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Why America’s out-of-date vitality grid is a local climate challenge
Transmission towers are proven on June 15, 2021 in Houston, Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which controls roughly 90% of the electrical power in Texas, has asked for Texas residents to conserve energy by Friday as temperatures surge in the state. Brandon Bell | Getty Pictures This story is aspect of CNBC’s […]
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Citi says buy Coca-Cola as beverage giant emerges stronger post-Covid
Coca-Cola is a stronger company post-Covid, according to Citi. Analyst Filippo Falorni named Coca-Cola as one of his top buy-rated picks in the U.S. beverages and household products sector. Falorni set his price target at $68, implying a 14.8% upside from Thursday’s closing price of $59.22. Coca-Cola is one of the “names that have de-rated […]
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See the photos that won National Geographic’s ‘Pictures of the Year’ contest
National Geographic announced the winning photographs from its first “Pictures of the Year” photo competition. The contest, which opened to U.S. residents in early December, invited readers to submit a digital photograph in one of four categories: nature, people, places and animals. The contest required that photographs be largely unaltered. According to the rules, “only […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Markets fall on hot economy — and chance of 0.5% interest rate hikes
James Bullard, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, delivers a speech in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. Luke MacGregor | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on […]
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How quite a few Chinese spy balloons did we overlook and when did they start off flying higher than the U.S.?
A jet flies by a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floats off the coastline in Surfside Beach front, South Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023. Randall Hill | Reuters The scale of China’s balloon surveillance could be more considerable than a handful of flights more than the U.S., as intelligence businesses sift through hundreds of sightings of unknown […]
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Asia markets trade decreased after Wall Road falls on considerations of a lot more Fed price hikes ahead
Australia central financial institution chief warns of “harmful” and “corrosive” superior inflation Reserve Financial institution of Australia governor Philip Lowe warned of the dangers that large inflation will have on the nation if it is not introduced beneath command in a well timed fashion. Talking to the standing committee on economics in Australia’s Residence of […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Markets drop on hot economy — and chance of 0.5% interest rate hikes
James Bullard, president of Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, at the Jackson Hole economic symposium, in Moran, Wyoming, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on […]
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Senators strain CFIUS to wrap up TikTok probe with strict limitations, potentially even separating it from its Chinese guardian corporation
Shou Zi Chew, main govt officer of TikTok Inc., speaks in the course of the Bloomberg New Financial state Discussion board in Singapore, on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. The New Financial state Forum is staying structured by Bloomberg Media Team, a division of Bloomberg LP, the guardian corporation of Bloomberg News. Photographer: Bryan van der […]
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Biden delivers speech on downing of Chinese spy balloon, other aerial objects
(The stream is slated to start at 2 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.) U.S. President Joe Biden will address the nation for the first time on his decisions to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon and three additional unidentified aerial phenomena over the […]
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The crypto comeback: Here’s what’s driving it, according to Bernstein
A flurry of factors have come together recently to spark a big comeback for crypto . Bitcoin is up big in 2023, gaining 50%, while ether is up more than 40%, according to Coin Metrics. Those gains come after a difficult 2022 for the crypto market. Last year, bitcoin plummeted 65%, and ether lost nearly 68%. […]
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