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America’s Battery-Powered Car Hopes Ride on Lithium. One Producer Paves the Way.

Demand for lithium, a crucial component in the rechargeable batteries that go into electric vehicles, is set to surge. The U.S. is racing to catch up to China in mining and refining the metal—and Piedmont Lithium is at the leading edge of those efforts.

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Deregulation Aimed to Lower Home-Power Bills. For Many, It Didn’t.

Retail energy companies compete with local utilities to give consumers more choice. But in nearly every state where they operate, retailers have charged more than regulated incumbents, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.

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Nasdaq Enters Correction Territory as Tech Shares Sink

The tech-heavy index entered correction territory as stimulus hopes and brightening economic prospects sapped investors’ appetite for government bonds and the once highflying shares.

The Wall Street Journal |  | Fuente original

Xi Jinping’s Eager-to-Please Bureaucrats Snarl His China Plans

Beijing has launched a campaign against Communist Party cadres who waste time on meaningless tasks to make themselves and their bosses look good.

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Electric Vehicles Are the U.S. Auto Industry’s Future—if Dealers Can Figure Out How to Sell Them

Auto executives and investors buzz about EVs, but many dealers say battery-powered cars, and even hybrid models, remain a tough sell to mainstream car shoppers.

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OSHA’s Job Is Workplace Safety. In the Covid-19 Pandemic, It Often Struggled.

Federal and state agencies conducted fewer inspections than in the past and often handled coronavirus complaints through no more than an exchange of letters, a Wall Street Journal investigation shows. Hundreds of workers’ deaths have gone uninvestigated, sometimes because employers didn’t report them.

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Powell Confirms Fed to Maintain Easy-Money Policies

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reaffirmed his intention of keeping easy-money policies in place until the labor market improves much further, but provided no sign the central bank will seek to stem a recent rise in Treasury yields.

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