(Bloomberg) — China’s Oceanwide Holdings Co. has sold its San Francisco property project for about $1 billion, taking a loss on an ambitious development that was expected to include the city’s second-tallest office tower but has lain idle for months.The Oceanwide Center site, which includes offices, upscale condos and a Waldorf Astoria hotel, faced “huge […]
Prince Charles today met Greta Thunberg in Davos after using a speech to call climate change the ‘greatest threat mankind has ever faced’ and warned there is ten years to save the planet.
The History channel’s aliens and UFOs content continues to blossom as ‘Project Blue Book’ returns Fortune
Kevin Randle seems a bit more peeved at the “ahistoricity” of History’s Project Blue Book series as its second season impends. There is a Roswell component in the premiering episode, which bothers Kevin a lot. “I fear this will inject more nonsense into the Roswell case and the last thing that serious research needs is […]
(Bloomberg Opinion) — In the space of just a few momentous weeks, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most ambitious projects — a Russian natural gas export system to match the new geopolitical reality rather than the Cold War-era one — has taken its final shape. It will probably last, without major change, until the end of […]
The conservative group launched the Lincoln Project, a super PAC "dedicated to defeating President Trump and Trumpism at the ballot box."
Peak Resources Ltd on Tuesday said it received an indication from a U.S. government agency regarding possible funding for its Ngualla Rare Earth project in Southern Tanzania. The Overseas Private Investment Corp, a U.S. government agency that helps American businesses invest in emerging markets, would consider financing the African project, subject to a review and […]
Andrew appears to have bowed to pressure and stepped down, with the move coming a day after one sponsor said his plans to continue leading Pitch were ‘not tenable’.
Rio Tinto faces renegotiating the terms of an agreement underpinning its Mongolian copper mine project, after lawmakers on Thursday approved plans to revise the deal to make it more beneficial for Mongolia. The Oyu Tolgoi mine, Mongolia’s biggest foreign investment project, has already been subject to delays and ballooning costs, leaving Mongolian lawmakers impatient for […]
“Yes, much of this sounds almost like magic” says Brett Tingley in describing “what could be one of the most important, transformative, and fascinating advances in naval combat, and warfare in general, in years.” NEMESIS (Netted Emulation of Multi-Element Signature against Integrated Sensors) is a cooperative “system of systems” and a disruptive Electronic Warfare capability. […]