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07.07.25 - 13:33
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Texas Flood Disaster: 81 Dead As Search Intensifies; Cloud Seeding Startup Denies Involvement (ZeroHedge)
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Texas Flood Disaster: 81 Dead As Search Intensifies; Cloud Seeding Startup Denies Involvement
The flash flood that sent a 30-foot wall of water surging down the Guadalupe River in Central Texas has claimed at least 81 lives as of early Monday morning. Law enforcement officials in Kerr County confirmed that at least ten girls from Camp Mystic remain missing. Amid speculation that the so-called "1-in-1,000-year storm" may have been triggered by cloud seeding, one of the weather modification operators in the region has denied any flight operations during the relevant timeframe.
On Sunday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) warned that another round of storms could bring additional danger to the region over the next one to two days. The flooding across Central Texas is shaping up to be one of the deadliest freshwater flood events in the U.S. over the past half-century, with the death toll likely to surpass the 84 lives lost in the 1977 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood.
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07.07.25 - 06:31
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Metall- und Elektroindustrie im Norden tritt auf der Stelle (DPA-AFX)
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HAMBURG (dpa-AFX) - Die norddeutsche Metall- und Elektroindustrie tritt auf der Stelle. So erwarten 57 Prozent der Firmen im Norden in den kommenden sechs Monaten Stagnation, heißt es in der Frühjahrskonjunkturumfrage 2025 der norddeutschen Arbeitgeberverbände, ......
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06.07.25 - 14:18
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Businesses and charities call for UK to scrap VAT on refurbished electronics (The Guardian)
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Exclusive: Letter to government says lower prices for repaired goods would cut waste, create jobs and help households save moneyMinisters are facing fresh calls to scrap VAT on all repaired and refurbished electronics, with businesses, charities and community groups arguing the move would help households cut costs and stop electrical goods being binned prematurely.In a letter to the environment secretary, Steve Reed, the signatories say that removing VAT on repaired electronics should be part of a wider push to cut waste, extend the life of products and develop a “truly circular economy”. Continue reading......
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06.07.25 - 12:54
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India′s electronics sector faces twin blow from import curbs (Times of India)
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India's electronics manufacturing faces disruption due to new restrictions on gold compound imports, exacerbating existing challenges from China's export curbs on rare earth magnets. This dual impact threatens production, delays investments, and undermines India's self-reliance goals. The industry urgently seeks government intervention to address these bottlenecks and safeguard its ambitions of becoming a global electronics hub....
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04.07.25 - 18:18
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Christian Klein: SAP-Chef gegen den Bau von Gigafactories in der EU (Golem)
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SAP-Chef Christian Klein hat sich gegen den Bau der geförderten KI-Gigafactories ausgesprochen. "Fünf neue Rechenzentren sind nicht das, wir brauchen" sagte Klein laut einem Bericht der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung (FAZ). Der Hardware-Zug sei "abgefahren", betonte er. Eine Aufholjagd mit den USA sei vergeblich..
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