August 2021

“Significant questions remain regarding effectiveness and the potential impacts on human ,” air quality experts wrote about the equipment schools are buying. WASHINGTON — The Education Department is drafting new guidance about indoor air safety in schools, administration officials said, as a group of scientists, engineers and experts warn that schools have spent hundreds of millions of federal dollars on electronic air cleaning devices that are scientifically unproven and could produce harmful chemical byproducts. At least 250 public schools or school systems and some universities have bought the devices, including…

Every barge taken off the shipping route would add about 70 tractor-trailers to the roadways, an expert estimated. But trucks are in short supply. A crack in the Interstate 40 bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, highlights some of the nation’s biggest supply chain vulnerabilities, but engineers are hopeful they may be able to at least reopen shipping on the Mississippi River in the next week to alleviate some of the strain. The Hernando de Soto Bridge, a vital Midwest shipping route that connects Arkansas and Tennessee, has been shut down to…

Mortgage application volume lost ground again last week, although the decline was small and refinancing volume pulled out a sliver of a gain. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of…

“The opportunities for Paper Source to work with Barnes & Noble are tremendously exciting for both businesses,” said Barnes & Noble’s CEO. / Source: CNBC.com Elliott Investment Management, the owner of Barnes & Noble, said Tuesday it will acquire gift and stationery retailer Paper Source. The acquisition will provide Paper Source with the funding it needs to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt will oversee both companies. While the two businesses plan to operate independently, it hinted at possible partnerships in the future. “With Paper…