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Blackouts are growing more frequent in the United States. The average American experienced just over eight hours of power outages in 2020, with overall duration of power interruptions in the U.S. more than doubling since 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. “This is not because the grid has changed, but because there is

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. This week’s market action reaffirmed oil as our hedge Quick mentions: AAPL, QCOM, JNJ, DHR We want an update on Cisco’s supply chain issues 1. This week’s market action reaffirmed

A customer pumps gas at an Exxon gas station on July 29, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Gas prices are below $4 for the first time since March, but the market remains precarious and experts said it’s too early to know if the move lower will hold. The national average for

A customer pumps gas at an Exxon gas station on July 29, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The national average for a gallon of gas dropped below $4 on Thursday for the first time since March, in an ongoing sign that inflationary pressures for consumers are easing. The price for a

Ethereum is the world’s second-biggest cryptocurrency, and it’s giving bitcoin a run for its money. Getty Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, just ran a final dress rehearsal ahead of a years-awaited upgrade that’s been billed as one of the most important events in the history of crypto. Since its creation almost a decade

Dan Kitwood | Getty Images A major way criminals in the crypto world launder money is by sending digital assets across blockchains, bypassing a centralized service that can trace and freeze transactions. They use so-called cross-chain bridges to make it happen, and the dollar amounts are getting large. One particular cross-chain bridge called RenBridge has

In this article VYGVQ Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder and chief executive officer of FTX, in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Lam Yik | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried became a crypto billionaire and one of the most famous players in the industry by building cryptocurrency exchange FTX into a top site used

Buildings in Singapore at dusk. Asia is already home to a number of tidal power projects. Guvendemir | E+ | Getty Images Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha is to take part in a tidal power project planned for Singapore, as the emerging marine energy sector gains traction. The demonstration project, run by Singapore-owned Bluenergy

A tornado is seen on a field in D’arcy, Saskatchewan, Canada June 15, 2021. Neil Serfas | via Reuters The Treasury Department’s crackdown on Tornado Cash was meant to stop criminals. But a lot of ordinary crypto investors with honest intentions are now at risk. “Every U.S. person is going to have to be very

Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch said Monday that there is no technical justification for Russia to refuse the delivery of a turbine for the key Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline. His comments come amid a standoff between Germany and Russia over a piece of equipment that the Kremlin claims is holding back gas supplies to

Celsius on Thursday was sued by former investment manager Jason Stone, as pressure continues to mount on the firm amid a crash in cryptocurrency prices. Stone has alleged, among other things, that Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky (above) was “able to enrich himself considerably.” Piaras Ó Mídheach | Sportsfile for Web Summit | Getty Images Embattled

In this article GS A nuclear power plant photographed in Germany, on August 4, 2022. Discussions about nuclear’s role in Europe’s biggest economy have been thrown into sharp relief following Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February. Lennart Preiss | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nuclear has a role to play in the years

CNBC’s MacKenzie Sigalos and William Rudolf Lobkowicz in the Family Chapel of the Lobkowicz Palace depicting an early 18th-century altarpiece painting of St. Wenceslas, patron saint of the Czech nation. House of Lobkowicz PRAGUE — It is past midnight on a Friday at the Lobkowicz Palace in the Prague Castle complex. A 27-year-old Czech prince,

In this article SEDG Getty Images SolarEdge shares tumbled this week after the company’s second-quarter results showed a hit to margins from factory closures, higher transport costs and currency headwinds from the weakening Euro. But SolarEdge CFO Ronen Faier said lower margins now is the price to be paid for long-term growth in a market

After making it through the busiest three weeks of earnings season, we’re taking a step back and making sense of what we’ve learned. Here are four common themes around the consumer, banks, Big Tech and energy that have emerged among companies in our portfolio. 1. (Some) consumers are strong How’s the consumer holding up in

Oil prices have fallen sharply from their recent peaks, but there’s still a case for buying oil stocks, according to Bill Smead, chief investment officer at Smead Capital Management. That’s because energy prices are likely to stay high or even increase further, he told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Thursday. He described the slide in

We’re adding four stocks to our Investing Club Bullpen, including Starbucks (SBUX) and Airbnb (ABNB). Jim Cramer announced them in Thursday’s “Monthly Meeting.” The Bullpen should be treated like a watch list of sorts and an outside area to perform homework and due diligence. As the baseball metaphor suggests, it consists of stocks in reserve

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s key moments. Oil is all about Russia Quick mentions: AMD, F Eli Lilly reports Thursday 1. Oil is all about Russia U.S. oil prices, as measured by West Texas Intermediate crude futures

21 July 2022, Bavaria, Essenbach: Water vapor rises behind sunflowers from the cooling system of the nuclear power plant (NPP) Isar 2. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Nuclear energy is at an inflection point. Early exuberance about its potential was undercut by a series of devastating and dangerous accidents at Three Mile

People photographed in Lower Saxony, Germany, on July 19, 2022. A number of European countries were affected by a heatwave last month. Julian Stratenschulte | Picture Alliance | Getty Images It’s been called a “global emergency that goes beyond national borders” and described as “the biggest threat to security that modern humans have ever faced.”