BERLIN (Reuters) – Insurance technology company Wefox is strengthening its top team with the appointment of former Zurich International CEO Peter Huber, as the Berlin startup looks to speed the rollout of new products following a $650 million funding round
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Opinion | The Disaster We Must Make Mundane
I am from a place where it is impossible not to have the idea of climate disaster circling about my head. My family is from the rural part of eastern North Carolina. Environmental justice, as a term, emerges from the
Opinion | ‘The Most Important Number You’ve Never Heard Of’
There’s a good reason climate change is called the policy problem from hell. Several good reasons, actually, but let’s start with a big one: Fighting climate change forces society to spend real money today to reap benefits that will occur
TSG-backed Dutch Bros valued at over $5 billion in NYSE debut
(Reuters) – Shares of Dutch Bros Inc, which is backed by private equity firm TSG, rose over 41% in their stock market debut on Wednesday, valuing the coffee chain at $5.36 billion. Shares opened at $32.5, compared to the initial
Opinion | Remote Work Saved Me During Covid. Now de Blasio Is Taking It Away.
Like many working mothers, I struggled with work-life balance long before Covid. I was overwhelmed and exhausted, and despite having a secure job as a senior manager at New York’s Department of City Planning with good benefits, decent pay, reasonable
The $3.5 Trillion Question
President Barack Obama’s 2009 stimulus bill was an economic success and a political failure. Passed during the depths of a financial crisis, the law’s combination of tax cuts and government spending helped prevent another Great Depression. Stocks began rising within
The risks that Asia faces from a tottering China Evergrande
The authorities in China have moved again to stanch the continuous flow of bad news from China Evergrande, the world’s most indebted real estate company. Late Thursday night brought news that China’s Financial Stability and Development Committee had approved plans
Opinion | We Are Becoming a Nation of Vigilantes
In the seemingly endless battle to deny disfavored groups equal citizenship, Republican lawmakers around the country have repurposed an old tool to new and cruel effect. They’ve inverted private enforcement laws — marshaled over the years to discipline fraudulent government
Opinion | Hurricane Ida Offers a Glimpse of the Dystopia That’s Coming for All of Us
As a boy, Louis Armstrong worked for the Karnofsky family. The Karnofskys’ tailor shop on South Rampart Street in New Orleans became a second home to him, and the family helped him buy his first cornet. On Sunday night, the
Opinion | A More Secular America Is Not Just a Problem for Republicans
By Ryan Burge Mr. Burge, an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University and a Baptist pastor, has written extensively about the interaction of religion and politics. Since 1988, the General Social Survey has been asking Americans of