Labour urged to double funding in publicly owned renewables | Energy industry

Labour urged to double funding in publicly owned renewables | Energy industry

Keir Starmer is being urged to more than double Labour’s investment in publicly owned renewable energy to save consumers billions of pounds on their bills, despite the party drastically scaling back its plans last week. In an intervention after the Labour leader scrapped the party’s £28bn green investment pledge in the most controversial U-turn of … Read more

HDFC Bank: Bearish bets on HDFC Bank rise to record levels

HDFC Bank: Bearish bets on HDFC Bank rise to record levels

Mumbai: Bearish bets on stock futures of HDFC Bank, India’s most valuable lender, are at the highest level ever as concerns that the firm’s profitability is under pressure are seen weighing down its share price. Total open interest, or outstanding positions, in HDFC’s stock futures has surged by 115% to 4.19 lakh contracts – a … Read more

Los Angeles Hotel Strikes Continue After 7 Months

Los Angeles Hotel Strikes Continue After 7 Months

Union workers who have battled dozens of Southern California hotels for new contracts are squaring off with an unlikely holdout: an airport hotel owned by the pension fund of a fellow union. Unite Here Local 11, which represents housekeepers and other hotel workers, has been waging intermittent strikes across Los Angeles to pressure hotel operators … Read more

The job market is 'hot,' so what's going on with layoffs?

The job market is 'hot,' so what's going on with layoffs?

(NewsNation) — The U.S. labor market has been called “hot” and “surprisingly resilient” in recent weeks, but several companies have still announced substantial job cuts. Some of the biggest names in tech — Microsoft, Google, Meta and Salesforce — have all slashed jobs recently. Other major corporations like UPS and Citigroup are also cutting thousands … Read more

Varda drug spacecraft gets FAA approval to return

Varda drug spacecraft gets FAA approval to return

Varda’s first manufacturing satellite and reentry vehicle attached to a Rocket Lab Photon bus. Rocket Lab Space startup Varda received long-awaited approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to bring its first spacecraft back to earth after a stint manufacturing drugs in space. Varda’s small W-Series 1 capsule, or W-1, has been stuck in orbit since … Read more

‘A frenzy of bodies in the chamber of death’: Italian fishers fight to preserve an ancient tradition | Fish

‘A frenzy of bodies in the chamber of death’: Italian fishers fight to preserve an ancient tradition | Fish

On an overcast morning, several miles off Sardinia’s east coast, four men jump into a net where 49 giant Atlantic bluefin tuna are fighting for their lives. For 30 minutes, the men struggle in a frenzy of nets, tails, fins and sleek silvery bodies before finally securing a metal hook through the gills of the … Read more

Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Upside Foods Just Paused a Major Expansion

Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Upside Foods Just Paused a Major Expansion

It has been a rocky year for plans for large-scale cultivated meat production. In May 2022, another Californian startup, Eat Just, announced its plans to build up to 10 large bioreactors, each with a 250,000-liter capacity, with the bioreactor firm ABEC. The deal later fell apart, with ABEC later filing an amended legal complaint in … Read more

‘Vulnerable’ people in regional Australia hit hardest by bank closures, research finds

‘Vulnerable’ people in regional Australia hit hardest by bank closures, research finds

Banks are closing their doors on communities who need them the most, as vulnerable people in rural Australia are less likely to have the money and skills to access online services, research shows. More than a third of people in regional areas experience affordability stress when paying for high-quality internet, affecting their ability to buy … Read more