Deborah Birx speaks last April in the Oval Office as then-President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting attended by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican and Trump ally. mandel ngan/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Former White House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx is joining the George W. Bush Institute …
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Mastercard Inc. pledges to hit the equivalent of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, an increasingly familiar refrain across major companies and government bodies as a Joe Biden-led U.S. looks to rejoin global counterparts in trying to slow man-made climate change. The nature of Mastercard’s MA, -0.45% business poses a …
Read More »Rick Elmendorf joins Movement Mortgage in Northern Virginia to expand Movement Military VA lending
Movement Mortgage, a national top 10 retail mortgage lender, is excited to announce the addition of Rick Elmendorf and his team to its Northern Virginia market. Elmendorf brings more than 20 years of mortgage experience to Movement’s rapidly growing team. In 2020, Rick and his team funded more than $ 340 million in mortgages and served 753 families. Elmendorf’s decision to join Movement follows the company’s recent announcement to launch Movement …
Read More »: Nio joins Tesla and other rivals in rush to offer more shares in electric-vehicle companies
Electric-car companies may be selling more shares than cars at the end of 2020. Amid an explosion in stock prices of electric-vehicle manufacturers, Chinese EV company Nio Inc. NIO, +2.75% announced Thursday afternoon that it plans to sell at least 60 million fresh American depositary shares, with an additional 9 …
Read More »: Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney joins asset manager that owns New York’s World Financial Center
Carney became the governor of the Bank of Canada in 2008 and is widely credited with successfully steering the country through the financial crisis. Peter Summers/Reuters Mark Carney is taking his first job since leaving the top post at the Bank of England earlier this year, returning to the private …
Read More »JETS ETF joins the mile-high club, topping $1 billion in assets, even as air travel sinks 90%
Are a group of retail investors about to get grounded? Over the past two months, investors have plowed so much money into an exchange-traded fund with an out-of-favor investing thesis that it’s recently become one of only a handful of ETFs to reach $ 1 billion in assets under management. …
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