Prices for lithium-ion battery packs dropped 24 percent last year as it became cheaper to make them, according to data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Steel tariffs could increase battery-installation costs by as much as 3 percent, but that shouldn't have much lasting impact on the industry as other
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Pedestrians pass a Nordstrom in downtown Chicago. Members of the founding family had hoped to take the department-store chain private, saying it would give company flexibility to 'navigate a challenging retail landscape.
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Mozambique proposed writing off some of its Eurobonds and other external debts as it began restructuring negotiations by saying it would struggle to repay principal for the next decade. A group of Eurobond holders rejected the proposals as a “total non-starter.” The southern African nation told investors
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A 31-year-old Dandenong man charged with recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime. A 60-year-old Balwyn man charged with one count of false accounting. A 30-year-old Maribyrnong man charged with recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime. A 60-year-old Bentleigh man charged with possessing
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Peru's president-in-waiting, Martin Vizcarra, is set to take office with the daunting challenge of building ties with an opposition-controlled Congress that forced his predecessor to quit after 20 months in power. Vizcarra, an engineer-turned-politician, will be sworn in Friday to replace Pedro Pablo
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