FTSE 100 Live 25 April: Index closes at record high again despite US GDP disappointment, £31bn takeover move A £31 billion takeover pursuit and some robust blue-chip updates helped to boost the FTSE 100 index today. Anglo American, whose interests include De Beers and the giant Woodsmith polyhalite project ... 04/25/2024 - 4:41 am | View Link
As more owners abandon their pets, shelters face a dog 'crisis' The SPCA is seeing more large-size dogs, dogs from less popular breeds, dogs with behavioral issues and dogs that were maltreated by their owners. The dogs require more staff time and more money to ... 04/21/2024 - 11:30 pm | View Link
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Tesla Is Still Overvalued, Don't Bet On Its Robotaxi Tesla, Inc.'s overvaluation persists as it plans a robotaxi rollout amid intensifying competition affecting the valuation gap. Click for my TSLA update. 04/19/2024 - 7:15 am | View Link
Wayfair opening its first-ever physical furniture store. Here’s where to shop its flagship deals Wayfair is launching its first brick-and-mortar store, clocking in at 150,000 square feet with an onsite restaurant that borrows from Ikea’s setup. Here’s when and where it’s opening. 04/18/2024 - 11:30 am | View Link
Mexico is committed to having 43% of its generated energy come from non-contaminating sources by 2030. It’s at about 22% today, estimates IMCO.
Mexico’s taking control of its oil sector from U. S. and British companies is taught in schools and celebrated every year. The 1938 nationalization is a point of pride for millions of Mexicans including President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
It’s a problem that has played out across U. S. states as climate change and more development raise the risks of natural disasters damaging communities.
Months after a catastrophic fire burned more than 2,200 homes in Hawaii, some property owners are getting more bad news—their property insurance won’t be renewed because their insurance company has deemed the risk too high.
The decision to close the health centers, which were primarily located in smaller towns where customers might lack access to quality care, represents an abrupt reversal for the supermarket chain.
Walmart announced plans Tuesday to close all of its doctor-staffed clinics around the country as it shuts down its entire Walmart Health division after determining that the centers weren’t a profitable business model.
Denver chef Amos Watts, owner of The Fifth String, has died weeks ahead of the acclaimed restaurant’s reopening.
Watts, 43, died Sunday morning after a medical episode, according to his friend Justin Brunson and former mentee Caroline Glover. Neither were fully sure of the nature of the episode.
“He touched a lot of folks in his time here in Denver,” Brunson said.
U. S. consumer confidence deteriorated for the third straight month.
U. S. consumer confidence deteriorated for the third straight month as Americans continue to fret about their short-term financial futures with prices and interest rates still elevated.
Consumer use will be phased out within a year, and most industrial and commercial uses will be prohibited within two years.
The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper but is known to cause liver cancer and other health problems.