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Orsted shares tumble as U.S. halts wind project construction

Orsted shares tumble as U.S. halts wind project construction

View of an offshore wind energy park during a press moment of Orsted, on Tuesday 06 August 2024, on the transportation of goods with Heavy Lift Cargo Drones to the offshore wind turbines in the Borssele 1 and 2 wind farm in Zeeland, Netherlands. Nicolas Maeterlinck | Afp | Getty Images Shares in wind farm developer Orsted tumbled soon as …

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U.S. Treasury yields after Fed Chair Powell’s speech

U.S. Treasury yields after Fed Chair Powell’s speech

Treasury yields inched higher as investors continue to digest Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech last Friday and look toward key inflation data due later in the week. The 10-year Treasury yield rose about 1 basis point to 4.269% as of 2.55 a.m. ET. The 2-year yield was over 2 basis points higher at 3.713%. One basis point is equal to 0.01% and …

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U.S. stock futures slip following Friday’s Fed-fueled rally – MarketWatch

U.S. stock futures slip following Friday’s Fed-fueled rally  MarketWatch Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slide after record surge with Nvidia earnings in focus  Yahoo Finance US stock futures steady after Wall St soars on dovish Powell; Nvidia earnings due  Investing.com Stock Futures Are Muted As Investors Close Out August  Barron’s US Futures Steady Ahead of Key Tech Earnings  TradingView Source link

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Why ‘Zombie Squirrels’ Have Been Appearing In The U.S. And Canada

Why ‘Zombie Squirrels’ Have Been Appearing In The U.S. And Canada

News of “zombie squirrels” appearing in the U.S. and Canada may be a bit shocking to squirrels and humans. (Photo: Getty) getty The idea of “zombie squirrels” may seem a bit nuts to you. But that’s the term that people have been using to describe what they’ve been seeing in the U.S. and Canada— squirrels with strange, at times bleeding, …

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Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation's first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak – Reuters

Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak  Reuters Flesh-eating screwworm case detected in person in U.S. for 1st time in years  Axios Flesh-eating screwworm parasite detected in person in US for first time  Sky News Texas A&M entomologist breaks down New World screwworm eradication method  KBTX News 3 Efforts to keep screwworm at bay  Boston Herald Source link

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Vance says U.S. can still broker peace in Ukraine-Russia war – The Washington Post

Vance says U.S. can still broker peace in Ukraine-Russia war  The Washington Post Vance says Russia has made ‘significant concessions’ on Ukraine  ABC News Ukraine marks Independence Day as JD Vance says “I think the Russians have made significant concessions”  CBS News Russia “made significant concessions” to Trump on Ukraine talks, Vance says  Axios Vance expresses optimism that ‘energetic diplomacy’ will end the war …

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A Treasure Trove of Key Minerals Is Being Wasted in the U.S., Study Claims

A Treasure Trove of Key Minerals Is Being Wasted in the U.S., Study Claims

The United States is home to dozens of active mines. Some extract copper, while others dig for iron. Whatever the resource, however, it usually makes up a small fraction of the rock pulled from the ground. The rest is typically ignored. Wasted. “We’re only producing a few commodities,” said Elizabeth Holley, a professor of mining engineering at the Colorado School …

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U.S. shale oil boom transforms from money treadmill into cash cow, Chevron president says

U.S. shale oil boom transforms from money treadmill into cash cow, Chevron president says

For years Big Oil producers chased U.S. shale profits with big spending hikes while seeking something even more elusive than the next big gusher: steady, sustained profitability. Now Chevron, long the industry’s No. 2 player, believes it hit upon a formula for just that. Leaning on West Texas’ booming Permian Basin, Chevron says its combination of sheer scale and technology …

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Trinidad endorses warship deployment, will help U.S. if asked, prime minister says – Miami Herald

Trinidad endorses warship deployment, will help U.S. if asked, prime minister says  Miami Herald Is the Trump Administration Building Up to a Military Confrontation With Venezuela?  The New York Times Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro says he’s deploying 4.5 million militia members in response to “outlandish threats” by U.S.  CBS News US warships may reach Venezuela coast by weekend in drug cartel operation  Al Jazeera Venezuela …

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