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Texas shows need for infrastructure spending has ‘never been greater’: Engineering CEO

TipRanks Billionaire Ray Dalio Places Bet on 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks When billionaire financier Ray Dalio makes a move, Wall Street pays attention. Dalio, who got his start working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange trading commodity futures, founded the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, in 1975. With the firm managing about $140 billion in global investments and Dalio’s own net worth coming at $17 billion, he has earned legendary status on Wall Street. Summing… Source link

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Texas snow storm: Google searches reveal concern over hypothermia, carbon monoxide and water

When the heat went out this week, Texans scrambled for ways stay warm. The number of searches for “how to stay warm” in Texas were at least twice those recorded in every other state, peaking early Monday morning. Accompanying phrases included “without electricity,” “without power” and “inside.” A note on the data: It comes from Google’s Trends tool, which reports relative search volume rather than absolute numbers. The darkest places on these state-level maps, for instance,… Source link

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Bill Gates says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s explanation for power outages is ‘actually wrong’

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Wednesday rebuked a claim made a day before by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that put the blame for that state’s massive cold-weather power outage on the failure of renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar. In fact, extreme weather like the winter storm that swept across the country in recent days will become more likely as climate change worsens, Gates told Yahoo Finance, advocating instead for an expansion of renewable energy as part of his call for… Source link

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Millions Lose Power in Texas as Freeze Sows Market Chaos

(Bloomberg) — Millions of households in Texas are suffering rolling blackouts for the first time in a decade as an unprecedented Arctic freeze sends temperatures plummeting across much of the U.S., roiling energy markets. Large swaths of Dallas, Houston and other cities are being plunged into darkness for an hour at a time — and in some cases longer — as surging demand for heat pushes the power grid to the brink. Outages are expected to continue into early Tuesday, grid operators said… Source link

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Google disputes Texas’ suit claiming unfair advertising sales practices

FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is pictured on a Google building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Google said on Sunday that antitrust claims in a Texas lawsuit were “misleading,” responding in a blog post as state attorneys general plan suits against the Alphabet Inc unit. In December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a complaint about Google’s advertising technology business, in one of… Source link

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After top staff exodus, Texas AG seeks $43M for Google suit

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking $43 million in taxpayer money to pay outside lawyers to lead a 10-state antitrust lawsuit against Google By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press January 5, 2021, 8:50 PM • 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article DALLAS — The mass exodus of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top staff over accusations of bribery against their former boss has left the Republican seeking $43 million in public funds to replace some of them with… Source link

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