Clarity Needed In Clean Labeling
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... The “why” and “how” behind a product have become as important as the product itself, according to new research from the Nielsen Co. Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. ... perceived as bad...
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Compromise Reached in Boycott of Native American School
Release Date:
08/31/2017
Compromise Reached in Boycott of Native American School A dispute over who should lead an ... children has been resolved, just in time for the start of classes next week. The dispute centered on who would become...
Mayor De Blasio Revives Push To Convert Former Greenpoint Hospital Into Affordable Housing
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... The city is seeking proposals to transform the site of the former Greenpoint Hospital — shuttered since 1982 ... on the site, but expects proposals that could include as many as 600 —...
After Blasting Success’s Board Chair, Chancellor Rosa To Visit Success Academy On First Day Of School
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... Chancellor Rosa To Visit Success Academy On First Day Of School To ring in the new school year, Chancellor Betty Rosa picked a seemingly ... and to lesser extent, Success Academy itself. The Board of...
A Helpful Tool to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... epidemic has led every state but Missouri to establish one of these programs, which allow doctors and regulators to ... controlled substances have been dispensed to patients. A new analysis shows that...
Editorial: A Promising Idea To Fight Opioids
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... that is so darn good you wonder why no one had thought of it before. Such is the case with Peconic Care, a proposed ... else in the country. Its 40-acre campus, pitched for part of the Enterprise Park site in...
Major Gifts Follow When Fundraisers Adhere to a Research Plan Consistently, Study Says
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... using a system erratically or not at all, according to a new survey. While that may seem like common sense, the study found that only 37 percent of charities surveyed follow a major-donor identification system...
Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... Food The national debate on health care is moving into a new , hopefully bipartisan phase. The fundamental underlying ... challenge is cost – the massive and ever-rising price of care which drives nearly all...
Billionaire Diller’s Plan for Elaborate Pier in the Hudson is Dead
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... in the Hudson is Dead Diller Island is dead. After years of toe-to-toe battling with a small band of critics and a fellow billionaire, Barry Diller said ... fizzling end to a grand scheme that aimed to create...
Obama Foundation to Host Global Summit in Chicago
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... in Chicago Former President Barack Obama announced in a new video Wednesday that he will gather together civic ... empower people to change the world," Obama says at the end of his video message. "...
Mayor's Affordable Housing Not Helping People Who Need it Most, Study Says
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... crisis unabated, housing advocates are asking why most of the units created or preserved under Mayor Bill de ... housing plan fail to target the city’s low-income New Yorkers who need help the most. The de...
Harvard Endowment Reports ‘Disappointing’ 8.1 Percent Return
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... 8.1 Percent Return Describing the results as “disappointing,” Harvard University reported on ... return for its most recent fiscal year. The endowment’s new chief executive, N. P. Narvekar, said that the fund...
A Start-Up Slump Is a Drag on the Economy. Big Business May Be to Blame.
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... be found in a start-up slump — a decline in the creation of new businesses — and a growing understanding of what’s behind it. A total of 414,000 businesses were ...
Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... early ‘60s called ‘How to Ask a Question’: “Each of man’s advances was started by a question….Knowing what ... important than the eventual answers.” When it comes to new products and services, this design-...
Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... good a school is? Test scores? Culture? Attendance? In the new federal education law (the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA) states are asked to use five measures of student success. The first four are...
Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... to Vanderbilt University next year to discuss the future of preserving broadcast television news. With funding from ... for the Next Generation” workshop, with the goal of developing new...
General Motors Is Going All Electric
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... all-electric, zero-emissions future. That starts with two new , fully electric models next year—then at least 18 more ... That product onslaught puts the company at the forefront of an increasingly large crowd...
NYers Face Harsher ATM Fees Than Nearly Anyone in Nation, Study Finds
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... study from financial site Bankrate.com. People who use out- of -network ATM fees are often hit with two fees -- the charge ... are up a staggering 55 percent, Bankrate.com says. And New Yorkers have it worse...
FDA's Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely Expand Treatment
Release Date:
10/04/2017
FDA's Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely Expand ... for the Medicaid program's criteria for treatment with a new class of highly effective but pricey drugs. The...
Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... in the U.S. with a mission to make capital meet the needs of poor communities have a foothold in the bond market. ... a CDFI made a bond offering. The bond markets are a whole new ocean of...