Monthly Archives: October 2022

Why planting new forests could do more harm than good

Tree plantations often can’t compete with natural forests in terms of carbon storage and ecosystem benefits. Deposit Photos This article was originally featured on OpenMind. In the heart of Uganda there is a huge, regimented stand of pine trees. This forest is a prime example of “afforestation,” the process of restoring an area deforested by human…

Ask the professor: Wharton’s Mori Taheripour on how to negotiate the right way

Mori Taheripour teaches negotiations at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she has taught undergraduates, MBA students and executive MBA students how to have better business conversations. Taheripour has also coached corporate clients, including on behalf of Goldman Sachs and Major League Baseball, about how to feel more confident and comfortable in…

143 countries voted to condemn Russia’s illegal Ukraine annexations in key UN vote. Here are the 5 that didn’t.

Live video monitors show United Nations Ambassador from Russia, Vasily Nebenzya, addressing the U.N. General Assembly before a vote on a resolution condemning Russia’s illegal referendum in Ukraine, Wednesday Oct. 12, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to condemn Russia’s annexations in Ukraine. Of the 193-member…

FOLX powers LGBTQ+ telehealth support groups with $30M round

FOLX Health, a telehealth company catering to the LGBTQIA+ community, closed a fresh $30 million round of funding, which it will use to expand its new support groups feature. The company provides affirming and inclusive care through services such as hormone replacement therapy, PrEP prescriptions, general and sexual health services. FOLX also recently began offering…

Katana, an ERP for SMB manufacturers, raises $34M

Katana, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for small- and medium-sized manufacturers, has raised €35 million ($34 million) in a Series B round of funding. ERP is a form of business management software that can serve any number of functions inside a company, from marketing and risk management, to supply chain management and beyond. Integrations…

Royalty-backed Lightrock packs $834 million into its first climate fund

Lightrock, the London-based backer of neobank Niyo and “wood modification” company Kebony, has secured about $834 million (€860 million) for a new fund focused on climate tech. The private equity and venture firm plans to pump the money into startups in areas such as clean energy, decarbonization and sustainable agriculture. Lightrock will write checks as small…

Trump explicitly told employees to move boxes of White House documents to his Mar-a-Lago residence weeks before the FBI search, sources tell The Washington Post

Former President Donald Trump gets ready to speak during a Save America rally on October 1, 2022 in Warren, Michigan. Trump Emily Elconin/Getty Images Donald Trump was subpoenaed in May for additional sensitive White House records in his possession. A Trump worker alleged that Trump then told employees to move boxes of documents, per a…