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[ad_1] Airbnb and Booking Holdings are two of the biggest online travel companies in the world. They help millions of people find places to stay and things to do when they travel. In 2025, both companies showed strong business results and made progress on their climate and sustainability goals. This article looks at how each company performed in the first quarter of 2025 and compares their efforts to cut carbon emissions and reach net-zero targets. Airbnb: Navigating Economic Headwinds In Q1 2025, Airbnb reported revenue of $2.3 billion, marking a 6% year-over-year increase. This growth was primarily driven by an…

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[ad_1] Airbnb and Booking Holdings are two of the biggest online travel companies in the world. They help millions of people find places to stay and things to do when they travel. In 2025, both companies showed strong business results and made progress on their climate and sustainability goals. This article looks at how each company performed in the first quarter of 2025 and compares their efforts to cut carbon emissions and reach net-zero targets. Airbnb: Navigating Economic Headwinds In Q1 2025, Airbnb reported revenue of $2.3 billion, marking a 6% year-over-year increase. This growth was primarily driven by an…

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[ad_1] Reminiscences of a Bond Operator: A Guide to Investing in Corporate Debt. 2024. Mark A. Rieder. Independently published. New and seasoned corporate bond investors will be delighted to get acquainted with Mark Rieder’s conversational narrative and clear presentation of complex analytical ideas in Reminiscences of a Bond Operator. When asked about the top reference work in bond investing, I refer my colleagues and students to Frank J. Fabozzi’s The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities.[1] As comprehensive a magnum opus as Fabozzi’s book is, Rieder’s book, released in 2024, adds value as a highly technical guide enhanced by personal insight…

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[ad_1] Breakfast restaurant chain First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 16.4% year on year to $282.2 million. Its GAAP loss of $0.01 per share was significantly below analysts’ consensus estimates. Is now the time to buy First Watch? Find out in our full research report. Revenue: $282.2 million vs analyst estimates of $283.5 million (16.4% year-on-year growth, in line) EPS (GAAP): -$0.01 vs analyst estimates of $0.03 (significant miss) Adjusted EBITDA: $22.75 million vs analyst estimates of $25.81 million (8.1% margin, 11.9% miss) EBITDA guidance for the full year is…

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[ad_1] As U.S. brands and other importers navigate through today’s tumultuous trade environment without spending a boatload on tariff costs, bonded warehouses and foreign trade zones (FTZs) have rapidly become en vogue. Both options represent a means for companies to defer duty payments to a later date, while maintaining their imported goods on U.S. soil and allowing them to preserve cash flow that they can use to better allocate when necessary. A customs-bonded warehouse enables companies to store inventory for up to five years, without having to pay tariffs until they are transferred elsewhere. This can enable the business to…

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[ad_1] Carbon credit platform CNaught has raised $4.5 million in seed funding to improve the integrity and accessibility of the voluntary carbon market (VCM), according to a company statement on Tuesday.Led by Bow Capital and joined by FJ Labs, Silence VC, Karman Ventures, and Marketplace Capital, the funding supports CNaught’s mission to help businesses offset emissions through reliable, science-backed carbon credits.CNaught’s platform is designed for businesses of all sizes and simplifies the process of buying high-quality carbon credits.Its customers already include major organizations like Palantir Technologies, Asana, and Harvard Business School.A key innovation is the CNaught Guarantee, a first-of-its-kind backstop.…

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[ad_1] Shoppers at the Skechers store in Manhattan Beach last summer. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Skechers, the Manhattan Beach footwear brand that makes athletic and walking shoes, is going private in a $9.4-billion deal. New York investment firm 3G Capital will acquire the company in a transaction that is expected to close in the third quarter, 3G Capital said Monday. Read more: As competitors falter, SoCal’s Skechers is surging with strategy of ‘try and try again’ Skechers had a market value of about $7.4 billion before the deal was announced. The $9.4-billion valuation reflects a price of $63…

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[ad_1] PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.orgCONCORD – Called an “existential threat” to the state’s $1.4 billion annual timber and forest products industry by some, state Senators were also warned that HB 123 was unfair and would tax lands enrolled in carbon credit programs at least twice. But supporters of HB 123 said it would close a tax loophole created by this new way to make money off timberland instead of cutting and allow municipalities, which rely on timber tax revenue, a continued stream of revenue. The packed hearing room was equally divided on the matter with officials from the state Department of…

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[ad_1] The top four U.S. hyperscalers — Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft — are increasing their clean energy use to balance their power-hungry operations with goals to reduce carbon emissions. Together, these companies have secured over 84 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy across 29 markets worldwide, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights. With the rising demand for cloud services and AI, these companies are also taking steps to ensure their energy comes from clean sources. A Growing Clean Energy Footprint Across the U.S. The clean energy capacity contracted by Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft makes up more than 61% of…

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