Mar. 3—One of the country’s largest vertical farming companies is based in Hamilton, Ohio, and they have no plans of leaving the city anytime soon. Mike Zelkind, CEO of 80 Acres Farms, said he’s “proud to call (Hamilton) home,” and is appreciative of the five-year partnership they’ve had with the city. Founded in Cincinnati in […]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is discussing using weaponry sales to Israel as leverage to convince the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to heed long-standing U.S. calls to scale back its military assault in the Gaza Strip, according to three current U.S. officials and one former U.S. official. At the direction of the White […]
China’s central bank has announced it will cut the ratio of reserves banks must hold to help boost the slowing economy. The announcement by the People’s Bank of China prompted a surge in share prices in Chinese markets, with Hong Kong’s benchmark jumping 3.6%. Chinese stock markets have languished in recent months as investors pulled […]
Forests are an essential part of Earth’s operating system. They reduce the buildup of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation and land degradation by 30% each year. This slows global temperature increases and the resulting changes to the climate. In the U.S., forests take up 12% of the nation’s greenhouse […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden can make an increasingly strong case that he’s helped fix inflation — if only he can get voters to believe him. Figures issued this past week reflected a historic level of progress on battling high prices, hinting that inflation could be near the Federal Reserve’s 2% target around the […]
Astrobotic’s Peregrine moon lander continues to push its inevitable demise further into the future. Peregrine suffered a serious propellant leak, apparently caused by a ruptured oxidizer tank, shortly after separating from its Vulcan Centaur rocket on Jan. 8. The anomaly will prevent the probe from making a historic lunar landing attempt next month, but mission […]
After surging roughly 50% to a record high in 2023, a rare rating downgrade from Wall Street helped push Apple stock down 3.65% on Tuesday, shaving over $100 billion from the tech giant’s market cap. Barclays analyst Tim Long tagged Apple with an “underweight” rating due to weak iPhone demand Tuesday morning, arguing its shares […]
Ukraine’s successful strike of Russia’s large Novocherkassk landing ship in the Feodosia port looks to have caused some logistics problems for the occupiers, particularly in the transport of pilfered Ukrainian grain. A convoy of grain trucks bypassing occupied Feodosia and heading towards Kerch was spotted, Crimea.Realities reported on Dec. 27. Russia had been exporting grain […]
(Bloomberg) — A frenzy around obesity drugs made Novo Nordisk A/S Europe’s biggest stock-market success story of 2023. Repeating the trick won’t be so easy. Most Read from Bloomberg Shares of Novo, which makes the diabetes drug Ozempic and weight loss medicine Wegovy, have risen 42% this year, as investors latched on to the growth […]