The main feature of the upgrade is to give Cardano the ability to introduce on-chain governance features.
Oil Slips as Technical Hurdle, US Stockpiles Data Weighed
(Bloomberg) -- Oil slipped again after dropping by more than 2% on Tuesday, with futures unable to climb above a key technical measure even as Middle East tensions remain in focus, with key US inventories data due coming.Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunBrent traded below $79 a barrel, with West Texas Intermediate under $75. Traders’ attention was turning to weekly figures on stockpi
US clean energy jobs growth rate double that of overall jobs, report says
Jobs in the U.S. clean energy industry in 2023 grew at more than double the rate of the country's overall jobs, and unionization in clean energy surpassed for the first time the rate in the wider energy industry, the Energy Department said on Wednesday. Employment in clean energy businesses - including wind, solar, nuclear and battery storage - rose by 142,000 jobs, or 4.2% last year, up from a rise of 3.9% in 2022, the U.S. Energy and Employment Report said. Unionization rates in clean energy hit 12.4%, more than the 11% in the overall energy business, it said.
Clean energy drives job growth in US energy sector
The clean energy sector added 142,000 jobs last year, accounting for more than half of all new energy sector employment, according to data from the Department of Energy.
Cnooc Reports Higher First-Half Profit on Oil Drilling Boost
(Bloomberg) -- Cnooc Ltd., China’s largest offshore oil and gas producer, said first half profits rose on higher output and rising crude prices.Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunNet income for the six months through June was 79.7 billion yuan ($11.2 billion), compared with 63.8 billion yuan in the same period last year, the state-owned company said in an exchange filing. Output rose t
Morning Bid: Market held in thrall ahead of Nvidia numbers
Nvidia is holding the investment world in thrall ahead of an earnings report later today that, even if it delivers the expected doubling of second-quarter revenue, may not satisfy investors accustomed to market-moving outperformance. The chipmaker's market value was around $390 billion on the eve of the launch of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT, less than two years ago. Trade in Asia was light and moves modest ahead of the release, and European equity futures were flat.