Microsoft Ups Its Own Carbon Penalty and More Top Stories This Week

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Microsoft Discourages Corporate Travel by Raising Own Carbon Fee 600 Percent: Hiking the internal penalty for business travel carbon emissions might be a huge deterrent to employees when thinking about their next trip, but it's more a wake-up call to airlines to go greener.
Private Equity Firm Alpine to Acquire AirDNA in Short-Term Rental Data Play: This deal is the second investment in two week