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Google makes a fresh bet on nuclear power as the AI energy crunch intensifies
Constellation's stock is rising sharply following a deal that equates to as much power as would be supplied by a new nuclear reactor.
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Housing
'Cost of housing' crunch looms for low-income families, warns Resolution Foundation
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Macro
Treasury Secretary Bessent says the U.S. can grow its way out of the debt crunch. What would it take?
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AI
The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It's 'Crunch Time for Humanity'
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Eric Wu's newest company, out of stealth since May, is going after construction's labor crunch
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Can Multiskilled Crews Ease Construction's Labor Crunch?
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Data Center Crunch: Contractors Rethink Project Delivery, Adopt New Tools to Meet Booming Demand
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An industrywide power crunch is changing how Amazon runs its e-commerce empire
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AI
AI's power crunch could get a boost from old EV batteries
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Geopolitics
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Bernstein says Bitcoin mining deals necessary for AI power crunch
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AI-driven memory crunch jolts India's smartphone market
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Geopolitics
Oil is facing a supply crunch - and the war in Iran isn't the only problem
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Energy
America's Hormuz brinkmanship is worsening a global fuel crunch
Rising oil prices are only part of the problem
Energy
Trump's Hormuz brinkmanship is worsening a global fuel crunch
Rising oil prices are only part of the problem
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Mexico's trucking labor crunch intensifies, IRU warns
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Oil is set for the largest quarterly price drop in 6 years as historic supply crunch eases
Workarounds for the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint and a drop in crude imports to China helped ease the impact of lost Persian Gulf oil.
