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Can the gentrification process be stopped?

Supporters and opponents of gentrification seem to agree on one thing: It can’t be stopped. The more important question is whether the process can be managed — its benefits maximised and its costs mitigated. With enough will and engagement at the community level, as well as strong direction and coordination from local governments? The first thing to note is that ...

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What to call a merged Exxon Mobil-Chevron?

What would one even call a merged Exxon Mobil and Chevron? Exron sounds a little too much like another former energy powerhouse from Texas. Standard Oil would be a reasonable compromise given it would reunify so many of the baby Rockefellers. But the PR types and the lawyers might think it best not to put that in front of the ...

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India’s half-a-trillion dollar budget aims to spur growth

Bloomberg India unveiled a spending plan of almost $500 billion as the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to dig Asia’s third-largest economy out of its pandemic-induced slump. His government’s plan relies on taxes, including higher levies on some imports to boost self-reliance, selling state assets and dividend income to partly fund the nearly 35 trillion rupee ($480 billion) ...

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