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• Salesforce CEO Reaches Out To Musk To Dig A Tunnel Under San Francisco

  Published 08 November 2018 | viewed 2,047 times

  Salesforce’s chief executive, Marc Benioff asked in a tweet Elon Musk to dig a tunnel under San Francisco, days after the Tesla CEO, who is…

• China Ready For Trade Negotiations

  Published 06 November 2018 | viewed 2,121 times

  China is ready to negotiate a trade deal with the United States as both economies stand to lose from a prolonged trade war, Vice President…

• Analysts See Upside In Energy Stocks

  Published 05 November 2018 | viewed 3,768 times

  Just as energy stocks began to cautiously recover from the lows during the worst of the oil price crash in 2015-2016, equity markets and oil…

• One Of Canada's Biggest Industries Has No Long-Term Strategy

  Published 01 November 2018 | viewed 3,829 times

  “Canada has no energy plan beyond pedal-to-the-metal export of its non-renewable energy assets.” That’s the bottom line of a recent opinion piece in Calgary Herald…

• Key Iranian Economic Officials Replaced Ahead Of Sanctions

  Published 29 October 2018 | viewed 2,188 times

  Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani has replaced several senior economic officials a week before U.S. sanctions against Tehran come into effect, Sputnik reports, citing a statement…

• A Sober Look At The Biofuel Boom

  Published 24 October 2018 | viewed 11,486 times

  Over the past decade, “biofuel” has been a major buzz word in the world of clean energy and environmental science. As the topic of advanced…

• China Plans To Launch The First Artifical Moon

  Published 22 October 2018 | viewed 2,522 times

  China wants to launch a world-first ‘man-made moon’ over the southwestern city of Chengdu by 2020 to help illuminate the city at night. If the…

• Trump Bails On Coal Industry Incentives

  Published 16 October 2018 | viewed 4,258 times

  President Trump has reportedly cancelled a plan proposed by Energy Secretary Rick Perry to provide financial support for troubled coal-fired power plant operators, Politico says,…

• UK Prepares For Cyberwar As Relations With Russia Deteriorate

  Published 09 October 2018 | viewed 2,297 times

  The British military has staged war games featuring a large-scale blackout attack on Moscow as they fear a capability shortage amid allegations of Russian cyberattacks…

• U.S. To Spend Millions On Cybersecurity Upgrade

  Published 03 October 2018 | viewed 4,773 times

  The U.S. Department of Energy is awarding up to US$28 million in research and development of next-generation tools and technologies aimed at improving the cybersecurity…

• Tesla Rebounds Following Musk Settlement

  Published 01 October 2018 | viewed 1,680 times

  Elon Musk has agreed to settle the securities fraud charge by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a settlement that includes removing Musk…

• Tesla Close To Autonomous Driving Breakthrough

  Published 27 September 2018 | viewed 1,994 times

  Tesla will release its biggest software update in two years by the end of the week, chief executive Elon Musk, true to himself, said in…

• Saudis Boost Mining Sector In Diversification Push

  Published 24 September 2018 | viewed 5,530 times

  Mining grew by 6.3 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first quarter of 2018, according to data issued by the General Authority for Statistics on July…

• Is Tesla "Headed For The Graveyard?"

  Published 20 September 2018 | viewed 2,991 times

  Tesla is an “automobile company that is headed for the graveyard,” as it doesn’t have any advantage over the scores of electric vehicles coming from…

• This Millennial Brokerage Is Coming To Tesla’s Rescue

  Published 17 September 2018 | viewed 2,309 times

  While they already had their hands full killing mayonnaise, Applebee’s, and countless other industries that make up the cornerstone of American culture, in these past…

• Is Venezuela Privatizing Some Of Its Oil Fields?

  Published 13 September 2018 | viewed 6,770 times

  Caracas is preparing the return of oil contracts with private companies that were last used in the 1990s before the Chavez era that made PDVSA…

• Tesla's Biggest Bull Bails After Musk Fiasco

  Published 12 September 2018 | viewed 2,845 times

  One of the biggest bulls on Tesla among analysts covering the stock is no longer recommending it as a ‘buy’, as he believes that Elon…

• Is The U.S. Prepared For A Cyberwar?

  Published 10 September 2018 | viewed 3,383 times

  War always goes for the infrastructure: take out the bridges, cut off the electricity and water supplies. All that used to be done with artillery,…

• Goldman Reiterates 'Sell' Rating On Tesla Stock

  Published 05 September 2018 | viewed 2,137 times

  Goldman Sachs has warned that intensifying competition on the EV market plus Tesla’s high debt load would make life for the company more difficult in…

• Tesla Struggles To Meet Production Targets

  Published 03 September 2018 | viewed 2,022 times

  Tesla has failed to ramp up its Model 3 weekly production to its own set target of 6,000 for August, Electrek has learned. However, the…