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2016 Most attractive real estate markets in the United States and Canada Urban Land Institute In 2016, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, Charlotte and Seattle are the most attractive real estate markets in the United States. Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal are tops in Canada, according to a report from PwC and the Urban Land Institute. Booming populations, growing […]

Nigeria: Lagos governor says first light rail project to be completed by December 2016 By Alexis Akwagyiram and Ulf Laessin Reuters Nigeria hopes the first phase of a light railway aimed at easing traffic jams in the commercial hub Lagos will be ready within 13 months, and is inviting bidders for an expansion, Lagos State […]

FDA approves new treatment for HIV U.S. Food and Drug Administration The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Genvoya (a fixed-dose combination tablet containing elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide) as a complete regimen for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older. The CDC estimates […]

Rio de Janeiro: New images show key venues for 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games taking shape New images showing some of the key venues being constructed for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been released by the Brazilian Federal Government. The photographs, taken at the end of October 2015, show venues taking shape […]

U.S. Census: A Complete History of Census race boxes U.S. Census Bureau This interactive infographic timeline is a visual representation that captures race and ethnic categories used in the U.S. Decennial Census from 1790 to 2010. The visualized race and ethnic categories for each decade were developed from two main sources: (1) U.S. Census Bureau […]

U.S. Transportation: $500 million in TIGER Grants awarded to 39 projects U.S. Department of Transportation WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the Department of Transportation will provide $500 million for 39 transportation projects in 34 states, some projects spanning several states, from its TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) 2015 program. […]

President Obama issues Executive Order to combat job discrimination for the formerly- incarcerated Ban The Box -Hillary Clinton endorsed ban the box last week, while Republican Sen. Rand Paul also introduced similar federal legislation, with Democrat Sen. Cory Booker, to seal criminal records for non-violent offenders. New Jersey, a state where Republican Gov. Chris Christie […]

Asia, Africa driving urban growth, says UN official By Lyndal Rowlands Xinhua UNITED NATIONS- Rapidly growing cities in Asia and Africa are driving the global trend towards urbanization, says an UN-Habitat official. In a recent interview, Ana Moreno, chief of advocacy of the outreach and communications at the UN human settlements program (UN-Habitat), told Xinhua: […]

U. S. passenger airports in the South and how they became international gateways Airports are important key features to the economic health and growth of metropolitan areas around the world. Dilemma X takes a look back, via past newspaper articles, at how some airports in the South became approved international airport gateways. Who approved the […]

China’s population expected to hit 1.45 billion by 2030 Xinhua BEIJING- China’s population is expected to reach 1.45 billion by 2030 following easing of the country’s one-child policy to allow all couples to have two children, a senior official said Friday. “It is expected that after the policy adjustment, the number of births will increase […]