Elon Musk's wager that Tesla can fix South Australia's blackouts brings the energy future closer
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk’s latest gamble may be less futuristic than a Mars trip, but it signals that the energy industry’s long-sought vision of large-scale electricity storage may not be that far off.Musk made a bet that his company can get a grid-connected battery system in South Australia installed and working within 100 days to help alleviate blackouts — and if it can't, he said, the company will do the work for free. He has a reason to be confident: Tesla delivered a slightly ..>> view original'Go buy Ivanka's stuff,' Kellyanne Conway said. Then the first daughter's fashion sales exploded.
Ivanka Trump is becoming one of the most powerful first children in American History – despite not having an official job in the Trump administration. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) Ivanka Trump’s products weren’t always the hottest items online. In January, for instance, the first daughter’s fashion line ranked No. 550 based on the number of orders from Lyst, the biggest fashion e-commerce website in the world, according to Forbes. That changed dramatically the following month. Sa..>> view originalA robust February jobs report points to resilient US economy
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a robust 235,000 jobs in February and raised pay at a brisk pace — signs that a resilient economy has given many companies the confidence to hire in anticipation of solid growth ahead. With the unemployment rate dipping to a low 4.7 percent from 4.8 percent, the job market appears to be fundamentally healthy or nearly so. Friday’s employment report from the government showed that more people began looking for jobs last month, an encouraging sign that they’ve gr..>> view originalEnvironmental Groups Ask EPA to End Ag Stormwater Exemption
Environmental groups are asking the Scott Pruitt-led U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to do something not even the previous pro-regulation administration would do — tighten Clean Water Act regulations on concentrated animal feeding operations. A petition filed with EPA by Food and Water Watch and 34 other environmental groups, essentially is a wish list that includes regulating all CAFOs as pollution point sources, including the spreading of manure in fields, runoff from CAFO production are..>> view originalMassive oil discovery in Alaska is biggest onshore find in 30 years
Some 1.2 billion barrels of oil have been discovered in Alaska, marking the biggest onshore discovery in the U.S. in three decades. The massive find of conventional oil on state land could bring relief to budget pains in Alaska brought on by slumping production in the state and the crash in oil prices. The new discovery was made in just the past few days in Alaska's North Slope, which was previously viewed as an aging oil basin. Spanish oil giant Repsol (REPYY) and its privately-held U..>> view originalBottled water overtakes soda as America's No. 1 drink — and you should avoid both
Americans now drink more bottled water than soda. Bottled-water consumption in the U.S. hit 39.3 gallons per capita last year, while carbonated soft drinks fell to 38.5 gallons, marking the first time that soda was knocked off the top spot, according to data from industry tracker Beverage Marketing Corp. But Soda is still more expensive, racking up $39.5 billion in retail sales versus $21.3 billion for water, industry research group Euromonitor found. “In 2016, bottled water overtook carbonate..>> view originalGander Mountain files for bankruptcy, 3 MN stores to close
Gander Mountain files for bankruptcy, 3 MN stores to close Brandon Gray, KCEN , KARE 8:24 AM. CST March 11, 2017 Gander Mountain storefront (Photo: KARE) ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gander Mountain announced Friday that its business has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and 32 of its underperforming stores, including three in Minnesota, will close in the next several weeks.According to a news release, the company said the action is the result of an in-depth review of the company’..>> view original10 stunning side-by-side photos show just how destructive Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami were
Higashimatsushima city in Miyagi prefecture in 2011 (left) and 2016 (right).KYODO Kyodo/ReutersMarch 2017 marks the six-year anniversary of Japan's TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami, which caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, a series of hydrogen explosions that were the worst since Chernobyl. Though the nuclear disaster itself killed no one, the string of devastating events left more than 18,000 people dead, and over 100,000 people had to be evacuated from the area around the Fukushima..>> view originalStarbucks says boycott threats over refugee hiring hasn't hurt brand
LOS ANGELES Starbucks Corp on Friday said its business has not been hurt by a social media boycott campaign started in response to the chain's promise to hire 10,000 refugees globally over the next five years.Starbucks made its Jan. 29 refugee hiring announcement on the heels of President Donald Trump's first executive order that temporarily banned travel from seven mostly Muslim nations. The move angered some Trump supporters, who called on other customers to stop frequenting the coffee chain..>> view originalWhat the SEC Bitcoin ETF Decision Means for the Future of Cryptocurrency
It was a show of bullishness to rival last week's run-up in Snap stock: The Bitcoin price suddenly jumped more than $100 on Friday morning, trading above $1300 per unit for the first time.For a fleeting moment at about 8:27 a.m.—more than an hour before the U.S. stock market even opened—the price of Bitcoin spiked more than 10% from the day before. The blockchain-based virtual currency briefly touched a new record price of $1325, continuing its recent surge amid anticipated SEC approval of the f..>> view original
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