Japan’s Mori Building Buys 11% Stake in $4.7B NYC Skyscraper From SL Green

One Vanderbilt Avenue is NYC’s fourth-tallest building (Image: Mori Building) One of Japan’s largest developers just gave a vote of confidence to New York City’s office market with Mori Building announcing late this week that it has acquired an 11 percent stake in supertall One Vanderbilt Avenue from property giant SL Green at a gross

Green spoonworm: The female tentacle monsters that turn males into ‘living testicles’

Female green spoonworms lie on the seafloor, gobbling up particles of organic matter as it floats by. (Image credit: Poelzer Wolfgang / Alamy Stock Photo) Name: Green spoonworm (Bonellia viridis) Where it lives: Seabeds in the northeast Atlantic, from the Mediterranean to northern Norway What it eats: Organic matter filtered from the water and small invertebrates. Why

3 Things Parents Should Know about ‘Wicked’

Elphaba is a shy, gifted girl with a unique talent and a distinctive complexion. She’s green from head to toe. She’s been that way since birth, and well, nobody knows why.  It’s the reason her father ostracized her. It’s why the neighborhood kids bullied her. It’s why she’s timid and reserved and deeply insecure.  But

Crude Oil ticks back up in the green after US PMI show pickup in activity

Crude Oil back on track for 5% weekly gain after volatile Friday ride. US PMI release revealed US economy exceptionalism back on track.  The US Dollar Index broke a fresh two-year high and gets to keep those gains heading into the last trading hours for this week.  Crude Oil price is set to close off

Gold trades higher on Russia-Ukraine escalation

Gold rallies for the fifth day in a row on Friday on the back of increased safe-haven demand due to Russia threats.  Headwinds for the precious metal may come from shifting US interest rate expectations and the strong performance of the US Dollar. Technically, XAU/USD extends giants, fulfilling the promise of the bullish Three White

Russia’s claim of emissions in annexed Ukraine regions draws protests at COP29

BAKU, Azerbaijan – Russia has included the territories it occupies in Ukraine in its recent greenhouse gas inventory report to the UN, drawing protests from Kyiv officials and activists at the COP29 climate summit this week. The move by Moscow comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin eyes potential peace deal negotiations with US President-elect Donald