This Is The Best State To Start A Business
More news businesses fail than become successes. The BLS puts the failure rate at 65% over the first 10 years after a start-up. The reasons for failure range from inadequate capital to poor management,…
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This Is the Least Expensive Nation in Which to Raise a Family
The costs to raise a family vary from nation to nation, and a recent analysis shows that the least expensive is Turkey.
Wildfire at the door; plus the stocks behind a summer of climate innovation
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights For eight minutes yesterday morning, the climate emergency came to my front door. A brush fire a quarter-mile away off a highway had begun to climb a hill…
This Is the State the Most People Leave for College
Less than half of all students went to college out of state. Three-quarters of those from one New England state did.
Biggest Battle of World War II
The largest battle of World War II lasted more than six months and resulted in an estimated 2 million casualties.
Water prices leap as cutbacks take hold; plus Blackrock’s EF Hutton moment
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights Good day and welcome back. I just arrived home to the Bay Area last night after a week in Hawaii, where everyone is wearing masks and no one…
This Is the Longest River in America
The longest river in America runs through parts of Montana, Colorado, Nebraska and Missouri.
This Is the American City With the Fewest Poor People
The American city with the lowest poverty level is also among the smallest and one of the few where the population has dropped since 2010.
This Is the Poorest City in America
While the nationwide poverty rate has been declining for a decade, poverty rates vary widely by location.
The County Where the Most People Live Below the Poverty Line
People struggling with poverty can be found all over the country, but one county in South Dakota has the most people living below the poverty line.
This Is the Fastest-Shrinking City in America
In one city in Arkansas, the population dropped sharply between 2010 and 2020, making it the fastest-shrinking city in America.
This Is the Fastest-Growing City in America
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released some of the results of the 2020 Census and compared them to figures from 2010. Among the sections of the documents, one was named “Around Four-Fifths of All…
The Country With the Widest Gap Between Rich and Poor
The media and social scientists often comment on the huge chasm in the U.S. between billionaires and financially middle-class and lower-class Americans. Billionaires control a staggering percentage of the combined net worths of all…
This Country Is Least Prepared for Climate Change
One of the poorest countries in the world has minimal government services and is most vulnerable to climate change and other global challenges.
This Is the World’s Longest River, for Now
What will happen to the length and route of the Nile due to climate change? The only thing certain is that it will change.