their street should point their guns at anyone driving in self-defense, Knowles wrote. Now, thanks to lobbying efforts by the automotive industry to move pedestrians off the roads and into cars, Americans view cars much differently, he said. Cars suck because they blow — chemicals and particulate matter, that is, Knowles wrote. Despite this, Knowles wrote, cars persist.

☆ ‘Succession’-Worthy Vacations: Where Should Shiv, Kendall, Greg and More Go After the Finale?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Matthew Kronsberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PLOT LINES Planning a trip can be as complex as planning a succession, as Shiv, Roman and Kendall surely know. Photo: Claudette Barius/HBOWHEN, ON May 28, “Succession” reaches its finale, fans will be left to muse on where the Roys will head next in their family drama and what scenic spots they might seek out to recover from all the filial backstabbing—or to engage in even more. So many enviable locations figured in the series, from the Juvet Landscape Hotel near Valldal, Norway, where the Roys conferred with rival Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) to La Foce, one of Lady Caroline’s (Harriet Walter) nuptial-weekend villas. So we asked Bellini Travel founder Emily FitzRoy (who consulted on Italy locations for the show) and other luxury planners to imagine real-life escapades for the “Succession” cast—or you, if you have the budget—after the end credits roll.

☆ This little-known rule shapes parking in America. Cities are reversing it
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Approximately 2 billion parking spots cover the country, enough to pave over the entire state of Connecticut. Cities have built so much parking through a policy few people know: minimum parking requirements. Mandatory parking minimums helped shape the modern makeup of America cities. More parking spaces mean bigger parking lots. There are an estimated three to eight parking spots for every car in America.

☆ 10 states where homeowners put the most money toward housing costs—No. 1 isn't New York or California
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It compared median income in each state to housing costs, which included mortgages, taxes, insurance, utilities and HOA fees. The analysis used 30% since it's a common benchmark for housing costs in a monthly budget. Known as the "30% rule," financial planners typically recommend putting no more than 30% of household income toward housing costs. While the median income in these states is significantly higher than the bottom-ranked states, housing costs are also elevated. As with fourth-ranked Rhode Island, there's a limited amount of land to develop in Hawaii, which has pushed up housing costs.

[1/3] Firefighters try to douse a bus that caught fire during clashes with the supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 12, 2023. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Security Committee chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. It is an endorsement of the military, which said on Monday that the rioters and their handlers had been identified, and would be tried under army laws. "The meeting endorsed to bring the miscreants, the planners who incited for violence and their facilitators to dock by trying them under constitutional provisions of concerned laws, including Pakistan Army Act and Official Secrets Act," said a statement issued by Sharif's office. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), an independent civil rights group, said it strongly opposes the use of those two laws to try civilians.

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