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During any impending general elections, real estate stakeholders conjecture exhaustively about the likely impact on the real estate market. Conventionally, the period between the announcement of the election date till the final result day is a period marked by caution and hesitancy in the overall real estate market. While investors generally refrain from making market [...]

A landmark report released Thursday by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy places drug and alcohol addiction alongside smoking, AIDS and other public health crises of the past half-century, calling the current epidemic “a moral test for America.” “The reason I’m issuing this report is I want to call our country to action around what has [...]

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Technavio’s latest report on the global general lighting market provides an analysis on the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2016-2020. Technavio defines an emerging trend as a factor that has the potential to significantly impact the market and contribute to its growth or decline. Sunil Kumar Singh, a lead [...]

Lawyers for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl filed a motion to have Gen. Robert Abrams removed from his case due to his “substantial prior involvement,” including destroying evidence, court documents show. According to Army Times, the motion filed on Friday stated Abrams referred charges against Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for five [...]

The Michigan attorney general on Wednesday sued French water company Veolia and a Texas firm for “botching” their roles in the city of Flint’s drinking water crisis that exposed residents to dangerously high lead levels. Attorney General Bill Schuette said at a news conference in Flint that the civil lawsuit was filed in Genesee County [...]

Food manufacturer General Mills on Tuesday announced a voluntary recall of more than 10 million pounds of flour due to concern over a recent E. coli outbreak possibly involving several of the company’s brands. The Minnesota-based company announced that the recall involves the Gold Medal, Wondra and Signature Kitchens brands of flour sold in Safeway, [...]