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There’s a lot of value in waste; just ask metals processing company Nth Cycle, which has developed a technology to help mining and recycling companies recover every bit of critical minerals from their operations. The company calls its technology “electro-extraction,” and Nth Cycle’s founder and CEO Megan O’Connor likened it to a water filter in […]

Pollutants pouring from smokestacks around the world may be bad news for the atmosphere, but if you catch them before they get out there, you could reduce emissions and collect some valuable materials at the same time. That’s what Carbix aims to do with its carbon-sequestering reactor, which would extract minerals from emissions while staying […]

September 22, 2021 SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Pele delighted fans of his former club Santos on Wednesday after his daughter posted a video of him singing the club’s anthem as the three-time World Cup winner continues his recovery from colon surgery. The former Santos, Brazil and New York Cosmos player has been in hospital since […]

September 22, 2021 (Reuters) – Seven-time Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky has decided to serve as a volunteer swim coach at the University of Florida where she will also train for the 2024 Paris Olympics, the school said on Wednesday. The 24-year-old American will train with Florida head coach Anthony Nesty, who was an assistant […]

September 22, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) -Supporters will be allowed to stand in selected English Premier League and Championship grounds from next year as part of a pilot programme, UK’s Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) said on Wednesday. Safe standing is set to be trialled from Jan. 1 after the UK government instructed the SGSA to […]

September 22, 2021 (Updates with Fed policy statement) By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar was choppy on the heels of the latest policy announcement by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, while risk-sensitive currencies such as the Australian dollar and Chinese yuan strengthened after China’s Evergrande said it would make a bond […]

September 22, 2021 By Lewis Krauskopf and Tom Wilson NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – A gauge of global stock markets trimmed gains in choppy trading on Wednesday and the U.S. dollar strengthened after the Federal Reserve cleared the way for the central bank to reduce its monthly bond purchases soon. Asset price moves were volatile following […]

September 22, 2021 By Krystal Hu, Echo Wang and Niket Nishant -Enterprise software maker Freshworks Inc was valued at $12.2 billion in its Nasdaq debut on Wednesday after shares opened 21% above the initial offering price, indicating strong demand for firms that have thrived during the pandemic. Shares of the Salesforce.com rival opened at $43.50 […]

September 22, 2021 By Laura Sanicola NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices settled higher on Wednesday after U.S. crude stocks fell to their lowest levels in three years as refining activity recovered from recent storms. Despite recent wobbles from U.S. economic figures, overall demand for fuel has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. Product supplied over the last […]

September 22, 2021 (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday he was displeased with the active investing carried out by two Federal Reserve regional bank presidents and pledged the central bank’s ethics rules will be tightened. Asked if he still trusted Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan and Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren […]

David Moeller wasn’t looking to start another company. He had already earned the serial entrepreneur badge with CodeGuard, a website backup startup, and his hardware company Claw Hanging Systems. But a series of car break-ins prompted Moeller to search for a product that would keep his vehicle safe. What he found was a gap in […]

Dan Cohen was on the hunt for a coating that could keep ice, snow and frost off of solar panels when he discovered a technology that could cut costs and reduce the environmental footprint of a broad section of products from aircrafts and drones to medical devices, pipelines and even sailboats. And it would prompt […]

When you or your kid have any sort of respiratory issue, figuring out what’s happening minute-by-minute — and how well treatment is working — is a stressful, frustrating, and anxiety-filled process. I imagine it’s all of the above and more in the middle of a friggin’ RESPIRATORY DISEASE pandemic. StethoMe, a team competing in this […]

September 22, 2021 (Reuters) – Former West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels has been charged with breaching four counts of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) anti-corruption code, world cricket’s governing body said on Wednesday. The charges relate to the T10 tournament conducted by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), […]

September 22, 2021 Ten first-year candidates are among the list of 122 modern-era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022, announced Wednesday. The first-year player list is made up of wide receivers Anquan Boldin, Andre Johnson and Steve Smith, as well as Devin Hester, who was best known as a kick […]

September 22, 2021 By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks added to gains on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cleared the way to ease monthly bond purchases “soon” and signaled interest rate increases may follow more quickly than expected. Overall indicators in the economy “have continued to strengthen,” the Fed said in its […]

September 22, 2021 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve could wrap up the tapering of its bond purchases by the middle of next year, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday. Powell’s remark came at the beginning of his press conference following the release of the Fed’s latest policy statement in which it said “a […]

September 22, 2021 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. home sales fell in August as supply remained tight, but there are signs the surge in house prices and the COVID-19 pandemic-fueled demand have probably run their course. Still, prices remain high enough to keep some potential buyers from a hot housing market. The report […]

September 22, 2021 By Anshuman Daga and Andrew Galbraith SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China Evergrande agreed to settle interest payments on a domestic bond on Wednesday, while the Chinese central bank injected cash into the banking system, temporarily soothing fears of imminent contagion from the debt-laden property developer. Evergrande, Asia’s biggest junk-bond issuer, is so entangled with […]