The price of lithium-ion battery packs tumbled 24 percent last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, and the U.S. is allowing solar-dedicated storage to qualify for a federal tax credit. More utilities and local energy providers are mandating that new solar farms include batteries to store power
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(Reuters) – Facebook said on Wednesday it would end its partnerships with several large data brokers who help advertisers target people on the social network, a step that follows a scandal over how Facebook handles personal information.
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Xi Jinping, in power for more than five years suddenly rustled up his first meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Thus, “Kim Jong Un just sent a powerful message to U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of planned talks: China is back on North Korea's side,” writes David Tweed for Bloomberg.
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“The real world took another step toward its slow and sure conversion to The Handmaid's Tale this week,” a Vogue editor responded.
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Dora Garner, an accounting manager who offered support — and recruited volunteers — during her husband's successful city council campaigns, died Sunday at Glendale Assisted Living. She was 89. Formerly of West Toledo, Mrs. Garner had been in declining health, her daughter, Margie Scotland,
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