US govt grants $1 billion loan to hydrogen project
Dec 26, 2021 23:33 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
The US Department of Energy has guaranteed a Nebraska-based hydrogen project a $1 billion conditional loan, the first of its kind for a non-nuclear project since 2016. The loan reinforces the energy departments drive...
Omicron variant disrupts US holiday travel, but shoppers were undaunted
Dec 26, 2021 23:33 pm UTC| Economy Business Life
The COVID-19 Omicron variant is upending holiday plans for tens of thousands of American travelers with US airlines canceling over 700 more flights Sunday, but holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, according...
Toyota begins selling environment-friendly 2-seater C+pod to all customers in Japan
Dec 26, 2021 23:33 pm UTC| Economy Business Nature
Toyota Motor Corp has started selling the C+pod, an environmentally-friendly two-seater ultra-compact battery electric vehicle (BEV), to the public after launching it for select corporate and municipal customers last year....
Canada’s climate changes woes result in shortage of McDonald's French fries and mustard
Dec 26, 2021 23:32 pm UTC| Nature Economy Life
Canadas prairie drought and its Pacific coast flooding have resulted in crop production and shipping problems that led to an international shortage of fries and mustard. In Japan, McDonalds has been forced to ration...
Tokyo Olympic village condo buyers sue developers for delay
Dec 26, 2021 11:54 am UTC| Law Economy Business
Buyers of condominiums units to be converted from the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics athletes village have sued the developers for the additional cost they would incur due to a one-year delay in the property...
Hitachi vehicle parts unit admits inspection lapses in brake, suspension systems manufacturing
Dec 24, 2021 23:20 pm UTC| Economy Business
Hitachi Astemo Ltd. has admitted to inspection lapses on brake and suspension systems, with the practice spanning from around 2000 through October this year. According to the auto parts subsidiary of Japans Hitachi Lt,...
Nippon Steel sues Mitsui for allegedly infringing magnetic steel sheets patent
Dec 24, 2021 23:19 pm UTC| Law Economy Business
Nippon Steel Corp. has sued trading house Mitsui Co. for patent infringement at the Tokyo District Court, suspecting that the latter was involved in infringing on its patents on non-oriented magnetic steel sheets that are...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects