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NYC Council Votes to Keep Outdoor Dining Sheds Year-Round
Politics

NYC Council Votes to Keep Outdoor Dining Sheds Year-Round

New York City reverses the Adams-era winter teardown rule for restaurant sheds, but permit delays and upkeep costs may d...

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Athletes at U.S. Para Track Championships Talk Medals, Family and TV Gaps
News

Athletes at U.S. Para Track Championships Talk Medals, Family and TV Gaps

Interviews from Icahn Stadium show elite para and able-bodied runners balancing podium ambitions with teenage life, whil...

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Atlantic Pacific Leases Two Miami-Dade Public Sites for 614 Apartments
Real Estate

Atlantic Pacific Leases Two Miami-Dade Public Sites for 614 Apartments

Two land-lease deals would let Atlantic Pacific Companies add 364 income-restricted school-site apartments and 250 Overt...

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Hillwood Closes 618 Acres for $1.2B Lantern Community Near Pilot Point
Real Estate

Hillwood Closes 618 Acres for $1.2B Lantern Community Near Pilot Point

Ross Perot Jr.'s Hillwood has acquired the land for Lantern, a 2,000-home community near Pilot Point, and will delay con...

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LA County ADU Construction Hits Record, Making Up 38% of New Housing in 2025
Real Estate

LA County ADU Construction Hits Record, Making Up 38% of New Housing in 2025

USC: LA County completed 10,230 ADUs in 2025, or 37.5% of new housing, but the region remains far short of its 812,000-u...

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DePaul’s $42M Athletic Facility Leads Chicago’s Weekly Construction Permits
Real Estate

DePaul’s $42M Athletic Facility Leads Chicago’s Weekly Construction Permits

A $42.4 million DePaul athletic center, a 73-unit Lincoln Square addition and a Digital Realty data-center upgrade headl...

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Miami's Top Construction Permits: Rilea's $86M Wynwood Apartments Lead Weekly Filings
Real Estate

Miami's Top Construction Permits: Rilea's $86M Wynwood Apartments Lead Weekly Filings

Rilea Group's 300-unit Mohawk at Wynwood leads Miami's latest building permits, ahead of Craig Robins' Design District o...

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Nordic Partners Buys 107-Unit Seattle Apartments at 55% Below Average Per-Unit Price
Real Estate

Nordic Partners Buys 107-Unit Seattle Apartments at 55% Below Average Per-Unit Price

The $14.4 million purchase of the former Monticello Apartments values each unit at $134,112, a sharp pricing reset for S...

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Vacant Phoenix Office Tower to Become 340-Room JW Marriott in $200M Adaptive Reuse
Real Estate

Vacant Phoenix Office Tower to Become 340-Room JW Marriott in $200M Adaptive Reuse

LaPour Partners is converting a vacant 19-story downtown Phoenix office building into a 340-room JW Marriott, betting $2...

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Abbott's Data-Center Audits Delay Texas Grid Approvals by Months
Energy

Abbott's Data-Center Audits Delay Texas Grid Approvals by Months

ERCOT cannot meet deadlines for its latest interconnection batch after Texas ordered data-center audits, stalling a pipe...

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Sharif El-Gamal Sues Arden Group Over Margaritaville Hotel Foreclosure Sale
Real Estate

Sharif El-Gamal Sues Arden Group Over Margaritaville Hotel Foreclosure Sale

The developer claims the October 2023 UCC sale was rigged with a $1,000 credit bid and restrictive rules, while lenders ...

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Anthropic's Potential $2 Trillion IPO Would Shatter Wall Street Records
Companies

Anthropic's Potential $2 Trillion IPO Would Shatter Wall Street Records

Investors expect Anthropic, the maker of Claude, to seek at least a $2 trillion valuation in a possible October 2026 IPO...

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Brazil’s Fuel-Bill Deal Shows the Shape of a Possible 2027 Fiscal Adjustment
Economy

Brazil’s Fuel-Bill Deal Shows the Shape of a Possible 2027 Fiscal Adjustment

Brazil's PLP 114 negotiation paired short-term spending with two fiscal triggers estimated at about R$10 billion, previe...

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Pátria Offers R$107.5 Million for Four Floors of Rio's Torre do Rio Sul
Real Estate

Pátria Offers R$107.5 Million for Four Floors of Rio's Torre do Rio Sul

Pátria Escritórios' bid for four occupied floors would deepen its Rio exposure; Capitânia wants shareholders to vote on ...

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Livelo launches loyalty index as Brazilians treat points like household savings
Companies

Livelo launches loyalty index as Brazilians treat points like household savings

New ILF index debuts at 75.8/100; a Livelo-commissioned survey of 1,250 Brazilians found 87% of loyalty users see points...

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Forbes Fires Top Editor Over Undisclosed $6 Million Payment From Ranking Partner
Companies

Forbes Fires Top Editor Over Undisclosed $6 Million Payment From Ranking Partner

Randall Lane is out as Forbes editor-in-chief after the company learned he took about $6 million from RJ Shook, whose Sh...

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Shein's Reported $2.8bn Hong Kong IPO Faces Valuation Fight as Growth Cools
Companies

Shein's Reported $2.8bn Hong Kong IPO Faces Valuation Fight as Growth Cools

Shein is reportedly set to launch a Hong Kong IPO next week targeting $30bn-$40bn, down more than 60% from its 2022 priv...

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Osaka’s Third Metro Referendum Could Split Its Property Market
Real Estate

Osaka’s Third Metro Referendum Could Split Its Property Market

After Japan’s Diet passed a vice-capital law and Yoshimura won re-election, Osaka is preparing another vote to replace t...

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Rio Court Sets Aug. 25 Bankruptcy Hearing for Oi as Cash and Asset Sales Stall
Companies

Rio Court Sets Aug. 25 Bankruptcy Hearing for Oi as Cash and Asset Sales Stall

A Rio court will hear Oi's bankruptcy case on August 25. The operator says cash will run out this month, has agreed to c...

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Brazil Finance Ministry Says More Than 5 Million People Blocked From Online Betting
Politics

Brazil Finance Ministry Says More Than 5 Million People Blocked From Online Betting

Restrictions tied to Desenrola debt relief, social-benefit rules and self-exclusion, as the government also moves to pub...

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STF Mediation Ends Without Deal on R$6.6bn BRB Rescue Loan
Companies

STF Mediation Ends Without Deal on R$6.6bn BRB Rescue Loan

A Supreme Court conciliation hearing failed to unlock the R$6.6bn credit Brasília needs to capitalize Banco de Brasília,...

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Tyson Foods Stock Snapshot: 3.66% Forward Yield and a 3.26% Trailing ROE
Markets

Tyson Foods Stock Snapshot: 3.66% Forward Yield and a 3.26% Trailing ROE

As of Aug. 13, 2026, Tyson Foods traded around $56–57 with a $19.8bn market cap, a 3.66% forward dividend yield and a 3....

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SK Hynix’s August 2026 Valuation Snapshot: 92.7% ROE, No Dividend and a 0.27 PEG
Markets

SK Hynix’s August 2026 Valuation Snapshot: 92.7% ROE, No Dividend and a 0.27 PEG

A market data page shows a lofty 92.7% trailing return on equity, a low 0.27 PEG and no forward payout — raising questio...

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What Applied Materials' 13 August Data Page Shows on Valuation
Companies

What Applied Materials' 13 August Data Page Shows on Valuation

A 13 August 2026 data page on Applied Materials offers segment details and three valuation metrics, but no stock price o...

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Antofagasta's LSE Snapshot Shows 10.63 EV/EBITDA and 15.13% ROE
Companies

Antofagasta's LSE Snapshot Shows 10.63 EV/EBITDA and 15.13% ROE

The London-headquartered copper miner's data page details its Chilean operations and by-products, but leaves out the PEG...

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Pen Underwriting Doubles UK Property Owners Capacity to £120m in Sompo Deal
Insurance

Pen Underwriting Doubles UK Property Owners Capacity to £120m in Sompo Deal

A new three-year Endurance Worldwide arrangement consolidates Pen's digital and manual property owners channels, adding ...

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How Insurance Business UK Chose Its 2026 5-Star Construction Insurers
Insurance

How Insurance Business UK Chose Its 2026 5-Star Construction Insurers

Insurance Business UK's broker-driven special report has recognised standout insurers in UK construction cover, with the...

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Intact Insurance's AI Lead: Business Priorities, Not Data, Should Drive Transformation
Insurance

Intact Insurance's AI Lead: Business Priorities, Not Data, Should Drive Transformation

Intact's Luca Piccolo says insurers should map AI to strategic goals, deliver returns through 'vertical stripe' projects...

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Why Underwriters Say 'Yes' to Complex Risks: Trust, Preparation and Context
Insurance

Why Underwriters Say 'Yes' to Complex Risks: Trust, Preparation and Context

First Underwriting's Simon Taylor explains why underwriters back complex risks when trusted brokers do the groundwork, a...

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Xi's Graft Purges Create an Underground Paid Market for Chinese Official Leaks
Politics

Xi's Graft Purges Create an Underground Paid Market for Chinese Official Leaks

Banyuetan says paid chat rooms sell purported tips on who may be next to fall, with fees up to 399 yuan, as opaque anti-...

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