All About Everything

UK market set to lose major stock as BHP plans Australia shift

BHP has previously come under pressure from some shareholders, notably activist investor Elliott Advisors, to simplify its structure, but had said any gains would be less than the cost of change. Now the discount of ...

Peter Thiel-backed crypto broker Bitpanda triples valuation in five months to $4.1 billion

CNBC

CNBC

Cryptocurrency trading platform Bitpanda raised $263 million in a fresh round of funding valuing the company at $4.1 billion. That's more than three times the $1.2 billion Bitpanda was worth in its last private financing round five months ago. Bitpanda is backed ...

As additional mRNA shots roll out, Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients told to wait

CNN

CNN

It started last week, when the the the US Food and Drug Administration and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended an additional dose for certain immunocompromised people who had been given the Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech ...

Oil prices fall back on concerns over COVID-19 cases

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Tuesday, paring earlier gains, as expectations that major producers will not boost supply any time soon were outweighed by worries over slowing demand amid a spike in the Delta variant of coronavirus infections.

Maven's comprehensive approach to women's health earns it unicorn status

For Kate Ryder, the founder of women's health clinic and benefits platform Maven, business is personal. During the first year of building her company, Ryder experienced a miscarriage. Maven began offering support for pregnancy loss and high-risk care ...

Solar could be 40% of US power by 2035 -Biden administration

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Solar could supply more than 40% of the nation's electricity by 2035 - up from 3% today - if Congress adopts policies like tax credits for renewable energy projects and component factories, according to a memo published on Tuesday by the ...

Americans Want A Vaccine Mandate For Domestic Flights—But Here's Why They Won't Get It

Forbes

Forbes

L ast week, Canada announced that it will require all domestic air passengers to be fully vaccinated by fall. It's a tough stance from a country that has a higher vaccination rate and a much lower Covid-19 infection rate than the United States. Air Canada, the ...

'It Happened So Fast': Inside a Fatal Tesla Autopilot Accident

The New York Times

The New York Times

George Brian McGee, a finance executive in Florida, was driving home in a Tesla Model S operating on Autopilot, a system that can steer, brake and accelerate a car on its own, when he dropped his phone during a call and bent down to look for it. Neither he ...

Federal mask mandate for planes, buses and trains to extend into next year

The Washington Post

The Washington Post

With the delta variant causing a new surge in coronavirus cases, the CDC has walked back its loosened guidance on masks as mandates have returned in some cities and school districts. Transportation is one of the few areas in which the federal government ...

Apple's sustainability-focused Impact Accelerator invites first 15 Black- and brown-owned companies

Apple profiles all 15 companies in this list, but here are five that caught my eye: Volt Energy Utility (Co-Founder: Gilbert Campbell III) – Developer of utility-scale solar projects ...