Trump Administration Ends Credit for Start-Stop Feature in Cars
Manufacturers will no longer get a credit toward vehicle emissions standards by installing engines that automatically stop at red lights. Source: Original News
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In Munich, Lawmakers Concede Scars Remain After Trump’s Greenland Threat
Congress members said that President Trump’s coveting of Greenland had left a mark, even as they expressed hope for a less bellicose approach to foreign relations. Source: Original News
Craft beer maker Brewdog put up for sale
Consultants Alix Partners have been brought in to oversee the sales process which could lead to the businesses being broken up. Source: Original News
Gender pay gap won’t close for another 30 years, warns union
The average woman employee “effectively works for 47 days of the year for free,” according to the Trades Union Congress. Source: Original News
Could Manchester be a model for the UK to kickstart growth?
With an annual growth rate of 3.1%, Manchester’s economy has performed twice as well as that of the UK as a whole. Source: Original News
In First Public Comments Since Trump’s Racist Video, Obama Laments Lost Decorum
In a podcast interview, former President Barack Obama did not directly address the video posted by Mr. Trump but denounced a “clown show” on social media. Source: Original News
Could an Electronic Coach Help Ski Jumpers Leap Farther?
Future Olympic prospects are testing a device that can give them corrective advice in real time as they hurtle into the air. Source: Original News
Republican State Legislators Rush to Limit Their Own Regulators
South Carolina’s state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance. Source: Original News
More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.
In Minneapolis, videos of the Alex Pretti killing undermined the federal government’s account. But an A.I. video of Brad Pitt shows the dangers ahead. Source: Original News
Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality
President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world. Source: Original News