China teases plan to buy unsold homes to fix property crisis. Markets are loving it

China teases plan to buy unsold homes to fix property crisis. Markets are loving it

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Chinese stocks surged on Thursday after officials in a major city announced plans to buy unsold homes in

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After a $20M Series A funding, Germany’s Insempra plans eco-friendly lipid production

After a M Series A funding, Germany’s Insempra plans eco-friendly lipid production

Lipids are fatty, waxy or oily compounds that typically come in the form of fats and oils. As a result, they are heavily used in the production of beauty products, as well as in fashion and food industries. Right now, most lipids come from environmentally problematic petrochemicals. But new processes

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UniSuper’s Google Cloud environment was deleted – Finance – Cloud

UniSuper’s Google Cloud environment was deleted – Finance – Cloud

Industry superannuation fund UniSuper has revealed that its private cloud infrastructure “subscription” with Google Cloud was deleted due to an error made during provisioning.

UniSuper's Google Cloud environment was deleted


In a joint statement released overnight, the fund shed light on cryptic earlier commentary that it had lost primary and secondary cloud-based infrastructure due to

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New eco-friendly lubricant additives protect turbine equipment, waterways

New eco-friendly lubricant additives protect turbine equipment, waterways
New eco-friendly lubricant additives protect turbine equipment, waterways
Testing with ORNL tribology equipment found that new ionic liquid-based lubricant additives developed for water turbines significantly reduced friction and equipment wear. Credit: Genevieve Martin, ORNL/U.S. Dept. of Energy

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed lubricant additives that protect both water turbine equipment and

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