When Amanda Greeley isn’t leading design and creative for lingerie startup Cuup in New York City, she’s in Charleston designing a very different outfit essential: shoes. Greeley, a former Coach merchandiser, is the founder and designer of Thelma, a 3-year-o…
Theres a fair amount of heat even in the cold air, said Vijay Modi, a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University. He estimated that a home heat pump could cut electricity use by as much as two-thirds compared with more traditional heating syst…
Tobacco giant Altria said it wrote down its investment in e-cigarette maker Juul by $4.5 billion during the third quarter. The company said no one factor led to the charge, but it did cite the rising regulatory pressure on vaping and flavored…
LONDON (Reuters) – British business minister Nadhim Zahawi on Thursday welcomed Spirit AeroSystems’ (SPR.N) purchase of Bombardier’s (BBDb.TO) plant in Belfast as great news for workers and a welcome investment in the United Kingdom. Canada’s Bombardier sai…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. trade policy and its impact on business investment, manufacturing and exports were a key factor in the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut rates, chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday. But the Fed also signaled in its statement that i…
(Reuters) – The global grounding of Boeing’s (BA.N) 737 MAX jet is weighing on Canadian economic investment in machinery and equipment, with carriers unable to take deliveries of the planes, the Bank of Canada said on Wednesday in a report. Investment in ma…