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Why U.S. investor Jay Bloom turned down seats on the doomed Titanic submersible
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - For a year, Stockton Rush had tried to convince Las Vegas-based investor Jay Bloom to buy a couple of spots on his company's submersible so Bloom and his son could experience ...
Jun 23, 2023
Drought will take its toll on corn, says Jahnke
PEORIA, Ill. – This growing season could end up becoming quite the struggle for farmers - thanks in part to the fact there's been little to no rain for weeks now. "Peoria (is the) 8th driest sin...
Jun 23, 2023
SpaceX tender offer values company at about $150 billion – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX is offering to sell insider shares at a price that would raise the company's valuation to about $150 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar w...
Jun 23, 2023
US lawmaker to re-introduce bipartisan bill to get EV industry into biofuel program
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Democratic lawmaker plans to reintroduce a bipartisan bill next month that would allow electricity generated from renewable biomass to qualify for credit...
Jun 23, 2023
US business borrowing for equipment up 1% in May, ELFA survey shows
(Reuters) - U.S. companies borrowed 1% more in May compared to a year earlier to finance equipment investments, industry body Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) said on Friday. The compa...
Jun 23, 2023
Bitcoin hits 1-year high amid BlackRock ETF excitement
(Reuters) - Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, hit a one-year high on Friday at $31,458, capping off a week of gains helped in part by BlackRock's plans to create a bitcoin exchange-traded f...
Jun 23, 2023
US House Republicans seek to expunge Trump impeachments
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of Donald Trump's staunchest allies in the U.S. Congress have introduced legislation aimed at expunging the former president's two impeachments, a legislativ...
Jun 23, 2023
Dior’s Kim Jones sends models rising up from the floor at Paris Fashion Week
By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) - Dior men's artistic director Kim Jones took to a sparse, futuristic setting at the Ecole Militaire in central Paris, kicking off his summer show with an army of mod...
Jun 23, 2023
U.S. Attorney General denies that Hunter Biden tax probe was stymied
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday denied allegations by an Internal Revenue Service whistleblower, who said the high-ranking federal prosecutor t...
Jun 23, 2023
Berlin plans to spend 8 billion euros in package for 60 Boeing Chinook helicopters -source
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany aims to purchase 60 Chinook helicopters from Boeing in a package that would cost up to 8 billion euros ($8.71 billion), including necessary infrastructure for the aircraft, ...
Jun 23, 2023
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