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The collapse of two US firms, First Brands and Tricolor, has shone a light on private credit and its growing influence in the global economy. The failures have led to ballooning losses at traditional banks, and, coupled with worries about the health of US regional banks, have raised concerns about weak lending standards and potential threats from an opaque corner …

DHS to spend $200 million on private jets for Noem, other officials  The Washington Post Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million  The New York Times Homeland Security buying 2 private jets for Kristi Noem’s use, reports say  USA Today DHS purchase of business jets during shutdown draws Democrats’ ire  Yahoo DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Spends $200 Million of Taxpayer …

Topline The Department of Homeland Security reportedly spent $172 million on two private jets for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other agency officials—as Noem’s spending habits using public dollars have faced criticism dating back to her time as South Dakota governor. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem looks on during a roundtable discussion in the State Dining Room of …

The world’s first commercial deep space astronomy telescope is set to search for stars that could host habitable exoplanets in their orbits. The Mauve telescope, developed by London-headquartered start-up Blue Skies Space, is the size of a small suitcase and carries an off-the-shelf ultraviolet spectrometer modified to monitor flaring stars. It is one of the payloads that will launch on …

Over the past five years, private-sector funding for fusion energy has exploded. The total invested is approaching US$10 billion (A$15 billion), from a combination of venture capital, deep-tech investors, energy corporations and sovereign governments. Most of the companies involved (and the cash) are in the United States, though activity is also increasing in China and Europe. Why has this happened? …

Video game union workers rally against $55B private acquisition of EA  Hacker News Saudi Arabia’s acquisition of Electronic Arts faces pushback from game developers, petition calls on FTC to ‘scrutinize this deal closely’  PC Gamer EA employees and UVW-CWA slam Saudi-led EA buyout, call for regulatory scrutiny  Game Developer Unionized EA staffers are not happy about that proposed Saudi-backed acquisition  Engadget Private Equity’s EA …

Vast is moving into the final stages of building its Haven-1 private space station, readying for launch in 2026, in a move that could open up a new era in human spaceflight. In the past couple of weeks, the California-based startup has completed the final weld on the primary structure of Haven-1, followed by painting. Next steps include integrating the …

A new private moon lander could take flight just a few years from now. Impulse Space — a commercial space company founded by Tom Mueller, the first employee the billionaire Elon Musk ever hired at SpaceX — announced on Tuesday (Oct. 14) that it plans to build a robotic moon lander to help open the lunar frontier. “To echo President …

EA employees and the Communications Workers of America union have issued a statement against the proposed private acquisition of the company, claiming they were not represented in the negotiations and any jobs lost as a result would “be a choice, not a necessity, made to pad investors’ pockets”. The acquisition of EA by a group of private investors was announced …