A growing movement to finance net zero at COP28

It is a great pleasure to be here to launch the Net Zero Export Credit Agencies Alliance (NZECA) convened by UNEP. I am grateful to the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), co-chaired by Mark Carney, and the University of Oxford’s Center for Innovation and Knowledge and the Future Climate Partnership for their support … Read more

AmTech teaches, challenges students through an entrepreneurial event.

AmTech Career Academy held an Entrepreneur’s Age conference Friday to give area high school students a chance to listen and learn business skills through a variety of hands-on and team-building exercises. Students from across the city were tasked with creating a new bagel for a bagel place, pitching ideas for a new food truck for … Read more

Business Brief | December 1 News, sports, jobs

RSW released a report on passenger totals in October In October, 737,527 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) in Fort Myers. This was a significant increase of 70% compared to the October 2022 hurricane Ian’s decline. It was the second-best October on record in the airport’s 41-year history. Year-on-year, passenger traffic decreased by … Read more

A biotech company that aims to make permanent brain implants has bought Edison’s foundry

The future of bioengineering blurs the line between brain and computer, enabling machines to work with the neural impulses that control our movement, speech and thinking. A facility in Edison is making the tools to make the future a reality. New York biotech company Precision Neuroscience earlier this year bought a North Texas-based microelectromechanical systems … Read more

Trump’s financial supervisor told a judge about the money transfers

Former United States President Donald Trump returns from leave to appear on civil fraud charges in New York Supreme Court on November 6, 2023 in New York City. Adam Gray | AFP | Getty Images The financial watchdog overseeing the Trump Organization told a New York judge on Wednesday it needed a previously undisclosed $40 … Read more

Sports Illustrated is the latest media company to be affected by AI testing.

NEW YORK (AP) – Are computer-generated writers … writing computer-generated stories? Sports Illustrated has seen its name tarnished in the near future for being less than forthcoming — if not valid — about who or what is writing its stories at the dawn of the artificial intelligence era. The once-mighty publication said it was firing … Read more

The United States needs a bold vision for American trade.

Earlier this month, Western Hemisphere leaders gathered in Washington DC to outline a new framework for economic cooperation in the region. The framework in question, the American Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP), aims to address a variety of economic, environmental and social challenges. While the inaugural meeting announced five new initiatives, there were no concrete … Read more

Rochester NY Business Improvement District plan announced

News about Rochester’s potential business improvement district provided some clarity Tuesday morning. Mayor Malik Evans, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello and leaders from the downtown Rochester business and nonprofit communities gathered at the City Hall press conference, along with Downtown Rochester Partnership Executive Director Galin Brooks and Board Chair and President Joe Stefko. / General … Read more

NJ business owners have a ‘mixed bag’ view of the economy.

3 minutes of reading Small Business Advice: Lark Street Music in Teaneck NJ Buzzy Levine, owner of Lark Street Music Shop, offers advice to local businesses. Miguel Fernandez and Paul Wood Jr., NorthJersey.com Are business owners more optimistic about New Jersey’s economy this year? There were many in the much-anticipated annual survey released Monday by … Read more

The Commissioner of Agriculture will participate in the Kenya trade mission

Browsing markets… The focus of the USDA trade trip was biotechnology in the African country. published on November 27, 2023 Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Ryan Quarles said an upcoming trip to Kenya could open up more agricultural trade opportunities for Kentucky and the United States. (Kentucky Department of Agriculture) FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner … Read more