(Reuters) – Investment platform Linqto has agreed to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition in a deal valued at $700 million, the companies said on Tuesday. San Jose, California-based Linqto, which has more than 750,000 users in 110 countries, allows users to make investments in unicorns – […]
US power use forecast to reach record highs in 2024 and 2025
(Reuters) – U.S. power consumption will rise to record highs in 2024 and 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday. EIA projected power demand will rise to 4,096 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2024 and 4,125 billion kWh in 2025. That compares with 4,000 billion kWh […]
Explainer-Why Italy’s Superbonus blew a hole in state accounts
By Crispian Balmer and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government said on Tuesday fiscal incentives for home renovations had had a “devastating” impact on public finances over the last four years and were to blame for the expected rise in the country’s massive public debt through 2026. The take-up of the incentives had hit […]