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A Federal Reserve-issued digital dollar could speed up payments, expand financial access and reduce financial crime. But it also brings trade-offs that policymakers are only just beginning to consider.
Now streaming on: I'm pretty much paraded out. The high point for me was the Fourth of July 25 years ago in Three Oaks, Mich., where Shriners performed an intricate choreography while riding their power mowers. But I now believe Philadelphia's Mummers Parade must be worth attending every year. The marchers aren't hauling ads for Pepsi or anchoring giant inflated Ronald McDonald balloons. They march because of fierce generational pride. This I learn from Tom Quinn's "The New Year Parade," an appealing indie feature that weaves together the traditions of the parade and an Irish-American family....
Share this article TEMPE, Ariz., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Persefoni, an intelligent carbon accounting and management platform for enterprises and investors, today announced it has raised $9.7 million in its Series A financing round. Rice Investment Group led the round, with participation from NGP ETP and Sallyport Investments. Persefoni intends to use the funds for business expansion, product innovation, recruitment, and to scale its business internationally. As global companies strive to fight climate change and respond to new requirements increasingly being made by investors and ...
Persefoni’s carbon accounting platform raises $9.7 million The carbon accounting and management platform Persefoni now has $9.7 million more in funding to support its international expansion, product development, and recruitment efforts. The round, led by Rice Investment Group with participation from NGP ETP, the electricity, renewable and sustainability-focused investment arm of the oil and gas and power focused investment fund NGP, comes only about six months after the startup’s initial launch in August. Founded only last January, Persefoni touts its tools to assemble, calculate, manage...
Super Bowl Ad Review: Bud Light, Tide, Jeep Try to Look Past the Pandemic Brian Steinberg, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Super Bowl ads typically offer a mirror on society, but on Sunday they provided a window into the future. Dozens of Super Bowl advertisers ignored the coronavirus pandemic that grips the nation, and looked instead to the better times they hope will arrive in weeks to come. Few if any of the characters in more than four dozen commercials spread out across 19 different breaks were spotted wearing masks or social distancing, and some were seen gathering in small groups —...