Information technology services company AgileThought Inc. has reached a deal to go public through a merger with a blank-check company focused on finding a Mexico-related target. AgileThought, combined with the special purpose acquisition company, LIV Capital Acquisition Corp., will have a market value of about $491 million after the
U.S. LNG developers seeking to burnish their green credentials and boost their competitiveness on a crowded global stage are touting a costly and largely untested technology: carbon capture. Over the past 24 hours, both Cheniere Energy and Sempra Energy, two of the largest American exporters of liquefied natural gas,
Thunderstorms containing extremely high concentrations of two critical oxidants were captured by a storm-chasing aircraft. Lightning has the potential to help flush toxins from the atmosphere.Researchers report online in Science that observations from a storm-chasing plane show that lightning can produce a large number of air-cleaning
Tesla Inc.’s factory outside Berlin won’t start production before the end of January next year due to delays affecting battery pack output, German trade magazine Automobilwoche reported, citing unidentified sources close to the company. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk gave the team in charge of the plant
The polar blast in Texas earlier this year revealed a dirty secret in the most prolific U.S. oil field: Two under-the-radar natural gas plants that are a persistent source of pollution. Natural disasters in the state often turn into environmental disasters, and February’s cold wave was no
NextEra Energy Inc., the world’s biggest investor-owned generator of wind and solar power, said it wasn’t able to collect $180 million in revenue following the Texas energy crisis that left the state’s power market -- and many of its power providers -- in financial distress. Subsidiary NextEra
Starwood Energy, a power plant developer, is pitching an $8 billion plan to build natural gas plants for emergency use on the Texas grid, rivaling a proposal from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Starwood would construct 11 natural gas plants that could be used by the Texas grid operator
The U.S. Supreme Court left intact California’s ban on government-funded travel to states it sees as having anti-LGBTQ policies, rejecting Texas’s bid to challenge the policy. Texas, one of 12 states on California’s restricted list, sought to file a lawsuit against California directly at the nation’s highest court. The
Company will use proceeds to expand its area of operation Misfits Market Inc., an online grocer specializing in delivering food that would otherwise be wasted, completed a $200 million financing round. The company is now valued at $1.1 billion, according to a source familiar with
The rise of global technology superstars Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google created new challenges for the competition watchdogs who enforce antitrust laws. The companies dominate markets in e-commerce and smartphones, search advertising and social-media traffic. An anti-monopoly crackdown that began under President Donald Trump is
