Lyfeloop has been Named Best New Social Media App while quietly gaining more than 500,000 daily users. The Winners of the 12th Annual Mobile App Awards have been announced with more than 10,000 entries from across the globe, Lyfeloop, a social media app that launched in 2020, brought home the award for Best New Social Media …
The world of DeFi (Decentralized Finance) is constantly evolving, with new tokens emerging every day. One token that’s been making waves lately is Lyfebloc, which has raised a lot of interest in its upcoming presale. But what is Lyfebloc, and why is it being touted as as such a revolutionary crypto project? What is Lyfebloc? …
Lyfebloc Presale is expected to change the crypto market forever Read More »
Greater bay technology’s transformation into a mythical beast has been speedy. The startup, which specialises in super-fast lithium-battery charging, was launched in late 2020. Only 19 months later it had reached a valuation of $1bn, making it a unicorn (ie, an unlisted firm valued at or above that worth). Such creatures are becoming far more …
Among the commodities that are key to decarbonisation, lithium is in the driving seat. Dubbed “white gold”, the metal is needed to produce nearly all types of batteries powering electric vehicles (evs). A single pack typically includes ten kilograms of the stuff. In the past two years turbocharged ev sales worldwide helped boost prices twelve-fold, …
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“WHOEVER SAID don’t question things? We say question everything.” So began the television commercial that EY aired in 2021 during the Super Bowl, a sports extravaganza known as much for its pricey ads as for the American football they interrupt. On April 11th, under a little too much questioning from its American branch, the professional-services …
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In FEBRUARY TECK RESOUrCES finally announced its slow move into the future. The Canadian miner plans to spin off its relatively dirty steelmaking-coal operations. Under the plan, Teck would focus on mining copper and zinc, while continuing to get the majority of the severed coal company’s profits. Holders of Teck’s super-voting “class A” shares would …
TikTok is becoming the West’s favourite time sink. Last month it said it had 150m users in America, putting it ahead of Instagram and within striking distance of Facebook, two social networks owned by Meta. For its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, it remains a money sink. ByteDance can afford to be patient with the lossmaking …
ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent, reports a record profit Read More »
In FEBRUARY TECK RESOUrCES finally announced its slow move into the future. The Canadian miner plans to spin off its relatively dirty steelmaking-coal operations. Under the plan, Teck would focus on mining copper and zinc, while continuing to get the majority of the severed coal company’s profits. Holders of Teck’s super-voting “class A” shares would …
The tug-of-war between Glencore and Teck is mining’s dilemma in a nutshell Read More »
In FEBRUARY TECK RESOUrCES finally announced its slow move into the future. The Canadian miner plans to spin off its relatively dirty steelmaking-coal operations. Under the plan, Teck would focus on mining copper and zinc, while continuing to get the majority of the severed coal company’s profits. Holders of Teck’s super-voting “class A” shares would …
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DAVID, WHO runs a well-trafficked shoe-shine stand at a huge convention centre just outside Washington, was in a good mood as he surveyed the delegates at a recent event there. They were attending the ARPA–E summit, an annual pow-wow put on by the Department of Energy (DoE), and were tipping well. A few weeks earlier, …
America’s $800bn climate splurge is feeding a new lobbying ecosystem Read More »
In some ways, freight rail and trucking seem to be direct competitors. Companies that need to get a container of goods from one city to another can choose between them. Rail is more cost-effective, fuel-efficient and can move greater volumes on a single trip. Trucking is usually faster and, unless the container is going from …
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