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High-speed rail system from Las Vegas to Southern California breaks ground
Officials broke ground Monday on a new high-speed rail system that will connect Southern California and Las Vegas. The Brightline West system will average speeds of about 115 miles per hour and reach a top speed of around 200 mph, comparable to other high-speed systems around the world. The Eurostar between London and Paris averages […]
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Plasma treatment enhances electrode material for fuel cells in industry, homes and vehicles
Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues have improved the properties of a carbon-based electrode material by exposing it to air plasma. Such treatment turned out to enhance electrode performance, which is the limiting factor for high-tech energy sources—particularly fuel cells. These are a promising technology for cleaner and more efficient electrical power generation. Published in the Journal of […]
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Tech’s earnings bonanza this week shines spotlight on growing troubles at Tesla, Google
As tech’s behemoths get set to report earnings this week, they do so facing a mountain of drama. At Google, there have been protests and restructurings, while Tesla just announced mass layoffs, price cuts and a Cybertruck recall. Microsoft’s OpenAI relationship faces fresh scrutiny and Facebook parent Meta’s major rollout of its new artificial intelligence assistant last week didn’t go so well. The […]
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Replaceable battery hybrid container ship project launched in Japan
Imoto Lines and Marindows aim to launch the 200-teu feeder vessel that aims to address the issues of decaronbisation, crew shortages and safe navigation for Japanese domestic shipping. The container vessel will feature Japan’s first exchangeable container batteries, alongside onboard batteries, and generators, and conduct demonstration experiments on the Kobe ~ Hiroshima service. It will […]
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Kroger, Albertsons to sell 166 more stores with $25B merger in limbo
Kroger and Albertsons said Monday the two companies are increasing the number of grocery stores they sell to C&S Wholesale Grocers to address federal regulators’ concerns about the impact of their proposed $25 billion merger on competition. An additional 166 Kroger and Albertsons stores will be sold to C&S as part of an updated divestiture […]
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Tesla earnings week spotlights price cuts, Elon’s ‘balls to the wall’ autonomy push
As Tesla gears up to report what will likely be unimpressive financial results for the first quarter on Tuesday, the company is making more moves to go “balls to the wall for autonomy,” as CEO Elon Musk put it last week in a post on X. Over the weekend, Tesla dropped the price of its […]
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GoCardless & Intuit Launch US, AUS Apps to Support SMEs
Bank payment company GoCardless has extended its partnership with Intuit QuickBooks by launching apps in the US and Australia Leading payments company GoCardless has expanded its partnership with Intuit QuickBooks by introducing a GoCardless app in the Intuit QuickBooks Marketplace in both the US and Australia. Launching two new apps in these regions will enable 225,000 QuickBooks […]
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NatWest Enhances Global FX Payments in StoneX Partnership
Fintech StoneX Financial partners with NatWest to enhance the UK bank’s global payments capabilities and provide clients better cross-border FX services The payments division of StoneX Group, StoneX Financial, has partnered with NatWest to supply it with third-party delivery and international FX payments services, enabling the bank’s corporate clients to transfer money internationally with ease. […]
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A retirement expense of $413,000 you’ll need to be prepared for
Retirees should be prepared to cover all of their costs from their Social Security and savings. Most people think about expenses like housing, cars and travel when they predict their future financial needs. But, there’s another important expense you cannot overlook: healthcare. While you may assume Medicare will pay for everything you need, that couldn’t […]
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Here’s what to know before withdrawing funds from inherited individual retirement accounts
If you’ve inherited an individual retirement account since 2020, you could have a shorter timeline to withdraw the money, which can trigger tax consequences. But there are a few things to consider before emptying an inherited account, experts say. Under the Secure Act of 2019, so-called “non-eligible designated beneficiaries,” have a 10-year window to deplete […]
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Millennials want to retire by 60. Good luck with that.
The average millennial is 30-something, an age by which most of us are well-versed in the ups and downs of financial life. It may come as a surprise, then, that the average millennial expects to retire before 60, a goal not many of us can afford to attain. In a February poll, YouGov asked millennials […]
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More people are working well past retirement age. It’s not easy
Hope Murray retired in 2013 after a 50-year career that ranged from game show producer to Hollywood party planner to casino executive. She settled into a life of golf, game nights and pickleball in her San Diego community, her daughter living nearby. Then things got more expensive. Gas was nearly $5 a gallon, medication costs […]