Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Dec 18, 2017

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(1) Lulu Yilun Chen, Hitting Polluters Where It Hurts Most.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... k-down-on-polluters
("Ma [Jun 马军], founder of the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) 公众与环境研究中心 in Beijing")

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: China's Blue Map 蔚蓝地图 app shames dirty factories -- risking their Apple contracts
(b) The print and online version are quite similar.

(2) Katia Dmitrieva, Closing Time for Downtown Strip Clubs.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... ronto-s-strip-clubs

the first 1 1/2 paragraphs:

"Condos are killing the Toronto strip club. In a city that once had more than 60 bars with nude dancers, only a dozen remain, the rest replaced by condominiums, restaurants, and housewares stores. Demand for homes downtown and for the retailers that serve them is driving land prices to records, tempting owners of the clubs, most of which are family-run, to sell at a time when business is slowing.

" 'Sometimes I feel like the last living dinosaur along Yonge Street,' says Allen Cooper, the second-generation owner of the famous—or infamous—Zanzibar Tavern. The former divorce lawyer says he has been approached by at least 30 suitors for his property in the past few years but is holding out for a 'blow my socks off' offer.

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Demand is slipping, and the land in Toronto is too expensive not to sell.
(b) The print and online version are identical.
(c) Katia is a variant of Katya.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katya
(d)
(i) Yonge Street
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonge_Street
("was named by Ontario's first colonial administrator, John Graves Simcoe, for his friend Sir George Yonge [a thoroughly English aristocrat], an expert on ancient Roman roads")
(ii) The surname Yonge has two origins: "[A] Americanized spelling of Dutch Jong. [B] English: variant of Young."  Dictionary of American Family Names, by Oxford University Press.
(iii) Dutch-English dictionary:
* jong (adj; jong and English adjective young share the same root: Proto-Germanic *jungaz): "young"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jong
(e) Zanzibar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar
(section 1 Etymology)
(f) blow one's socks off = knock one's socks off  (There is no origin or story: Web.)
(g)  There is no need to read the rest of the article.

(3) Bill Allison, Russian Radio Get the Feds' Attention.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... reats-from-the-feds

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: A Radio Sputnik broadcaster has been forced to register as a foreign agent
(b) The print and online version are identical.
(c) John Garziglia's 105.5 FM station in Reston, Va
(i) Reston, Virginia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reston,_Virginia
(view map)
(ii) bluegrass music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music
(Appalachia; section 2.3 Origin of name)
(d) This article mentions Arnold Ferolito without properly introducing him. He is the owner of RM Broadcasting, LLC (doing business as KPLM, based in Palm Springs, Calif).

(4) Katherine Chiglinsky and Brandon Kochkodin, Fees Rise for Underfunded Pensions.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... nderfunded-pensions

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Shortfalls mean more risk for a company's retirees and shareholders
(b) The print and online version are identical.
(c) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe ... uaranty_Corporation
(d) The takeaway is there is such a thing. You need not comprehend it.