PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. government chose winning bids Tuesday to develop wind power off New England in the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind on the Atlantic coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held a lease sale and selected nearly $22 million in winning bids for four lease areas from two firms. … Read more
Veteran political journalist Andrea Mitchell announced that she will exit her namesake MSNBC show after the inauguration, but will remain as a correspondent at NBC News. Mitchell, who occupied the anchor chair at the left-leaning network for nearly two decades, will continue in her role as NBC News’ chief foreign affairs correspondent and chief Washington … Read more
A longtime Boston Celtics owner with a minority stake in the team is angling to gain control of the storied franchise — at a discount from the expected $6 billion asking price, The Post has learned. Steve Pagliuca, who owns about 20% of the reigning NBA champs, has pressed minority shareholders who own roughly another 30% … Read more
Jeff Bezos was in Italy celebrating Katy Perry’s birthday over the weekend as The Washington Post became mired in chaos over its failure to endorse Kamala Harris for president, according to a report. The broadsheet sparked an uproar on Friday after it announced it would not be endorsing a presidential candidate this year – breaking … Read more
Google parent Alphabet topped third-quarter revenue expectations on Tuesday, helped by steady growth in its digital advertising business and an AI-driven jump in demand for its cloud services. Shares of the company rose more than 3% in extended trading. CEO Sundar Pichai said investments in AI were “paying off” through use and sales in its Search … Read more
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The U.S offshore wind energy industry says it needs to fight back against disinformation being spread by opponents of wind farms. During the first day of a national offshore wind conference Tuesday in New Jersey, which has become ground zero for vocal, well-organized opposition to such projects, numerous industry officials said … Read more
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk’s X, thanks to a recent run-up in the shares of the parent company of the former president’s social media platform. Trump Media & Technology Group is now valued at over $10 billion after its shares more than quadrupled since late September. … Read more
Getty Images Minimum wages will rise in April, with hourly rates for over-21s set to go up to £12.21 an hour, the chancellor has confirmed ahead of Wednesday’s Budget. Rachel Reeves said the pay boost marked a “significant step” towards achieving Labour’s promise of a “genuine living wage” for workers. Employees aged 18 to 20 … Read more
It may soon get quicker and easier to get your McFlurry fix — and McDonald’s franchisees won’t have to break the law to make it happen. The US Copyright Office has granted a long-anticipated exemption that allows third parties to diagnose and repair broken machines — including the chronically broken devices that serve up ice … Read more
Elon Musk’s X on Monday blocked an account tied to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after it posted a message in Hebrew. The account was suspended after Israel attacked Iran this past weekend in response to Iran’s barrage of 200 rockets targeting the Jewish state earlier this month. “In the name of God, the … Read more