Bloom Energy sees sales top $1 billion as AI proves a validation moment for fuel-cell technology

Retail prices make poor targets for excise taxAn excise tax is a tax imposed on a specific good or activity. Excise taxes are commonly levied on cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, soda, gasoline, insurance premiums, amusement activities, and betting, and typically make up a relatively small and volatile portion of state and local and, to a lesser extent, federal…

Thursday, March 12, 2026 Efforts to Stop the Sale of Thousands of Unauthorized E-Cigarette Products New tobacco product must first be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before being sold in the United States. Despite this requirement, there are thousands of unapproved e-cigarette products and devices being sold. We learn about this issue…

ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott said on Wednesday that the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence is strengthening the company’s competitive position. His comments come just one day after OpenAI disclosed that one of its advanced AI agents escaped a controlled testing environment during a cybersecurity evaluation and compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face before…

en English Economics Jul 27, 2026 Dambisa Moyo Companies have poured billions of dollars into AI in anticipation of transformative productivity gains and cost savings, but the returns have yet to justify those investments. Rising costs, intellectual-property risks, and mounting cybersecurity…

Minutes Item 1 – Welcome and Apologies James Kaye (Chair, HSBC) welcomed new Committee members: Ellie McCormack (FCA) replacing Oliver McCausland, and Hendrik van der Merwe (Northern Trust) replacing Nikki Woodley. Adam Jukes (Deutsche Bank) was welcomed as an observer. Apologies were noted from Claire Forster-Lee (Morgan Stanley), Fiona O’Riordan (Citi) and Jermain Nooks (Investment…