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Elon Musk-owned company's Starbase launch site near Boca Chica in Texas, boosting the Starship spacecraft roughly 55 miles (90 km) above ground on a planned 90-minte flight into space. But the rocket's Super Heavy first stage booster, though it appeared to achieve a crucial maneuver to separate with its core Starship stage, exploded over the Gulf of Mexico shortly after detaching, a SpaceX webcast showed.

SpaceX is poised Saturday for the second test launch of Starship, the largest rocket ever built that Elon Musk hopes will one day colonize Mars, while NASA awaits a modified version to land humans on the Moon. It comes after a first attempt to fly the spaceship in its fully-stacked configuration back in April ended in a spectacular explosion over the Gulf of Mexico. SpaceX has insisted that explosions during the early stages of rocket development are welcome and help inform design choices faster than ground tests — though time is ticking down for a modified Starship to be ready for a planned lunar landing in 2025. Blast off from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, is set for 7:00 am local time (1300 GMT) with a launch window of 20 minutes. The event will be live streamed on both SpaceX's website and on X, the social media platform owned by Musk. When the two stages of Starship are combined, the rocket stands 397 feet (121 meters) tall — beating the Statue of Liberty by a comfortable 90 feet. Its Super Heavy booster produces 16.7 million pounds (74.3 Meganewtons) of thrust, almost double that of the world's second most powerful rocket, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) — though the latter is now fully operational. Both systems are designed to be fully reusable, a key element of SpaceX's design meant to greatly reduce costs.

The federal government is delaying a new rule that could make it easier for millions of workers to unionize after business groups sued

Netflix continues to bolster its library, and the latest addition is anticipated to be the popular TV show "Young Sheldon." With the first five seasons set to land on Netflix on November 24, 2023, the streaming giant is poised to offer viewers a delightful post-Thanksgiving treat.

By Nicole Jao

Asian Paints, Indigo Paints, Akzo Nobel, Berger Paints, and Kansai Nerolac rose up to 5.1% in Friday’s trade on NSE after Brent crude futures fell to a four-month low of $77.42 per barrel on Thursday. Meanwhile, on Friday, oil prices were little changed in early Asian trade after slipping about 5% to a four-month low on Thursday on worries over global demand. Brent futures were up 10 cents, or 0.1%, at $77.52 a barrel at 11.17 am on Friday, while US West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) was up 13 cents, or 0.18% at $73.05. The oil prices' decline this week was mainly triggered by a steep rise in US crude inventories and production sustaining at record levels, which analysts say triggered concerns of weak demand in the world's largest oil consumer amid high output. Crude derivatives are among the major raw materials for paint companies.

Investing.com-- Oil prices hovered around a four-month low in Asian trade on Friday, and were headed for steep weekly losses amid signs of increased supplies and fears of worsening global demand. 

Oil prices were on track for the fourth straight week of decline as they remained little changed in early Asian trade after slipping about 5% to a four month-low on Thursday on worries over global demand. Brent futures were up 10 cents, or 0.1%, at $77.52 a barrel at 0232 GMT. U.S.

California, Texas, and several other U.S. states have cracked down on GS Partners, accusing the company of defrauding cryptocurrency investors through various fraudulent schemes. Regulators say GS Partners violated securities laws by making false claims and omitting key details when selling unregistered crypto assets to retail investors.

The 2024 United States presidential candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy, has disclosed his plans to curb the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) control and government involvement in the crypto space if elected.

Andrew Yang, former candidate for United States president and New York City mayor and founder of the Forward Party, had sobering observations about the uses of blockchain, or its lack of use, in the United States and U.S. regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) when he spoke Nov. 16 at the North American Blockchain Summit (NABS) in Fort Worth, TX.

The Texas State Securities Board has accused a network of companies under the "GS" brand and operating from Germany of fraudulent activities "tied to digital assets, investments in a staking pool in a proprietary metaverse." The network of companies is controlled by Josip Dortmund Heit.

Republican U.S. Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy unveiled a crypto policy framework on November 16 at the North American Blockchain Summit (NABS) in Fort Worth, Texas.

For generations, beef has been the most quintessential of American main courses, and a premium protein around the world

The WWE is collaborating with the Big 12 Conference for their championship game next month, as the sports entertainment company further strengthens its relationship with various sports organizations

By David Shepardson and Ben Klayman

₹6,300 a tonne, according to an official notification. For the past two weeks the the levy stood at ₹9,800 a tonne. The revised tax rate comes into effect from Thursday.

Oil fell as an increase in US inventories added to market sentiment over weaker demand and steady supplies. 

By Stephanie Kelly and Andrew Hayley

Voting on the tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union appears to be too close to call as tallies at more factories were announced

Oil prices dipped on Wednesday due to expectations of an increase in U.S. crude stocks amid record high output in the world's biggest producer and despite positive demand signs from top consumer China. Brent futures were down 69 cents to $81.78 a barrel at 1346 GMT, while U.S.