Why Are Thousands of Hotel Workers on Strike?

Pandemic-era cuts to staffing and services like daily housekeeping and room service have persisted, which unions say has resulted in lower incomes and heavier workloads for remaining workers. Hotels and Travel Lodgings, Strikes, Travel and Vacations, Labor and Jobs, Wages and Salaries, Organized Labor, Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc, Hyatt Hotels Corp, Marriott International Inc, Unite Here,…

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Why It’s So Hard for China to Fix Its Ailing Economy

A real estate collapse has made consumers cautious and businesses wary, as China confronts a crisis unlike any other since it opened its economy to the world. China, Economic Conditions and Trends, Labor and Jobs, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Banking and Financial Institutions, Foreign Investments A real estate collapse has made consumers cautious and businesses wary, as…

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Leonard Riggio, 83, Dies; Founded Barnes & Noble and Upended Publishing

He pioneered the bookstore-as-superstore, a retail behemoth that dominated the industry before Amazon overtook it with its online reach. Riggio, Leonard, Deaths (Obituaries), Barnes & Noble Inc, Book Trade and Publishing, Books and Literature, Amazon.com Inc, Manhattan (NYC) He pioneered the bookstore-as-superstore, a retail behemoth that dominated the industry before Amazon overtook it with its online reach. NYT…

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Silicon Valley Wants to Fight Fires With Fire

How some high-tech entrepreneurs are trying to use new forms of technology to solve the problem of mega-wildfires in the age of climate change. California, Wildfires, Forests and Forestry, Venture Capital, Kodama Systems Inc, Entrepreneurship, Fires and Firefighters, Logging Industry, Start-ups, Conservation of Resources, Global Warming How some high-tech entrepreneurs are trying to use new forms of…

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Push for Gender Equality in E.U.’s Top Roles Looks Set to Fall Short

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, asked member countries to nominate both men and women for commission roles. Politics and Government, Discrimination, Gender, Women and Girls, Boards of Directors, Women’s Rights, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, Kallas, Kaja (1977- ), von der Leyen, Ursula, Europe Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, asked…

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Scientists modify citrus pectin with induced electric field

Pectin, a natural and nontoxic acidic polysaccharide, is widely found in the primary cell wall and inner layer of terrestrial higher plants. The main domains of pectin are homogalacturonan and rhamnogalacturonan I, which contribute to the complexity of structure among natural polysaccharides. Pectin, a natural and nontoxic acidic polysaccharide, is widely found in the primary cell…

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Scientists modify citrus pectin with induced electric field

Pectin, a natural and nontoxic acidic polysaccharide, is widely found in the primary cell wall and inner layer of terrestrial higher plants. The main domains of pectin are homogalacturonan and rhamnogalacturonan I, which contribute to the complexity of structure among natural polysaccharides. Pectin, a natural and nontoxic acidic polysaccharide, is widely found in the primary cell…

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Rudy Franchi, Who Put Movies at the Center of a Technicolor Life, Dies at 85

He brought French classics to New York, published a film magazine, worked as a Hollywood publicist and, as seen on “Antiques Roadshow,” thrived selling vintage film posters and other ephemera. Deaths (Obituaries), Memorabilia and Souvenirs, Posters, Movies, Antiques, Antiques Roadshow (TV Program), Franchi, Rudy He brought French classics to New York, published a film magazine, worked as…

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