Chinese internet companies have moved to the forefront of the industry with the help of government policies, but regulations need to evolve with the times to help the industry manage problems and its development, Alibaba Group's CEO said. Daniel Zhang made the comments at the World Internet Conference on Monday.
Green Builder Media has joined forces with architect and building science expert Sam Rashkin, longtime housing industry influencer and author of Retooling the U.S. Housing Industry, to develop and implement the Housing 2.0 Program, a flexible year-long, wide-ranging engagement and education program dedicated to optimizing the housing sector.
- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday announced two rules aimed at lowering drug prices for people 65 and older in the Medicare health insurance program, prompting a biotechnology industry group to accuse the president of seeking political revenge.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries joined by the U.S. Senate Recycling Caucus hosted the annual State of Recycling Briefing. “While the factors surrounding COVID-19 put enormous pressures on recycling, it also triggered an awakening of the importance of recycling as that first link in the manufacturing supply chain,” said ISRI President Robin Wiener.
Canada's main stock index was muted at the open on Friday as a drop in energy shares offset gains in materials stocks, with rising coronavirus cases globally weighing on sentiment. * At 9:30 a.m. ET, the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 1.89 points, or 0.01%, at 16,911.7.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak have pledged there will be no return to austerity, Johnson's spokesman said on Friday after being asked whether there will be a renewed squeeze on public sector pay.
The Bank of Japan and the country's financial regulator Financial Services Agency held a first round of talks on ways to enhance cooperation over their banking sector inspections, the central bank said on Friday.
Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, today announced it has been named to Battery Ventures list of the 25 Highest-Rated Private Cloud Computing Companies to Work for During the COVID Crisis. The ranking is based on Couchbases Glassdoor reviews over the past six months, which demonstrates the companys ability to lead during a crisis.
Ryan Sitton, founder of Pinnacle, the worlds largest reliability data analytics company and author of debut book, Crucial Decisions, was recently featured as a guest lecturer to university students enrolled in top energy management programs across the country.
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