Energy firms allowed to restart force-fitting prepayment meters

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to allow Wall Street firms to offer easier ways to buy and sell bitcoin on financial markets, a major decision that could lead to the cryptocurrency becoming more mainstream just over a year after the crypto markets crashed….

Samsung Electronics expects its fourth-quarter operating profit to fall 35% from a year earlier, missing market expectations and dampening hopes for an earnings recovery led by its semiconductor business. The world’s largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and televisions said in a preliminary earnings forecast Tuesday that its operating profit is expected at 2.800 trillion…

The global supply chain is feeling the fallout from Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking vessels in the Red Sea. Freight prices are set to jump Monday, while longer transit times around Africa are disrupting and delaying deliveries of products. Vessels aren’t able to come back to Asia in time, and ocean carriers are canceling sailings on…

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 10:22 pm ET A powerful rocket developed by a Boeing-and-Lockheed Martin-owned company blasted off for the first time early Monday, but the moon lander it was carrying suffered a setback after launch.  Called Vulcan Centaur, the 202-foot-tall rocket lifted off at 2:18 a.m. ET from a Florida launchpad, powering an American…

There will be “little to no Tube service” on the London Underground, Transport for London warns.

New questions for Boeing The trouble at Boeing is deepening after safety inspectors at Alaska Airlines and United Airlines found loose bolts on some grounded 737 Max jetliners, drawing scrutiny to the quality control process for one of the world’s best-selling aircraft models. The findings raise questions about whether regulators will call for broader safety…