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Global Companies Are Still Committing To Protect The Climate – And They’re Investing Big Money In Clean Tech

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/18/2025 - 12:00am

An aerial view of solar panels on the top of a Walmart store in Yucca Valley, Calif., Monday, April 5, 2021.
(Ringo H.W. Chiu / AP Photo)

The Trump administration has given corporations plenty of convenient excuses to retreat from their climate commitments, with its moves to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, roll back emissions regulations, and scale back clean energy incentives.

But will the world’s largest corporations follow its lead?

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Nebraska State Sen. John Cavanaugh Picks Up Local Union Endorsements

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/18/2025 - 12:00am

OMAHA — State Sen. John Cavanaugh picked up two more endorsements from local unions in his bid to be the Democratic nominee in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District.

The two endorsements came from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the Nebraska State Legislative Board and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. This brings Cavanaugh’s union endorsements to six.

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Izmir Gyro House: Something Fresh And Different In Bellevue

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/11/2025 - 12:00am

I was hot off an anxious trip to O’Reilly’s Auto parts, attempting to remedy some burned out taillights when I realized it was approaching dinnertime and neither me nor the misses had defrosted any meats or otherwise planned for dinner. Spurred-on by my millennial parent guilt, I attempted to locate a fast and easy option while refraining from the usual suspects of quick and greasy drive-through. Does such a unicorn exist in Bellevue, Nebraska?

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The Unraveling Of Workplace Protections For Delivery Drivers: A Tale Of 2 Workplace Models

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/11/2025 - 12:00am

An Amazon truck makes deliveries in Wheeling, Ill., Thursday, May 16, 2024.
(Nam Y. Huh / AP Photo)

American households have become dependent on Amazon.

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Ballroom Blitz: Union Pacific Donates To White House Ballroom While Proposing Massive Merger

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/11/2025 - 12:00am

Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, the largest rail yard in the world, handles roughly 14,000 rail cars every day. The railroad company, which is headquartered in Omaha, is already one of the country’s largest. Now, Union Pacific is seeking a merger that would give it control of more than 40% of rail freight traffic in the United States.
(Christopher Turley / Flatwater Free Press)

Union Pacific Railroad is the lone Nebraska-based company publicly known to have donated to the new White House ballroom championed by President Donald Trump. It’s also a Nebraska-based company that will soon need a federal regulator to approve a massive merger that, if green-lit, would give the company control of more than 40% of rail freight traffic in the United States.

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New Trump Administration Rule Would Override State Medical Debt Protections

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/11/2025 - 12:00am

A new Trump administration rule issued late last month would override state laws that prevent consumers’ credit reports from including medical debt, potentially weakening financial protections for millions of Americans.

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Investors Prefer ‘I’ Over ‘We’ When CEOs Apologize

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/11/2025 - 12:00am

When corporate crises hit, the public looks to the CEO. From product recalls to workplace discrimination, to customer mistreatment scandals, CEOs are often thrust into the spotlight and forced to apologize.

But do the exact words they choose really matter?

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How Hershey’s Chocolate Survived An Attack From Mars − And Adopted A Business Strategy Alien To Its Founder

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/04/2025 - 12:00am

Milton B. Hershey, philanthropist and founder of the Hershey cocoa and chocolate business in Hershey, Pa., is shown in Oct. 1937.
(AP Photo)

Walk into any grocery store to stock up for Halloween and you will discover that, for chocolate treats, you have two basic choices:

Will it be Mars or Hershey?

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Banks And Retailers Run Short On Pennies As The US Mint Stops Making Them

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/04/2025 - 12:00am

A lone penny is illuminated in a bin of completed pennies at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Aug. 15, 2007.
(David Zalubowski / AP Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) — The United States is running out of pennies.

President Donald Trump’s decision to stop producing the penny earlier this year is starting to have real implications for the nation’s commerce. Merchants in multiple regions of the country have run out of pennies and are unable to produce exact change. Meanwhile, banks are unable to order fresh pennies and are rationing pennies for their customers.

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The SBH Review: In Blackstone, One Of Omaha’s First Japanese Barbecue Spots Lights Its Grills

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/04/2025 - 12:00am

Japanese barbecue is a lot of fun, reviewer Sarah Baker Hansen says, and the servers at Koen in Omaha's Blackstone District do a good job of making sure guests understand the menu and know what to do. Diners can choose from a prefabricated plate or an a la carte selection.
(Courtesy photo)

If there’s one thing the owners of Koen, a new Japanese barbecue and izakaya spot in Blackstone, want you to know, it’s this: Don’t expect an all-you-can-eat buffet.

That’s because Brian and Inez Choi, who opened Koen in July, want to focus their Japanese and Korean spot on quality.

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