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Blackstone backed out of hotels in the nick of time. “It wasn’t because we anticipated the pandemic,” said president Jonathan Gray on the firm’s Q2 earnings call Thursday. Rather, the investment giant saw greater promise in the rental housing, life sciences and industrial buildings it picked up in the past year — investments that helped it nearly double its distributable earnings year-over-year. Now, the firm is betting on recovery, with plans to pull hospitality, which currently comp...

by Bev Betkowski (Troy Media/University of Alberta) University of Alberta research is brewing up better ways to help ethanol producers make the most of plant waste they use to make their fuel. A process developed by researcher David Bressler’s lab in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences makes it possible to break down stubborn plant tissues to make clean-burning ethanol, and also creates a renewable high-value product “with remarkable properties,” said Michael Ch...

sugar factory industry line production cane process A research by the University of Alberta is brewing up better ways to help ethanol producers make the most of plant waste they use to make their fuel. A process developed by researcher David Bressler’s lab in the  Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences makes it possible to break down stubborn plant tissues to make clean-burning ethanol. It also creates a renewable high-value product “with remarkable properties,” said Mic...

University of Alberta research is brewing up better ways to help ethanol producers make the most of plant waste they use to make their fuel. A process...

Operator Good day everyone, and welcome to the Blackstone Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2020 Investor Call hosted by Weston Tucker, Head of Investor Relations. My name is Leslie, and Im the Event Manager. [Operator Instructions] And I would like to hand you over to your host for today, Weston. Please go ahead. Weston Tucker -- Senior Managing Director, Shareholder Relations Terrific, thanks, Leslie, and good morning, and welcome to Blackstones fourth quarter conference call. Joining today are S...

Nets dedicate season opener to New York’s essential workers Share this story As the long anticipated 2020-21 season kicks off Tuesday, the Nets are dedicating their opening night at Barclays Center to the city’s essential workers “who have shown the world what it means to be ‘New York Tough.’” Throughout the evening, the Nets will highlight and thank “local heroes who have helped lead New York through the early days of the coronavirus pandemic and have continued to serve on the fr...

Abbott Dining Hall honored with fifth design award Abbott Dining Hall honored with fifth design award   1 / 4  The Lawrenceville School’s Abbott Dining Hall, designed by the Philadelphia-based firm of Voith & Mactavish Architects LLP, has been honored with a fifth design award: the 2020 Institute of Classical Architecture and Art’s (ICAA) Stanford White Award in the category of Commercial, Civic and Institutional Architecture.PHOTOS COURTESY OF JEFFREY TOTARO   2 / 4  The Lawrencevil...