Bezos to Sell $5 Billion of Amazon as Shares Hit Record High Jeff Bezos disclosed a plan to unload 25 million additional shares of Amazon.com Inc. worth $5 billion on the day the stock hit a fresh record. The notice was filed after the market closed Tuesday, ... 07/3/2024 - 4:21 am | View Link
Tesla Shares Jump 6% Ahead Of Delivery Data—Adding $45 Billion To Market Cap Analysts remained optimistic for the electric vehicle maker, despite an expected decline in deliveries for the second-straight quarter. 07/1/2024 - 9:13 am | View Link
With Federal Reserve's blessing, Truist plans $5 billion share repurchase program However, chairman and chief executive Bill Rogers told analysts in April that the projected $10.1 billion gained through after ... would continue with its current share-repurchase program of up to 100 ... 06/30/2024 - 9:30 pm | View Link
Warren Buffett donates record $5.3 billion Berkshire shares to charity Warren Buffett has donated another $5.3 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to five charities, his biggest annual donation since he began making them in 2006. 06/28/2024 - 10:17 am | View Link
Apple vs Microsoft: Which Technology Stock Should You Buy? With the consumer price index (CPI) coming in softer than market expectations, interest rate cuts could be on the horizon. This news triggered a market rally, sending the S&P 500 [...] The post Apple ... 06/26/2024 - 6:15 pm | View Link
Spending time in graveyards and libraries may not be everyone’s idea of summer fun, but for those interested in finding their roots, collecting information about one’s ancestors is a “family” vacation. Sure, genealogy sites have made researching one’s ancestral history much easier with digitized document archives, family-tree-building software and community forums.
A group of national and Colorado organizations is suing to overturn Denver building codes intended to address the effects of climate change by limiting the use of natural gas in buildings.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U. S. District Court in Denver takes aim at a city ordinance that prohibits natural gas furnaces and water heaters in new commercial and multifamily buildings.
Also targeted is an ordinance that takes effect in 2025 and requires installation of electric systems when gas furnaces and water heaters are replaced in existing buildings and when if it is cost-effective.
Other communities in Colorado and in other states have enacted similar bans as they push to electrify buildings to reduce the effects of climate change and improve air quality.
DETROIT — In January 2020, Robert Williams spent 30 hours in a Detroit jail because facial recognition technology suggested he was a criminal. The match was wrong, and Williams sued.
On Friday, as part of a legal settlement over his wrongful arrest, Williams got a commitment from the Detroit Police Department to do better.
For the past year, two philosophy professors have been calling around to prominent authors and public intellectuals with an unusual, perhaps heretical, proposal. They have been asking these thinkers if, for a handsome fee, they wouldn’t mind turning themselves into artificial intelligence chatbots.
John Kaag, one of the academics, is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Enlarge / A skeleton found during 1950's excavations at the Barman site. (credit: Université de Genève)
Did ancient people practice equality? While stereotypes may suggest otherwise, the remains of one Neolithic society reveal evidence that both men and women, as well as locals and foreigners, were all equal in at least a critical aspect of life: what they ate.
The Neolithic saw the dawn of agriculture and animal husbandry some 6,000 years ago.
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As the world races to decarbonize everything from the electricity grid to industry, it faces particular problems with transportation—which alone is responsible for about a quarter of our planet’s energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. The fuels for transport need to be not just green, cheap, and powerful, but also lightweight and safe enough to be carried around.
Fossil fuels—mainly gasoline and diesel—have been extraordinarily effective at powering a diverse range of mobile machines.