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SpaceX becomes full defense contractor with national security-focused Starshield

SpaceX becomes full defense contractor with national security-focused Starshield

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SpaceX’s launch services have already become an invaluable resource for the US government, but the company is now leaping to the depths of the pool in which it had hitherto only splashed. Starshield, a new vertical within SpaceX, will provide “government entities” (think three-letter agencies) with secure communications and bespoke satellite designs. The new brand …

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Europe First: Brussels is preparing to give up its ideals of free trade

Europe First: Brussels is preparing to give up its ideals of free trade

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The last great defender of rules-based open commerce — the European Union — is about to fall. It happens in slow motion and the impact will be painful. If the world’s largest trading bloc abandons the concept of free trade, the entire global economy will suffer. But such an outcome looks increasingly likely, as the …

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The S&P 500 is about to cross a level that could spell the end of the bear market

The S&P 500 is about to cross a level that could spell the end of the bear market

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The stock market has spat at times over the past three weeks, but statements from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday prompted the S&P 500 SPX, -0.09% jump above a technical resistance level at 4030 points. The benchmark is now challenging the downward 200-day moving average (MA) and the trendline that defines the bear …

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Tesla investors were the biggest losers in Elon Musk's Twitter deal, and those losses continue

Tesla investors were the biggest losers in Elon Musk’s Twitter deal, and those losses continue

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Twitter users have complained a lot about Elon Musk’s early moves after taking over the social network, but their complaints seem small compared to what Tesla Inc. investors had to endure. As the United States focused on election returns on Tuesday night, Tesla TSLA, -7.17% Chief Executive Musk tried to push through the disclosure of …

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