California firm buys Gulch office tower for near record-breaking price

Reeves faces £20bn-plus hit from UK productivity cut Here’s our full story: Rachel Reeves will have to account for a bigger-than-expected £20bn hit to the public finances in next month’s budget, the Guardian understands, as the Treasury’s forecaster prepares to cut predictions for UK productivity. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is planning to cut…

Global businesses are forecast to spend $160 billion on marketing technology — or martech — this year, and roughly $215 billion by 2027, McKinsey estimates. So it must be helping these companies make boatloads of money, right? No one really knows. McKinsey recently surveyed 233 senior global marketing and technology leaders who each invest more…

A former employee with the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) and a business owner both pleaded guilty this week to procurement fraud, according to Attorney General Anthony Brown. It comes after a scheme that resulted in public contracts being awarded to First Potomac Environmental Corporation, owned by Joseph Chimah, the AG…

Sébastien Lecornu said the government was ready for “a new debate” on the issue, a major concession as he faced no-confidence votes that threatened to topple his government again this week. Source link

The city of Lompoc, in collaboration with local businesses, invited the public to “trick or treat” in Old Town Lompoc on October 25. Local businesses throughout Lompoc participated by handing out candy from their storefronts and along South H Street. Families also enjoyed free kids’ activities at Centennial Park. All activities were free for children,…