Developers of a massive New York real estate project celebrated a major milestone on Wednesday with the pouring of a “last bucket” of cement on the first building slated to be finished at the Hudson Yards site on Manhattan’s west side. Retailer Coach Inc is scheduled in March 2016 to be the first tenant to occupy the building, 10 Hudson Yards, the largest commercial building ever erected in New York
Two senior officials from the Environmental Protection Agency told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that they cannot divulge new details about the agency’s probe of Volkswagen without jeopardizing their investigation. In written testimony submitted to a House oversight panel a day ahead of a Thursday hearing, the EPA officials also said that Volkswagen AG concealed information about its ploy to cheat on diesel emissions after higher emission levels were discovered. In
General Electric has reshuffled several energy management and research operations into a new subsidiary called “Current” aimed at new energy technologies, the company announced Wednesday. The new unit, which integrates lighting, solar, energy storage and electrical businesses, will work with clients to analyze energy use and provide suggestions on boosting efficiency. GE listed several large companies that have signed on with Current, including Walgreen, JPMorgan Chase, Simon Property Group and
(NaturalNews) When campaigning in 2008 for what would become his first term in office, Senator Barack Obama promised that his health care reform plan, which would eventually pass and be dubbed “Obamacare”, would lower overall health insurance premiums for Americans by an average of…
(NaturalNews) A major health care group headed up by a big Democratic donor will pay $118 million in order to settle false claims and allegations of fraud that were leveled against the company by whistleblowers, the Washington Free Beacon reports.In an announcement, the Department…
(NaturalNews) Avowed socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is challenging former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, has a plan to reduce what can only be described as incarceration abuse. Sanders, in seeking to “end the private…
