Jose Gordo Positions Connect at the Intersection of AI, Fintech and the New Digital Economy
International entrepreneur Jose Gordo is positioning Connect around a major shift taking place across the global economy as artificial intelligence, financial technology and digital business models continue reshaping how entrepreneurs build companies, reach customers and operate across markets. Through Connect, Gordo is developing a business ecosystem focused on integrating technology, education, digital platforms, productivity tools […]
House Delivers Rare Bipartisan Rebuke to Republican Chuck Edwards Over Treatment of Female Staffers
The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly censured Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina, delivering one of Congress’s strongest formal punishments after a bipartisan ethics investigation concluded that he engaged in persistent inappropriate conduct toward two young female employees. The vote represents a rare instance in which lawmakers from both parties united to discipline […]
Extreme Weather Is Pushing Homeowners Toward a Riskier Insurance Market
As wildfires, hurricanes and other extreme-weather disasters become increasingly costly, a growing number of American homeowners are being pushed into a lesser-known corner of the insurance industry: surplus or excess-line insurance. Once primarily designed for unusual or exceptionally risky properties, these policies are rapidly becoming an alternative for homeowners who can no longer obtain traditional […]
Smithsonian Gives Latino Museum a Historic Home on the National Mall, Bypassing a Congressional Fight
The Smithsonian Institution has chosen the historic Arts and Industries Building as the permanent home of the National Museum of the American Latino, abandoning earlier plans to construct an entirely new museum and giving the long-awaited institution a path forward that does not require Congress to approve a new site. The Smithsonian Board of Regents […]
