Most homeowners expect cement board to be the final surface before tile installation begins. Homeowner Brittney Smart’s bathroom remodel reveals one more step that changes the entire shower before the first tile is set. Instead of reaching for thinset, she covers every seam, screw hole, corner, edge, and plumbing opening with a thick waterproof membrane…
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Thursday, August 7, 2025 How GAO Serves Congress On this special episode of the podcast, we sit down with GAO’s Managing Director of Congressional Relations Nikki Clowers to discuss how GAO serves Congress.
Insurers can drive improvements in climate resilience by rewarding companies that invest to protect their businesses, rather than simply penalizing risky assets with higher premiums, according to a senior executive at Aon Plc. “Our role as an intermediary is to push insurance partners out of their comfort zone, making sure that the right reward is…
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Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday introduced a bill that would rein in President Donald Trump‘s broad tariff powers by eliminating some of his…
Surveying commercial and residential real estate markets While Reading says that each subset of the real estate market faces its own headwinds, there are improvements in areas like industrial and office real estate. Industrial has recovered with some absorption of the significant stock that was built in the wake of the pandemic. Office demand has…
The poster for Gods Don’t Give Gifts, Zack London’s AI-built anthology feature, produced by Fable and opening in U.S. theaters October 30, 2026. Courtesy of Gossip Goblin and Fable Studio When Gods Don’t Give Gifts opens in U.S. theaters on October 30, the most interesting question will be whether Zack London’s online audience buys tickets…
The private markets secondary market reached a record $121 billion in the first half of 2026, as asset managers increasingly used continuation vehicles to retain ownership of high-conviction “trophy” assets, according to a report by Bloomberg citing date from Evercore. Manager-led transactions accounted for 54% of secondary deal volume during the period, marking the first…
I love a latte, especially over ice! I’ve been spending lots of time in the Starbucks drive thru lately picking up this delicious treat, so I decided it was time to figure out how to make a Brown Sugar Oat Milk Shaken Espresso Latte myself! I cannot tell you how delicious this iced latte is…it’s…
