Out in West Texas, the future of AI can be seen in driverless trucks. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Thomas Black traveled to learn more about the new technology. (Source: Bloomberg)
Out in West Texas, the future of AI can be seen in driverless trucks. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Thomas Black traveled to learn more about the new technology. (Source: Bloomberg)
Francisco Blanch, head of commodities and derivatives research at Bank of America Securities, discusses the “pretty large” deficit in the global oil market and says the US will see higher gas prices and potential “availability issues” during the summer driving season. (Source: Bloomberg)
Francisco Blanch, head of commodities and derivatives research at Bank of America Securities, discusses the “pretty large” deficit in the global oil market and says the US will see higher gas prices and potential “availability issues” during the summer driving season. (Source: Bloomberg)
In this article NEE D Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images NextEra Energy will buy Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal that unites two leading players in the race to meet growing electricity demand from data center s that run artificial intelligence applications. Dominion is the utility responsible for powering the world's largest data center...
In this article NEE D Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images NextEra Energy will buy Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal that unites two leading players in the race to meet growing electricity demand from data center s that run artificial intelligence applications. Dominion is the utility responsible for powering the world's largest data center market in Northern Virginia. NextEra is the biggest renewable energy developer in the United States. The Florida-headquartered power company is also the largest utility in the S&P 500 at a market cap of more than $190 billion. The deal will create the largest regulated electric utility in the world, the companies said Monday. NextEra shareholders will own 74.5% of the combined company while Dominion investors will own 25.5%. They will operate under NextEra's name and trade under its ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares of Dominion surged more than 15% in pre-market trading. NextEra's stock was mostly flat. "Electricity demand is rising faster than it has in decades," NextEra CEO John Ketchum said in a statement. "We are bringing NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy together because scale matters more than ever." Though a major developer of renewables, NextEra has also ramped up its investment in natural gas during the second Trump administration. And it is playing a leading role in the push to expand nuclear energy in the U.S. NextEra announced a deal with Alphabet's Google last year to reopen the mothballed Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa. It plans to build more than 30 data center hubs across the U.S. to help meet the demand from AI. NextEra and Dominion together will be the world leader in renewable energy and battery storage, the U.S. leader in natural gas generation and take second place in nuclear power, the companies said. Ketchum will continue as CEO of the combined company. Dominion CEO Robert Blue will serve as CEO of its regulated utilities busi...
Households ‘increasingly gloomy’ about finances amid fears of interest rate rises due to higher fuel prices Business live – latest updates Rising prices have become the top financial concern for UK households, according to a monthly consumer confidence survey, before Wednesday’s official figures, which are likely to show inflation remaining stubbornly high. Amid fears of higher interest rates owin...
Households ‘increasingly gloomy’ about finances amid fears of interest rate rises due to higher fuel prices Business live – latest updates Rising prices have become the top financial concern for UK households, according to a monthly consumer confidence survey, before Wednesday’s official figures, which are likely to show inflation remaining stubbornly high. Amid fears of higher interest rates owing to increased fuel prices after the closure of the strait of Hormuz amid the conflict in the Middle East, households have become “increasingly gloomy about their financial situation”, the report said. Continue reading...
XPENG (NYSE: XPEV, HKEX: 9868), a leading China-based high-tech company, today announced the official rollout of its first mass-produced Robotaxi in Guangzhou. This marks the first time in China that an automaker has achieved mass production of a Robotaxi through full-stack, in-house development.
XPENG (NYSE: XPEV, HKEX: 9868), a leading China-based high-tech company, today announced the official rollout of its first mass-produced Robotaxi in Guangzhou. This marks the first time in China that an automaker has achieved mass production of a Robotaxi through full-stack, in-house development.
Poland has delayed the phase out of the Wibor interbank benchmark for existing loan agreements until end 2036 following criticism for the plan from commercial lenders wary of a switch to a new index. The move, announced by index administrator GPW Benchmark and the Polish financial regulator on Monday, means banks won’t need to convert Wibor legacy loans to the new benchmark Polstr rate for a decad...
Poland has delayed the phase out of the Wibor interbank benchmark for existing loan agreements until end 2036 following criticism for the plan from commercial lenders wary of a switch to a new index. The move, announced by index administrator GPW Benchmark and the Polish financial regulator on Monday, means banks won’t need to convert Wibor legacy loans to the new benchmark Polstr rate for a decade. The delay is set to reduce potential legal issues anticipated from a forced switch as a big chunk of Wibor-based loans will be paid back by then. Poland still plans to force lenders to offer new local-currency loan agreements based on Polstr from the end of next year. Previously , regulators aimed to phase out Wibor — the basis for more than €600 billion ($698 billion) of loans, derivatives and bonds — by the end of 2027 through a Finance Ministry decree mandating a transition to Polstr. The country’s banking association welcomed the move, saying it “gives lenders time to prepare existing clients for the change, reducing the legal and operational risks associated with a sudden conversion.” Most existing loans will “simply be repaid under the old benchmark,” it added. Wibor measures the interest rate at which Polish banks declare they are willing to lend funds to one another, most commonly for periods of three or six months. Polstr reflects the actual cost of overnight borrowing rates that may be compounded for monthly periods to smooth out volatility. Polstr is currently about 40 basis points below Wibor. The switch is part of a pan-European initiative to change loan benchmarks based on lenders’ declarations to ones which more accurately reflect past transactions. “The difference should have only a limited impact on the profitability of new loan portfolios,” Lukasz Janczak , analyst at Erste Group Bank AG said. “Lenders will likely adjust their lending margins to ensure a smoother transition.”