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3Jul

By Gerald LebrunNo Comments

Business

Tesla Was Expected To See A Drop In Sales In The Second Quarter Of The Year.

One effect of China's coronavirus lockdowns was a dip in Tesla's production and sales. Tesla reported that completed sales plummeted 18 percent, to approximately 255,000 vehicles in mid-June compared to the first three months of the year. Production decreased about 15 percent, to around 259,000. The Tesla factory in Shanghai was closed for several weeks in April due to a lockdown rule aimed at alleviating a spike in cases of the flu. Tesla's problems with suppliers’ also limited production even after the factory reopened. The plant was forced to shut down again in May as officials tried to prevent an increase in outbreak-related deaths. The lockdowns likely cost Tesla production of about 70,000 vehicles in the quarter, according to Dan Ives, tech analyst for Wedbush Securities. However,...

A Vote That Ought To Frighten Donald Trump.

24Jun

By Gerald LebrunNo Comments

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A Vote That Ought To Frighten Donald Trump.

The results of a new poll by the University of New Hampshire have some worrisome news for Trump: He is no longer the big dog in the state of New Hampshire. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes 39% in a poll of the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire, while Trump is at 37%. No other potential GOP contender manages double-digit support, with former Vice President Mike Pence in third place at 9%. This is a major change from where the race was last fall. A UNH poll in October 2021 showed Trump with 43% to DeSantis' 18%. Another interesting nugget from the poll: Just 6 in 10 self-identified Republicans (62%) want President Trump to run again in 2024. Now, this is just one poll at a secluded location expected to be the first to vote in the 2024 primary season. Depending on polling ...

24Jun

By Daniel ThompsonNo Comments

Business

Germany Announces That A Natural Gas Crisis Has Begun As Russia Cuts Its Pipeline Supply Of Natural Gas To Europe.

Germany has declared a natural gas shortage, escalating its crisis plan to preserve supplies ahead of winter as Russia turns off the taps. The country on Thursday activated the second phase of its three-stage gas emergency program, taking it one step closer to rationing supplies to industry—a step that would deliver a huge blow to the manufacturing heart of its economy. ''Gas is from here on out hard to come by in Germany," Economy Minister Robert Habeck told correspondents at a question and answer session in Berlin. "Regardless of whether you feel it yet: We are in a gas emergency." Europe's energy emergency raised for this present month as Russia further diminished supplies to Germany, Italy and different individuals from the European Union. Russia's state ga...

Germany To Fire Up Coal Stations As Russia Squeezes Gas Supply

22Jun

By Gerald LebrunNo Comments

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Germany To Fire Up Coal Stations As Russia Squeezes Gas Supply

A series of measures will be implemented to reduce natural gas use in Germany and use it to fill gas storage facilities, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck announced Sunday. "The circumstance is serious," Habeck said in an explanation. "We are hence proceeding to fortify safeguards and going to extra lengths to decrease gas utilization. This implies that gas utilization should fall further, yet more gas should be placed into the storerooms, if not things will truly get tight in winter." Germany is vigorously dependent on Moscow's gas to drive its homes and weighty industry, however has figured out how to shave Moscow's portion of its imports down to 35% from 55% before the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine. Habeck expressed security of supply was at present ensured...

The Fed Rate Hikes Translate To An Increased Salary.

18Jun

By Gerald LebrunNo Comments

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The Fed Rate Hikes Translate To An Increased Salary.

In the past quarter century, wages haven't seen substantial growth; yet inflation is prompting downward wage cuts instead. Each time expansion ticks up, it whittles down specialists' compensation and bites away at their financial balances. What's more, this ongoing stretch of expansion - - set off by a conversion of occasions, remembering the battle for Ukraine and the continuous pandemic - - has had an unquenchable hunger. That has implied wage climbs have really transformed into misfortunes, with the most recent expansion report showing purchaser costs shot up by 8.6% for the year finishing off with May. Subsequently, the typical buyer is hacking up an expected $460 more consistently than they did right now last year to pay for similar labor and products, as indicated by ...

Pope Francis Wonders If One Way Or The Other The Ukraine Conflict Was Set Off Or Prevented.

15Jun

By Daniel ThompsonNo Comments

Business

Pope Francis Wonders If One Way Or The Other The Ukraine Conflict Was Set Off Or Prevented.

Pope Francis has said that it is not necessary to attribute the Donbass conflict to "one or the other" in remarks published by Italian newspaper La Stampa on Tuesday. The Pope reportedly said that what we are seeing in the war in Chechnya is "the brutality and ferocity with which this war is waged by the troops, generally mercenary, used by the Russians." He said that the Russians "prefer to send Chechens, Syrians, mercenaries forward. But the danger is that we only see this, which is monstrous, and we do not see the whole drama that is unfolding behind this war, which was perhaps in some way either provoked or not prevented." Pope Francis spoke inaccurately when he stated, "I'm neither for Putin nor against reducing the distinction between good and bad, without thinking about roots ...

When Big Oil Faces A Tax Burden, Joe Biden Pushes For An End To “Perverse” Incentives That Encourage Exorbitant Pricing Structures.

15Jun

By Gerald LebrunNo Comments

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When Big Oil Faces A Tax Burden, Joe Biden Pushes For An End To “Perverse” Incentives That Encourage Exorbitant Pricing Structures.

Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden is drawing up a surtax on Big Oil that seeks to restrain the industry's skyrocketing profit margins at a time when gasoline prices are at record highs. Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who seats the Senate Finance Committee, is drifting a 21% surtax on the overabundance benefits of oil and gas organizations that create more than $1 billion in income, as per a representative for the congressperson. "Our wrecked duty code is working for Big Oil, not American families," Wyden told CNN in a proclamation. The proposition, revealed prior by Bloomberg News, likewise requires a 25% extract charge on stock buybacks and would close a bookkeeping proviso on inventories that pundits say permits oil organizations to downplay their benefits and concede burdens endle...

Charl Schwartzel won the inaugural LIV Golf individual competition and $4 million prize.

13Jun

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Charl Schwartzel won the inaugural LIV Golf individual competition and $4 million prize.

South African Charl Schwartzel won the inaugural individual stroke-play competition of the inaugural Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, which took place on Saturday. Schwartzel won $4 million for the three-round, 54-hole event at the Centurion Golf Club outside London. He shot 7-under, finishing one stroke clear of Hennie du Plessis. Schwartzel's four-man team, Stinger GC, also won the team competition by 14 shots over Crushers GC and will split the $3 million prize. The 2011 Masters champion combined payday for winning both individual and team contests is $4.75 million. Phil Mickelson finished in 34th place on 10 over in the 48 player field. Dustin Johnson placed eighth, and ended up on 1 under after this tournament. Fronted by former world No. 1 Greg Norman, the LIV Go...

Tesla Shares Are About To Get Much Cheaper.

13Jun

By Daniel ThompsonNo Comments

Business

Tesla Shares Are About To Get Much Cheaper.

The price of Tesla shares is about to decrease by three times. The company recently announced that it approved a 3-for-1 stock split. The shelved split would need to get reviewed and cleared by shareholders in the company's annual meeting in August. Tesla (TSLA) shut Friday at somewhat more than $696 per share. In the event that the split were to happen today, its shares would be valued at $232 an offer. You can definitely relax, Tesla investors (which is essentially everybody with a retirement account, nowadays) - - your stakes will in any case merit something very similar. You'll hold multiple times more offers no matter what. Organizations split their stocks for various reasons: Splits can put their stock inside the scope of more modest, individual financ...

9Jun

By Fredda PetersonNo Comments

Business

Book in a test drive with ZOE2 before time runs out

Book in a test drive with ZOE2 before time runs out Locals are being encouraged to book in now to experience the self-driving vehicle ZOE2, with the last sessions available in the Bundaberg Region tomorrow. The post Book in a test drive with ZOE2 before time runs out appeared first on Bundaberg Now delivers free good news.