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Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images Thanks to a sharp rise in crime in an affluent district in Atlanta, residents have mounted a campaign to secede from the majority Black city. The Buckhead district is known for its luxury high-rise apartments, lavish restaurants and trendy boutique shops, but a spike in robberies, aggravated assault and larceny over the past year has left many in the community dismayed. Saying that Atlanta has abandoned them, they’ve formed the Buckhead… Source link

Chris Noth’s return to the role of Mr. Big in the “Sex and and the City” revival almost didn’t happen. The actor tells Yahoo Finance Live that at first, he was “hesitant” about reprising his role as Carrie Bradshaw’s on-again, off-again main squeeze in the Emmy-winning HBO comedy-drama that originally ran from 1998-2004. “It was a little bit of a sort of creative negotiation because I didn’t really feel I had anything to offer in that role again. It kind of felt like I had done… Source link

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, landlords in major cities across the country were rolling out the red carpet to attract renters. Faced with a glut of empty apartments amid an urban exodus, landlords in New York City for example, lured renters with things like three months free rent, American Express gift cards, and Citi Bike memberships. Now, with nearly half of the U.S. population vaccinated and the economy reopening, landlords aren’t feeling as generous. Jonathan Miller, president… Source link

A Republican has won a mayoral race in a South Texas Hispanic Democratic bastion, sparking celebration from the GOP nationwide and alarm from some Democrats. Why it matters: Javier Villalobos’ victory Saturday in Mexican American-majority McAllen, Texas, comes as some Latino Democrats say their party has been ignoring Mexican Americans in Texas, New Mexico and California as the Republican Party makes dents in areas once solidly blue. Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic… Source link

A Republican has won a mayoral race in a South Texas Hispanic Democratic bastion, sparking celebration from the GOP nationwide and alarm from some Democrats. Why it matters: Javier Villalobos’ victory Saturday in Mexican American-majority McAllen, Texas, comes as some Latino Democrats say their party has been ignoring Mexican Americans in Texas, New Mexico and California as the Republican Party makes dents in areas once solidly blue. Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic… Source link

Google will open its first-ever permanent retail store in New York City in coming weeks, a bet that a physical retail presence can help showcase and sell its products as the pandemic eases. The store, to be located in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, will open this summer and sell items such as Google’s Pixel phones, Nest smart thermostats and Fitbit wearable devices, the company said Thursday in a blog post. The store will also host workshops on using Google products… Source link

Handlebars tight in snaking rows of colour, thousands of abandoned bicycles line an open field outside the city of Shenyang, relics of a shared bike mania that has overwhelmed China’s cities. The turquoise, blue and yellow bicycles, arranged in long lines, some piled on top of each other, bear the logos of the companies that dominate China’s bike-sharing sector — Hellobike, Didi and Meituan. Low cost-shared bikes, which users can unlock using apps and park virtually anywhere, burst onto… Source link

by: via Nexstar Media Wire, The Associated Press Posted: Apr 17, 2021 / 10:00 AM CDT / Updated: Apr 16, 2021 / 07:06 AM CDT A person looks at a Google Earth map of Paris, France on a screen as Google Earth unveils the revamped version of the application April 18, 2017 at a event at New York’s Whitney Museum of Art.(Credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The Google Earth app is adding a new video… Source link

PITTSBURGH and SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The City of Pittsburgh today announced a four-year agreement with Google Cloud to migrate its legacy IT infrastructure to Google Cloud. The agreement allows the city to not only lower its IT costs, but also improve delivery of citizen services and become the region’s leader in cloud-native software development. Under the agreement, The City of Pittsburgh Department of Innovation & Performance will transform and modernize its… Source link

GlobeNewswire European Residential REIT Announces Year End 2020 Results TORONTO, Feb. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (“ERES” or the “REIT”) (TSX: ERE.UN) announced today its results for the year ended December 31, 2020. 2020 HIGHLIGHTS The REIT closed on four acquisitions of multi-residential properties in the Netherlands during the third and fourth quarters of 2020, for a combined purchase price of €80.9 million (excluding transaction costs… Source link