U.s. Stocks Wrap Up Another Strong Year

The financial services giant redesigned part of its New York office to fit the new way people work. Like many companies, the global financial services firm Moody’s has been looking at its office design a little differently over the past few years. With 15,000 employees working in more than 40 countries, the company has a lot of office real estate.

Teddy Siegel, a New Yorker armed with a TikTok account, is using her platform to turn public bathrooms into a right for all. A public bathroom crisis is mounting around the U. S. as cities struggle with how to meet a basic human need. And while cities are exploring options to help solve the crisis, older adults, unhoused people, transgender people, people with disabilities and families with small children are bearing the cost.

In 1999, the U. S. women’s soccer team captivated sports fans across the globe when it won the World Cup and became the first team in the female league to do so on home soil. The championship title was a pivotal moment for women’s sports that inspired a generation of young girls, among them Miranda Spencer and Annie Weaver. “I remember the 1999 World Cup and the Fab Five and the rest of that group, the ’99ers,” said Weaver, who was 5 years old then.

Colorado is known for producing some of the best beer in the world, but cocktail fans here also have access to bars where mixology keeps step with some of the nation’s best. Need proof? The 18th annual Spirited Awards, part of the esteemed Tales of the Cocktail conference in New Orleans, recently announced its roster of 2024 regional honorees, which included three Denver bars.

Colorado has led the nation on regulating methane emissions and now companies in the state are major contributors to a new satellite expected to be an important tool in identifying and quantifying the emissions globally. Space & Mission Systems, formerly Ball Aerospace, built the instrument that will identify and measure methane, a prime contributor to the heat-trapping emissions that are driving climate change.

Express Inc., an owner of clothing stores in malls across the country, will close 95 Express stores and all of its UpWest locations as part of a voluntary bankruptcy filing announced Monday. Three of the company’s nine Express stores in Colorado are closing, with clearance sales starting on Tuesday, according to a list released by the company.