Transportation

Chamath Palihapitiya-backed Arclight Clean Transition Corp. jumps 12% after announcing Maryland school-bus deal

Summary List Placement Arclight Clean Transition Corp. stock jumped as much as 12% on Wednesday after the company announced its merger partner Proterra inked a deal with the...
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Russian Gas Tanker's Arctic Ice Voyage Branded ‘Irony Of Our Time'

1 hour ago | Forbes

This month, for the first time in history, a commercial gas tanker travelled from China to northwestern Russia through Arctic winter ice, an event U. K. climate experts have...
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Global airline industry body to launch Covid ‘travel pass' by March

2 hours ago | RT

The International Air Transport Association has announced that it will launch a Covid-19 travel pass by March, which it says will give travelers a way to display test results...
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Online Car Buying Site Gettacar Wins Millions In New Funding

2 hours ago | Forbes

Showing confidence in the move to online vehicle purchasing, investors have infused car buying site Gettacar with millions in new funding.
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Fisker Forming Electric Vehicle Partnership With Foxconn

3 hours ago | Forbes

The Los Angeles-based electric vehicle startup led by designer Henrik Fisker intends to work with Taiwan's mass-production giant on its second battery-powered model.
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Thai court ousts 3 Cabinet members found guilty of sedition

4 hours ago | My Sanantonio | 3 articles

BANGKOK - Three Cabinet ministers in Thailand were forced to leave their posts Wednesday after a court found them guilty of sedition for taking part in sometimes-violent...
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Gig Workers Gather Data to Check the Algorithm's Math

5 hours ago | Wired

Drivers for Uber, Lyft, and other firms are building apps to compare their mileage with pay slips. One group is selling the data to government agencies.
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Biden plans order to bolster US supply chains, spurred by last year's scramble for COVID-19 medical gear and looming crisis in chips for electric cars

6 hours ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Summary List Placement President Joe Biden is plans to sign an Executive Order on Wednesday, aimed at strengthening US supply chains. White House officials briefed reporters...
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Hong Kong Gives HK$120 Billion Boost to Economic Recovery

6 hours ago | Bloomberg

Hong Kong gave consumers a boost with spending vouchers and loans for the unemployed, while hitting investors with a planned tax hike on stock trading.
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Biden to order a review of US supply chains for vital goods

7 hours ago | My Sanantonio | 3 articles

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is preparing to sign an executive order to review U.S. supply chains for large-capacity batteries, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and...
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Three-quarters of all voters, including 60% of Republicans, support Biden's...

Summary List Placement A majority of all voters, including Republicans, support the passage of President Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package, a new... Read more ...

Biden administration sending masks to poor communities

The Biden administration is planning to distribute millions of free face masks across the country to organizations serving people with low incomes, in a fresh effort to tamp... Read more ...

Fisker soars 26% after it partners with Foxconn to develop and manufacture a...

Summary List Placement Fisker Inc. soared 26% on Wednesday after it said it will collaborate with Foxconn to develop and manufacture electric vehicles. Fisker and Foxconn will... Read more ...

Prosecutors drop drunken driving charge against Bruce Springsteen

The judge fined the rock star $500 plus $40 in court costs. Read more ...

16 books Steve Jobs always turned to for inspiration

Summary List Placement Wednesday marks what would have been the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' 66th birthday. And while Tim Cook has since taken the reins, Jobs' legacy in... Read more ...

Biden administration withdraws from transgender athlete case

The Biden administration has withdrawn government support for a federal lawsuit in Connecticut that seeks to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' high school... Read more ...

Prosecutors drop DWI, reckless driving charges against Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday pleaded guilty to downing shots of tequila with fans at a New Jersey park - as prosecutors dismissed charges of DWI and reckless driving in his... Read more ...

Trump-appointed federal judge indefinitely blocks the Biden administration's...

Summary List Placement A federal judge in Texas indefinitely blocked President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a 100-day deportation freeze, according to the... Read more ...

Biden to order review of supply chains in key industries

President Biden will sign an executive order on Wednesday to review the supply chains in four key industries to assure a continued flow of critical goods in medical care and... Read more ...

Canadiens fire coach Claude Julien amid losing str

MONTREAL - The struggling Montreal Canadiens fired head coach Claude Julien and associate coach Kirk Muller on Wednesday following a three-game skid. Read more ...