(Bloomberg) — As utilities race to keep ahead of rising electricity demand, developers have proposed a surge of new power plants across the US — and very few of them would run on fossil fuels. Most Read from Bloomberg The generating capacity of proposed plants seeking to connect to the power grid jumped nearly 90% … Read more
Three thoughts after Celtics splurge to extend Jrue Holiday originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston A handful of immediate thoughts after the Boston Celtics and Jrue Holiday agreed to a four-year, $135 million extension: 1. Security for both sides After paying a hefty price to acquire Holiday on the eve of training camp for the … Read more
One person was killed and multiple people injured, including two children, in a shooting in Washington DC on Wednesday evening. Police have issued a public alert for the car believed to be carrying the gunman that fled the scene. Details remain sparse but officials confirmed that a man was pronounced dead at the scene and … Read more
By Jack Kim and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s liberal opposition parties scored a landslide victory in a parliamentary election held on Wednesday, dealing a resounding blow to President Yoon Suk Yeol and his conservative party but likely falling just short of a super majority. The Democratic Party (DP) was projected to take more … Read more
A New York appeals court judge on Wednesday denied a third effort in three days by Donald Trump’s attorneys to put on hold the former president’s impending criminal trial. Associate Justice Ellen Gesmer for the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York denied Trump’s third legal challenge to delay the trial after a … Read more
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images Nvidia stock has slid since late March, correcting by over 10% from all-time highs. BofA analysts say there’s nothing to worry about, and the company will still dominate in the AI chip space. None of the factors behind the sell-off meaningfully change the narrative for Nvidia, they said. Nvidia … Read more
Wednesday is National Siblings Day and Bo and Josh Naylor of the Cleveland Guardians decided to celebrate in a fun way: by hitting home runs in the same inning. As the Chicago White Sox held a 5-0 lead in the fourth inning, the Naylor boys did their thing. Josh started it off with a 450-foot … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a public inquiry he found it “very improbable” the Chinese government would prefer his Liberal Party to win recent elections, given the high tensions between the two countries. Most Read from Bloomberg Trudeau was testifying at an inquiry into foreign meddling in Canadian elections, particularly by China. The … Read more
Spring is a time for renewal and fresh starts, and Japan and the United States celebrated both with a Wednesday morning announcement: Japan has gifted 250 new cherry trees to the U.S. President Joe Biden shared the news with reporters gathered at the welcome ceremony for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and First Lady Yuko … Read more
Economists are weighing in after US consumer prices came in hotter than expected in March. The general consensus? Don’t expect rate cuts anytime soon. “Today’s crucial CPI print has likely sealed the fate for the June FOMC meeting with a cut now very unlikely,” Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management, said in … Read more