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NASA Webb Uncovers Unusual Galaxy Shaped by Cosmic Collision

Science & Nature In new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into something...

Researchers in Switzerland invent a new type of pixel

Science & Nature Pixels either control light or analyze it. This one does both. The post Researchers in Switzerland invent a new type of pixel...

Farewell, atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider

Science & Nature After 18 years of discovery, it's goodbye LHC and hello High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider. The post Farewell, atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider appeared...

‘America Has a Private Jet Addiction’: These States Have the Most Private Jet Flights—and New York and California Aren’t on the List

Even though the Big Apple is the richest city in the U.S., with nearly 350,000 millionaires and 60 billionaires, New York State doesn't even crack the top 10 when it comes to the usage of private jets, according to data from aviation safety company Argus International. The data, which was analyzed by the travel company

Lendlease sold for £35m to US private equity firm

Lendlease has announced it is selling its UK construction operations to a US private equity firm for £35m. Parent company Lendlease Group announced to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) this morning (2 January) that it had entered into a binding agreement to sell its UK construction business to Atlas Holdings, a 23-year-old private equity fund

The rise of private equity in the products distribution sector

Martin Stables is chief executive of the Independent Builders Merchants Group The building products distribution market has gone through significant change over the past few years. The market structure is changing, and mergers and acquisitions will likely pick up as the repair, maintenance and improvement sector returns to growth. The question is, why all the change?

Some Private Companies Charge Hefty Fees to Help Veterans With Disability Claims

When Glenn Janssen decided to file a claim for disability benefits with the Veterans Affairs Department last year, he dreaded the prospect of dealing with federal bureaucracy and paperwork. Janssen, 57, lives in Portugal with his wife and has worked as a government contractor since leaving the Army in 2004. The Gulf War-era and Louisiana

American private equity can’t wait to gobble up Euro stalwart Software AG

Silver Lake set to grab control of firm with legacy from Moon landing era Private equity investor Silver Lake has tabled a bid to take over Software AG, a longstanding stalwart of the European software industry, for an implied value of around €2.2 billion.…...

Moon landing attempt by private company ends in last minute failure

TechSpot is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. What just happened? To date, the governments of the United States, Russia, and China are the only entities to ever successfully land objects on the Moon. A Tokyo company hoped to join that club and become the first private group

Private equity firm makes £214m bid for Sureserve

A London-based private equity firm has bid £214m for housing maintenance firm Sureserve.Cap10 Partners LLP’s bid has been recommended for acceptance by the board of Sureserve, which is currently listed on the London Stock Exchange.Under the terms of the deal, Sureserve’s shareholders will receive 125p per share – nearly a 40 per cent more than

Private Spacecraft To Achieve Historic Moon Landing: Here’s How To Watch It Live

We have recently witnessed a significant uptick in the number of countries and organizations competing to launch new missions to the moon. Besides NASA — which is currently busy with its Artemis program — other space agencies from states like China and India have also been actively involved in lunar exploration. China's famous Chang'e missions

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