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Bezos taps Amazon vet to speed up space company Blue Origin
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Amazon veteran tapped by Jeff Bezos to lead Blue Origin aims to pull from the e-commerce giant’s speedy manufacturing playbook to give the space company’s…
AustralianSuper to reject Brookfield’s new $10.6 billion proposal for Origin Energy
(Reuters) – Origin Energy’s largest shareholder AustralianSuper said on Thursday it will vote against a latest revised $10.6 billion takeover bid from a Brookfield-led consortium, reiterating its view that the offer is…
Origin Energy to delay shareholder meeting on $10.6 billion Brookfield-led bid – source
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Origin Energy will delay a shareholder meeting scheduled for Thursday to vote on a $10.6 billion Brookfield-led consortium bid, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person…
Origin Energy shareholder shows hand and backs $10.5 billion Brookfield bid
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Origin Energy shareholder VanEck Australia will support the $10.5 billion bid from Canada’s Brookfield and EIG, according to a senior executive, one of only a handful…
Pension fund AustralianSuper raises stake in Origin Energy to 16.50%
(Reuters) – Pension fund AustralianSuper has increased its stake in Origin Energy to 16.50%, the Australian power producer said in an exchange filing on Tuesday. The stake increase by AustralianSuper, Origin Energy’s…
Proxy firm ISS recommends vote in favour of Brookfield-led consortium’s Origin Energy bid
By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) – Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended investors vote in favour of a Brookfield-led consortium’s $10.5 billion bid for Australia’s Origin Energy. The offer…
AustralianSuper rejects Brookfield’s ‘best and final’ $10.5 billion bid for Origin Energy
(Reuters) – Pension fund AustralianSuper said on Thursday it intended to vote against Brookfield-consortium’s “best and final” takeover offer for Origin Energy Ltd that valued the power producer at A$16.40 billion ($10.53…
Sun-observing spacecraft sheds light on the solar wind’s origin
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The solar wind is a ubiquitous feature of our solar system. This relentless high-speed flow of charged particles from the sun fills interplanetary space. On Earth,…
U.S. Cuts Funding to Wuhan Lab Despite Fauci Defense Over COVID Origin
On Tuesday night, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a memo proposing to suspend and debar the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) from participating in U.S. government programs. This…
Wawa: The origin of the Tri-State area’s most cherished one-stop pit stops
Wawa is an inherently Jersey thing, even though it has its roots in neighboring Pennsylvania. The chain, which has become one of the Garden State’s most beloved pit stops, has spread throughout…
Blue Origin awarded its first NASA interplanetary launch contract for Mars mission
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Blue Origin, the private space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was awarded its first interplanetary NASA contract on Thursday to launch a…
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Lying About Origin of Chinese-Made Products
A Grand Prairie man pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to the federal government about where his company’s products were manufactured, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.…
Scientists reveal origin of mammal evolution milestone: warm-bloodedness
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON – Scientists have answered a longstanding question about mammalian evolution, examining ear anatomy of living and extinct mammals and their close relatives to determine when warm-bloodedness – a…
Bezos’ Blue Origin delays 5th crewed flight
(Reuters) – Jeff Bezos’ space tourism venture Blue Origin delayed its fifth crewed launch that was scheduled for Friday as one of the New Shepard rocket’s back-up systems did not meet expectations.…
Blue Origin delays next space launch, ‘SNL’ star Davidson will not join flight
By Steve Gorman – Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space tourism service has postponed until March 29 a flight initially set for next week, while “Saturday Night Live” comic Pete Davidson will not…
William Shatner Flies Into Space At Age 90 Aboard Blue Origin Rocket
Actor William Shatner, best known for playing Captain Kirk in “Star Trek,” successfully flew into space Wednesday morning at the age of 90. William Shatner left Earth at around 11 a.m. aboard…
Employees Criticize Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin For Being ‘Mostly Male And Overwhelmingly White’
A letter written by current and former employees of Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin took aim at the company’s workplace culture. The letter, posted on website Lioness and written by former…
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