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Who Gives a F*ck: Dems Defend Infrastructure Meeting With Trump

May 7, 2019

Things were loose and light at the White House on Tuesday as President Donald Trump hosted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and a delegation of Democratic lawmakers for a meeting billed as a discussion of infrastructure Continue reading →

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Chuck Schumer, Donald J. Trump, House Democrats, Infrastructure, Nancy Pelosi

What Happened in the Dark: Puerto Rico’s Year of Fighting for Power

September 13, 2018

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Several weeks before he would become a folk hero across Puerto Rico, Jorge Bracero slipped in a puddle at San Juan’s central power plant and broke his leg.

After a few days in a cast, he began to feel pain Continue reading →

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backchannel, electricity, hurricanes, Infrastructure, longreads, magazine-26.09, Puerto Rico, Science, solar

Greece’s bailout is finally at an end but has been a failure | Larry Elliott

September 10, 2018

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The strategy of austerity will have long-term consequences throughout Europe

After eight years, Greece will on Monday be deemed strong enough to stand on its own feet. The international bailout programme that has provided Athens with emergency financial support Continue reading →

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Business, Economic policy, Economics, Europe, Greece, Infrastructure, politics, Tax and spending, UK news, World news

Tesla Marks the Latest High-Profile Bet for Saudi Wealth Fund

August 21, 2018

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Saudi Arabia’s purchase of a stake of about $2 billion in Tesla Inc. is only the latest high-profile investment by its sovereign wealth fund since 2016.

The Public Investment Fund built up a less-than 5 percent stake in the electric Continue reading →

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BLACKSTONE GROUP LP/THE, Elon Reeve Musk, Infrastructure, Private Equity, PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUND/THE, Saudi Arabia, technology, TESLA INC, UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC, wealth, Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan

Ivanka Trump Made $3.9 Million From Father’s Hotel in 2017

June 12, 2018

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Ivanka Trump made $3.9 million from her investment in her father’s hotel in Washington last year, according to a disclosure released by the White House on Tuesday.

She was also paid $2 million in severance by her family’s real estate Continue reading →

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Business, Capital Gains, family, Infrastructure, Ivanka M Trump, politics, Real Estate, shopping, Washington, White House

Chinas $1 Billion White Elephant

May 5, 2018

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Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port spurs worries in India, Japan
Operator China Merchants is ‘hell bent’ on turning it aound

Each year roughly 60,000 ships vital to the global economy sail through the Indian Ocean past a Chinese-operated port on the Continue reading →

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Business, Cargo, china, Debt, Generic 1st 'CL' Future, Indian Ocean, Infrastructure, Malaysia, Military, politics, singapore, Sri Lanka

China Now Has the Most Valuable AI Startup in the World

April 22, 2018

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It becomes the world’s richest-valued private AI startup
The company drives China’s ambition to dominate global AI

SenseTime Group Ltd. has raised $600 million from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and other investors at a valuation of more than $3 billion, Continue reading →

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ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING-SP ADR, artificial intelligence, Beijing, china, Infrastructure, QUALCOMM INC, SENSETIME GROUP LTD, Software, technology, Valuation, XIAOMI CORP

Fancy New Suspension Could Make Car Rides a Lot Smoother

April 10, 2018

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America’s roads are rough. Underspending on infrastructure has left them filled with potholes, something the AAA estimates costs drivers $3 billion a year in repairs to their cars.

President Trump’s $200 billion infrastructure plan aims to fix some of the Continue reading →

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Infrastructure, transportation

Egyptian Billionaire Eyes Further Pakistan Real Estate Projects

March 13, 2018

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Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris’s Ora Developers will next month start building a luxurious $2 billion housing estate on the outskirts of Islamabad and is eyeing further projects as it taps demand from overseas Pakistanis.

The ‘Eighteen Islamabad’ development will feature Continue reading →

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Business, china, Economic Growth, EIGHTEEN, family, Golf, House Prices, Infrastructure, Karachi, Pakistan, Real Estate

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is Bigly Biased Against Cities

March 12, 2018

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President Trump'sinfrastructure plan, releasedMonday, is more of a defiance of fiscal logic than it is a rational outline. One obvious shortcoming is that the plan doesn't offer states and cities federal money as much as invite them to Continue reading →

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Donald J. Trump, Infrastructure