Business (Page 31)
September 30, 2020
A New Jersey Town Loses its One-and-Only Vegan Dining Option
The Stewart’s Restaurant of Hazlet Township shuttered this September. [Credit: Matthew Sockol] (HAZLET, N.J ) — The only vegan […]
September 29, 2020
NYC Dance Studio Frustrated by Unclear Reopening Directives
Gibney Dance Center is fighting to stay afloat in a sea of contradictions.
September 25, 2020
Tampa Native Uses Nail Salon Shutdown to Start Own Business
Iris Steele left her work as an emergency room nurse to stay home with her daughters during COVID-19. She started […]
April 21, 2020
Stumbling into the Food Sector with Danielle Wiener-Bronner
“I always loved writing, but I never planned to be a journalist. Frankly, I never thought I could get someone to pay me to write.” Danielle Wiener-Bronner said of her entry into the world of journalism. After polishing her craft through gigs at Thomson Reuters, The Wire, and Fusion Media Group, Wiener-Bronner began her work at what was formerly CNNMoney. When it was relaunched as CNN Business, she was assigned to the food beat. With her background in economics, she brings a unique angle to her writing, zeroing in on the intersection of food and business.
April 7, 2020
Using Innovation and Data to Fight the Opioid Epidemic
When Dr. Baruch Fertel took a job at the Cleveland Clinic in 2013 he knew he had a crisis on his hands. The nation was in the grip of an opioid epidemic and Ohio was ground zero. And Fertel quickly realized that hospitals were, in some respects, doing more harm than good, often prescribing someone who came in with an ankle sprain or other small injury 30 Percocets because it was the default in the electronic health record (EHR). “That’s a huge amount for something that maybe is a day or two,” said Fertel, the Director of Quality and Operations at the storied medical center.