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Wall Street wants in on America’s battery storage boom
Sheldon Kimber sees a lucrative opportunity in bottling sunshine. The 46-year-old entrepreneur is installing hundreds of giant batteries the size of shipping containers around sun-soaked Texas and California. The batteries charge up during the day when solar power is abundant.
16.07 / 12:05
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Invesco demands $100M in Robertshaw bankruptcy
Invesco Ltd. demanded over $100 million more from Robertshaw on Monday as part of its ongoing court battle against the bankrupt appliance parts maker, saying the company should be forced to pay for helping strip the asset manager of its senior position in Robertshaw’s reorganization.
14.07 / 22:54
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demands answers as customers remain without power after Beryl
With around 350,000 homes and businesses still without power in the Houston area almost a week after Hurricane Beryl hit Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott says he’s demanding an investigation into the response of the utility that serves the Houston area
14.07 / 04:29
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After Beryl, Houston-area farmers pull together to face unique challenges
The misery of Houston’s lasting power outages extend beyond the big city and onto surrounding farms and ranches, where everything from animal bedding to feed is harder to come by since Hurricane Beryl turned off the lights
13.07 / 10:49
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UnTrade at Mempool Reload: A Journey of Insights and Innovation
UnTrade recently had the honor of participating in Mempool Reload, an exclusive event organized by our esteemed accelerator partner, Applicature. Held on May 30th and 31st, 2024, at the luxurious Atlantis, The Royal in Dubai, this premier gathering was designed to foster connections, share groundbreaking insights, and explore the future of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Ideated by Ian Arden and masterfully orchestrated by Gordon Einstein as the master of ceremony, Mempool Reload brought together prominent investors, family offices, entrepreneurs, and experts from around the globe.
13.07 / 08:44
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Houston utility says 500K customers still won't have electricity next week as Beryl outages persist
An executive from Houston’s biggest utility says about 500,000 customers whose power was knocked out by Hurricane Beryl will still be without power next week
13.07 / 07:03
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Houston hospitals report spike in heat-related illness during widespread storm power outages
Medical officials in Houston say widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Beryl have flooded area hospitals with patients seeking treatment for heat-related illnesses and carbon monoxide poisoning due to using home generators improperly
13.07 / 03:30
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Devon Energy buys Grayson Mill Energy's Williston Basin business in $5B cash-and-stock deal
Devon Energy is buying Grayson Mill Energy’s Williston Basin business in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $5 billion
13.07 / 00:08
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NASA's Mars simulation mission: How did volunteers live in a Mars-like habitat? Details here
volunteers who spent more than a year in a Mars simulation without ever leaving Earth have successfully finished a remarkable NASA project. Located at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the mission came to an end on Saturday, July 6, at approximately 5:00 PM local time, as per the reports of Metro.
13.07 / 00:05
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Marathon Oil reaches $241 million settlement with EPA for environmental violations in North Dakota
The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil on Thursday for alleged air quality violations at the company’s oil and gas operations on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota
12.07 / 23:25
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Targets in 90 US cities on nuclear map! Know places under threat. What has Russian President Vladimir Putin said?
Vladimir Putin said that he may be forced to use nuclear weapons if the existence of his country is threatened, the specter of nuclear war has been haunting the US. It has increased with escalating the Russia- Ukraine War and mounting China-US pressure over Taiwan and the South China Sea. Amid these disturbing scenarios, a map has been released showing the potential targets in the US if a nuke war gets triggered. As many as 90 cities have found a place in the map, that may disturb not only their residents but also defense experts and the military.
12.07 / 21:26
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Over 2M Texans out of power Tuesday after Beryl tears through the state
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12.07 / 20:11
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Crew of Nasa's earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year
Nasa mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside Nasa's first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston, coming out of the artificial alien environment Saturday around 5 p.m. Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones entered the 3D-printed habitat on June 25, 2023, as the maiden crew of the space agency's Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog project. Haston, the mission commander, began with a simple, «Hello.»
12.07 / 19:29
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FTC unanimously moves to block Tempur Sealy's purchase of Mattress Firm
The Federal Trade Commission has unanimously voted to bring a lawsuit against mattress maker Tempur Sealy to block its $4 billion acquisition of Mattress Firm, saying the deal would allow the world’s largest mattress supplier to suppress competition th...
12.07 / 16:22
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The Talc tragedy: Inside the Johnson & Johnson lawsuit saga
ovarian cancer, leaving behind two daughters. Her grieving mother, Darlene, blames Johnson & Johnson's Baby Powder — and she's pursuing a lawsuit her daughter started a decade ago, alleging the company's talc caused the deadly illness. The 71-year-old Houston-area grandmother has drained her savings caring for the girls, she said. Now she and tens of thousands of other claimants face a July 26 deadline to vote on J&J's third attempt at a controversial bankruptcy maneuver that would cap its liability and set up a fund to pay victims. «I don't know how much longer I can carry on,» Evans told Reuters. «I feel pressure that I should probably vote 'yes.'»
12.07 / 13:11
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Tropical Storm Beryl kills six, cuts electricity for millions in Texas. Details here
Texas have died as a result of Hurricane Beryl, and 11 more people across the US are predicted to experience severe weather. Three persons were killed in Montgomery County by falling trees: a couple in a rural area and a man using a tractor. Two deaths from falling trees and one from drowning were previously confirmed, as per the reports of The Mirror.
27.06 / 18:15
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Sunita Williams still stuck in space but NASA's Apollo 13 'successful failure' offers hope: The story
situation on Boeing's Starliner brings back the memory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) “successful failure" mission that stunned everyone 54 years ago.Marred by an explosion on a spacecraft, three astronauts were left "swinging around the moon", over 2,05,000 miles away from Earth. The year was 1970, the mission was Apollo 13 and the US' third attempt to land on the Moon, near the crater Fra Mauro, had turned into a survival challenge for the crew.‘Houston, We’ve Had a Problem’ – the phrase that has now become famous was radioed from Apollo 13 to Mission Control upon a catastrophic explosion that dramatically changed the mission.
27.06 / 15:39
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The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases
The Supreme Court has stripped the Securities and Exchange Commission of a major tool in fighting securities fraud in a decision that also could have far-reaching effects on other regulatory agencies
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