HOW THE U.S. ASCENDED TO GLOBAL EMPIRE IN THE 20TH CENTURY

A global policeman enforcing marketplace order How the U.S. ascended to global empire in the 20th century A global policeman enforcing marketplace order PATRICK MAZZAJUL 28, 2023 – The Raven (theraven@substack.com) Today’s U.S.-dominated global order was consolidated under the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression and World War II…. Continue reading

Anchor Brewing Employees Frustrated By Sapporo, Say Their Purchase Bid Was Delayed

Anchor Brewing Employees Frustrated By Sapporo, Say Their Purchase Bid Was Delayed

28 JULY 2023/SF RESTAURANTS, FOOD & DRINK/JAY BARMANN A group of unionized employees at Anchor Brewing Co. were pleading with Sapporo to keep the brewery open an extra month so that they could secure financing for their purchase bid and go over the company’s financials. But Sapporo is going ahead… Continue reading

Commercial real estate in San Francisco finally gets good news in office demand data

Commercial real estate in San Francisco finally gets good news in office demand data

By Stephen Council July 26, 2023 (SFGate.com) San Francisco’s high office vacancy rate has sparked worries that property tax revenue will plummet, leading to cuts in city services.Mit Desai / 500px / Getty Images San Francisco’s commercial real estate fortunes may finally be turning. Office demand in the city increased 10.2%… Continue reading

UN Chief Proclaims ‘Era of Global Boiling’ as July Set to Be Hottest Month Ever Recorded

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres discusses climate change at U.N. headquarters in New York City on July 27, 2023.  (Photo: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images) “We can still stop the worst,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres insisted. “But to do so we must turn a year of burning heat into a… Continue reading