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Slow Cook Your Way Out Of A Drought-Stricken Electricity Bill

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is proposing a rate increase due to extreme drought having reduced their ability to ramp up hydroelectric generators in time for customers to turn on the bright kitchen lights and cook dinner - after 4:00PM. Only 6




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How a 1% surcharge on restaurant bills can help fight climate change

It's a curious reversal of the farm-to-table movement.




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Bill Joy on three inventions that may change the world

The tech pioneer turned investor talks meat, batteries, and cement.




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Should Billionaires Be Forced to Pay a 1% Tax for International Development?

A new UN report says that a 1% tax levies on the world's 1,225 billionaires would more than make up for the shortfall in development aid from governments.




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Chevron wins huge victory over $18 billion Ecuador lawsuit

New York judge throws the whole thing out, accusing lawyer of bribery and money laundering.




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BP to pay $18.7 billion for Deepwater Horizon spill

Gulf Coast states and the federal government agree to the highest fine for an environmental disaster in U.S. history.




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Connecticut Fears Monsanto - Bill to Label GM Ingredients Dead Due to Lawsuit Worries

"The labeling provision was eliminated from the bill due to fears that it opened the state up to a lawsuit. The attorneys for the leadership & Governor's office felt the Constitutional rights of Monsanto gave them the power to successfully sue the state."




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E-bike sales hit almost $15 billion last year

New studies find that sales are big and getting bigger. It's time to give them a safe place to ride.




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Colorado could save $2.5 billion from shutting down coal

And people keep saying it's too expensive to deal with climate change.




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Crapping On Bill Gates' "Reinvent the Toilet" Winner

The last thing the world needs is a high tech electrochemical reactor toilet. This is a social problem, not a technical one.




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Billboard Houses Bats and Translates Their Speech, Tells Us What's Up

If you've ever seen a colony of bats on the move and wondered what they're up to, this is the billboard for you. The "Bat Billboard," a collaboration of designer Chris Woebken and artist Natalie Jeremijenko, is a




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The farmer, poet and environmental legend Wendell Berry speaks with Bill Moyers about social change

Wendell Berry is a fount of wisdom and inspiration, so it was great to see that Bill Moyers spoke with the farmer, poet, eco-philosopher about the role of activism and spirit in creating positive change.




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Scenic America, and now Scenic Toronto, fight billboard blight

The new digital billboards taking over our cities bring a whole new set of problems. That's why we need these orgs.




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Billboard ads "replaced" with old master paintings in Paris and Milan

What if advertisements on billboards were replaced with old masters--it almost happened in Paris.




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Feeding 7+ Billion in a Warming World (Video)

Check out the live feed of the Future Tense conference, Feeding the World While the Earth Cooks.




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The billionaire fighting to stop Keystone XL

In the current issue of the The New Yorker, Ryan Lizza tells the story of how Tom Steyer, "a fifty-six-year-old billionaire" has thrown his clout and money behind the effort to stop the Keystone XL pipeline.




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Bill McKibben on the failure of Obama's energy policy

Bill McKibben makes a strong case that despite the EPA's new power plant regulations and increasing fuel efficiency in cars, President Obama has largely been a failure in terms of pursuing a progressive energy policy




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JOHN SCULLEY LAUNCHES NEW BOOK AND MULTIMEDIA BUSINESS LEARNING SERIES TO HELP ENTREPRENEURS BUILD TRANSFORMATIVE BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESSES - John Sculley introduces his new multimedia business[...]

John Sculley introduces his new multimedia business learning series “How to Build a Successful Business”




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THE ONCE AND FUTURE JEWEL OF THE JERSEY SHORE: HISTORIC, MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR REDEVELOPMENT TO RESHAPE, RECLAIM, AND REVIVE ASBURY PARK WATERFRONT - The Asbury Park Waterfront

The Asbury Park Waterfront




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Oklahoma State University Receives $25 Million Gift from Alumni Ross and Billie McKnight to Establish Performing Arts Programming Endowment - McKnight Center Announcement

The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts at Oklahoma State University named in honor of visionary gift




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The Billboard Latin Music Awards Stage Explodes With A Star-Studded Line-Up As More Artists Join To Perform April 28 At 8pm/7c Live On TELEMUNDO - Las estrellas brillan en los Premios Billboard de la Música Latina

Los artistas más grandes llegan a los Premios Billboard de la Música Latina “Billboard Duets” que se transmitirá en vivo por TELEMUNDO el jueves 28 de abril a las 8pm/7c




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Las estrellas llegan a los Premios Billboard de la Musica Latina el jueves 30 de abril a las 7pm/6c por Telemundo - Premios Billboard de la Música Latina

Los prestigiosos Premios Billboard de la Música Latina tendrán lugar el jueves 30 de abril a las 7pm/6c por Telemundo




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The American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Reports Americans Spent More Than $12 Billion In 2014; Procedures For Men Up 43% Over Five Year Period - 2014 Plastic Surgery Trends

2014 Plastic Surgery Trends




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How unemployment benefits are calculated under the coronavirus stimulus bill

More than 33 million Americans have applied for unemployment insurance over the last seven weeks. Here's a look at how their benefits will be calculated.




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Media networks have paid billions for sports they won't receive this year — but the fighting for refunds hasn't started yet

Media networks have paid billions for live sports that they aren't going to broadcast this year. But nobody's pressing the issue yet, as the cable industry is focused on survival.




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Designers are now making fashion face masks and people can even buy a Billie Eilish one

A raft of fashion labels are now making non-medical masks to sell to consumers, including band t-shirt maker Bravado, which has made Rolling Stones, Queen and Ariana Grande versions.




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Mall owner Brookfield will spend $5 billion to save retailers

Property and mall owner Brookfield Asset Management is targeting spending $5 billion to help struggling retailers, as the retail industry reels from the coronavirus pandemic, the company announced Thursday.




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Republicans stall on next coronavirus relief bill, United Airlines halts $2.25 billion bond offering

Covid-19 has infected more than 3.8 million people around the world as of Friday, killing at least 269,881 people.




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US lawmakers urge Mnuchin to crack down on airlines cutting worker hours after taking billions in coronavirus aid

Three Senate Democrats are urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to crack down on airlines that are cutting employee hours, despite billions in federal coronavirus relief.




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Elon Musk's lavish LA mansions appear to be listed for sale days after billionaire pledged to 'own no house'

The homes have a combined value of $39.5 million.




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Fiat Chrysler to restart US production in two weeks after coronavirus shutdowns lead to $1.8 billion quarterly loss

Despite the "unexpected and unprecedented times" due to Covid-19, the company, said Tuesday that it and French automaker PSA Group "remain committed" to a previously announced merger of equals.




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Michigan lawmakers lead congressional push to include auto industry in next stimulus bill

"The projected economic fallout for the (auto) industry is grave," reads the bipartisan letter signed by nine lawmakers from Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Alabama, all states with big auto manufacturing plants.




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GM raises $4 billion in bond offering, expects to establish new $2 billion credit line

General Motors plans to further strengthen its cash position during the coronavirus pandemic through an offering of senior unsecured fixed rate notes, the company announced Thursday.




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NASA's billions of investment in SpaceX have been 'very beneficial,' agency chief says

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine believes the billions his agency has invested in Elon Musk's SpaceX have been well worth it.




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Cryptocurrency market jumps by over $13 billion driven by bitcoin as major technical event approaches

A rally in bitcoin led the cryptocurrency market higher ahead of a major technical event for the digital coin and as industry participants report an increased interest from institutional investors.




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Jefferies: Boeing may have to shore up about another $15 billion in capital at some point

Sheila Kahyaoglu of Jefferies discusses the biggest issues facing Boeing right now, with much of production still halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Norwegian Cruise Line raises over $2 billion to withstand 'well over' a year without revenue

"When the transactions are completed, the additional liquidity alleviates management's concern about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months," Norwegian said in a statement Wednesday.




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Virgin Media and O2 agree on $39 billion merger to create a new UK telecom giant

The combined group could put pressure on rival telecommunications firms BT, Vodafone and Sky.




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House Democrats hope to vote on coronavirus bill next week as Republicans press pause

Democrats are pushing to pass their next coronavirus relief bill, but Republicans have less urgency as they grow wary of taxpayer spending.




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How the coronavirus could kill the $2 billion US bail bond business

Crimes and arrests are down nationwide during the pandemic as people obey stay-at-home orders and police departments reduce operations. This has led many bail bond companies to lay off entire staff.




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Bill Ackman looks to find another winner in restaurants, where his track record is perfect

Pershing Square made six previous investments in this industry and has never lost money on any of them.




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Billionaire Barry Diller says bail out everyone and 'worry about paying the bills later'

"The damage that is being done every day is enormous," Expedia and IAC Chairman Barry Diller told CNBC on Thursday.




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Bill Gates: Coronavirus may be 'once-in-a-century pathogen we've been worried about'

"I hope it's not that bad, but we should assume it will be until we know otherwise," Gates wrote in an article published Friday in The New England Journal of Medicine.




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Bezos loses $7 billion overnight, $18 billion in a month, as market sells off on coronavirus fears

Concerns over coronavirus have roiled markets and torched hundreds of billions in paper wealth from the world's billionaires over the past month. But last night's declines could be the largest overnight wealth loss in nearly a decade.




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Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris sees oil at $100 in 18 months, says he would buy airlines

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris said he would buy airlines, going against fellow billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who announced that Berkshire Hathaway sold all airline stocks at the firm's annual meeting on Saturday.




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United Airlines swings to $1.7 billion loss in first quarter as bookings disappeared in coronavirus pandemic

United Airlines had reported a first-quarter pretax loss earlier this month.




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Apple now has $192.8 billion in cash on hand, down from last quarter

Apple has continuously hosted one of the largest cash piles among U.S. companies, but is facing pressure from the Covid-19 pandemic.




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Warren Buffett's Berkshire swings to massive $50 billion net loss after coronavirus pummels stock investments

Berkshire's first-quarter net loss totaled $49.75 billion. A year earlier, net earnings totaled $21.66 billion.




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Tyson Foods shares fall 8% as production disruptions take a toll on profits, company secures $1.5 billion loan facility

Tyson Foods on Monday reported that its fiscal second-quarter net income fell 15% from a year earlier, as production disruptions weighed on its results.




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Equinor has reduced 2020 costs by $3 billion and is prepared to do more, CEO says

Eldar Sætre, CEO of Equinor, discusses the company's first-quarter earnings.