Daily Standup Top Stories EU Slashes Proposed Tariffs on Tesla’s China-Made EVs August 21, 2024 Mariel Alumit The European Commission has announced the final results of its anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles, with Tesla receiving a reduced tariff rate of 9%. Other Chinese EV makers, including SAIC Motor Corp., Geely, and […] Texas Faces Growing Electricity […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Elon Musk and Donald Trump X Interview Transcript \”The interview that broke the internet\” Stu Turley You can say what you want about Donald Trump and Elon, but they are above huge; they are “Galactic.” Getting ready for the interview it wasn\’t easy to get into the X space, and it […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Leftists Beg Feds To Cut Interest Rates To Revive Green New Deal Projects August 3, 2024 Stu Turley Leftists are desperately hoping the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, believing higher rates are hampering the ‘country’s ability to combat the climate crisis.’ Leftists are desperate to have the Federal Reserve cut interest […]
Continue ReadingWeekly Daily Standup Top Stories BRICS Officially Announces Financial System Similar to SWIFT July 26, 2024 Stu Turley The BRICS alliance is looking to bypass the Western SWIFT system and replace it with its own financial mechanism. The creation of a new financial messaging system similar to SWIFT will allow BRICS to reshape […] Vital Energy nearing […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories UAE Raises Capacity at Offshore Oilfield as It Aims for 5 Million Bpd by 2027 July 30, 2024 Mariel Alumit Abu Dhabi’s national oil company ADNOC has raised the production capacity at one of its offshore oilfields by 25% using AI technology as the United Arab Emirates looks to boost its total […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Amazon claims to power all its operations with renewable energy. If only that were true. July 29, 2024 Mariel Alumit When Amazon announced this month that it had achieved 100% renewable energy seven years ahead of schedule, that sounded like really good news for Virginia. Amazon owns more data centers here than anyone else, […]
Continue ReadingWeekly Daily Standup Top Stories Ford scraps plans for $1.8-billion Oakville EV assembly plant, will retool to make gasoline pickups July 21, 2024 Stu Turley New plan comes after Ford postponed EV plant launch to 2027; those EVs will now be made elsewhere, while Oakville may get an electric pickup later in the decade Ford Motor […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Global Tech Outage Wreaks Havoc July 20, 2024 Mariel Alumit The disruption underscores just how reliant much of the world is on key software providers. Digital Disruption International air travel, financial services, medical systems, and television broadcasts briefly ground to a halt on Friday after […] Ford scraps plans for $1.8-billion Oakville EV […]
Continue ReadingWeekly Daily Standup Top Stories Trump shot in ear at campaign rally, world leaders react July 14, 2024 Mariel Alumit Donald Trump was shot in the ear during a Saturday (13 July) campaign rally, streaking the Republican presidential candidate’s blood across his face and prompting his security agents to swarm him, before he emerged […] Western […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Ex-Biden Lackey Tells CNBC: To Fix Inflation, Ditch Fossil Fuels And Boost Green Spending July 17, 2024 Andy Del Prado A former Biden official promoted spending billions more dollars on green energy as a solution to economic and inflationary woes. Heritage Foundation economist E. J. Antoni quickly set a former Biden […]
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