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California Gas Tops $6 As "Big Prices Hike Expected" Across Great Lakes Region
California Gas Tops $6 As "Big Prices Hike Expected" Across Great Lakes Region
The statewide average for 87-octane gasoline in California has topped $6 a gallon as the Iran-war-driven global energy crunch ripples across the West Coast, the hardest-hit U.S. region. Meanwhile, the national average remains above the politically sensitive $4-a-gallon threshold, hovering around $4.30, according to AAA data as of Thursday morning. It’s clear that bad ‘green’ energy policies by unhinged, left-wing politicians in the Golden State have left the state’s energy complex in a total mess, with no...
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Sep 25, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Efforts To Curb Data Center Speculation Gain Ground Across The US
Efforts To Curb Data Center Speculation Gain Ground Across The US
By Brian Martucci of UtilityDive,
“A fraction of proposed data centers will get built. Utilities are wising up.”
That was the headline on a May 2025 Utility Dive article that explored the conundrum speculative data center requests pose for U.S. electric utilities. More than a year later, it’s unclear how much has changed.
Sections of the Stargate Oracle AI data center undergo construction on Aug. 26, 2026, in Abilene, Texas. Community opposition has emerged as a major barrier to data center development...
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Apr 3, 2026 / Tyler Durden
February Net Trailer Orders Down 43% As Bookings Fall 26%
February Net Trailer Orders Down 43% As Bookings Fall 26%
Preliminary February net trailer orders fell by about 10,000 units from January’s 23,300, a 43% month-over-month decline, according to TheTrucker.com.
“Sequentially, a drop in net orders was expected, as the industry transitions from the strongest to the weakest order months of the annual cycle,” said Jennifer McNealy, director CV market research & publications at ACT Research.
“Trailer makers now will begin to take fewer orders and start to work down the backlog that grew during the peak of order season at the...
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May 8, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Is Marco Rubio The New Heir Apparent To Trump?
Is Marco Rubio The New Heir Apparent To Trump?
For months, the conventional wisdom inside Republican circles has been settled and simple: JD Vance is next. The vice president has led 2028 Republican presidential nomination polling by a country mile, averaging nearly 45.5 points in the RealClearPolitics aggregate — more than 30 points ahead of Donald Trump Jr. at 14.8% and Marco Rubio at 14%.
And yet, something shifted this week. One press briefing, and the betting markets started hedging.
Rubio stepped in as White House press secretary on Tuesday, covering for...
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