The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in western Pennsylvania became the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States when it came online in 1958. Since then, nuclear energy has become an integral part of the national power grid. Today, there are 55 commercial nuclear power plants nationwide, and for the last four decades, nuclear reactors have accounted for about […]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney Co’s head of corporate affairs, Geoff Morrell, is leaving the company three months after joining from oil and energy company BP Plc, according to an email on Friday from Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek.FILE PHOTO: A screen shows the logo and a ticker symbol for The Walt Disney Company on the floor of the New […]

As New Zealand’s new public health system beds in soon, no one will be watching more closely than Southern Cross private healthcare boss Greg Gent. Far from being the domain of solely the well-heeled and the well-insured, Southern Cross private hospitals can at any time be half-full of patients paid for out of the public purse, from district health board […]

Tesla stock has reversed its slump after Elon Musk said he is finished selling stock in the electric vehicle firm he runs as CEO in order to fund his pending $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. About $8.5 billion in stock sales, done in multiple transactions spanning 9.4 million shares, have been disclosed over the past couple of days in regulatory […]

Almost Famous, the stage musical adaptation of Cameron Crowe’s rock & roll film of 2000, has announced a Broadway arrival for 2022. With the current spring season just about over, that means fall. “It’s All Happening…Broadway 2022,” reads the production’s official Twitter page. The musical, based on Crowe’s youthful days as a writer for Rolling Stone on the road with […]

FILE PHOTO: Tesla Model 3 vehicles are seen during a delivery event at the carmaker’s factory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo/File (Reuters) – Tesla is recalling about 48,000 Model 3 Performance vehicles in the United States because they may not display the speedometer while in “Track Mode,” documents released Friday show. The recall covers vehicles from […]

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(Reuters) -Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Thursday as strong earnings from Meta Platforms lifted battered technology and growth stocks and offset concerns around a contraction in U.S. economic growth in the first quarter.FILE PHOTO: Raindrops hang on a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., October 26, […]