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Globalstar Soars On Amazon Buyout Report Amid Satellite Constellation Race Globalstar shares surged 12% in premarket trading in New York... ...marking their biggest jump in nearly five months, after the Financial Times reported overnight that Amazon is in talks to acquire the satellite operator, a move that would certainly intensify the race to build satellite constellations.  The FT cited people familiar with the Amazon-Globalstar talks and said both sides are still negotiating over "some of the complexities," including the fact that Apple owns a 20% stake in the satellite communications company, which...

Beijing Tightens Grip On Solar Exports: Will Trump Play America's Quartz Card? Beijing's new restrictions on advanced solar technologies and equipment suggest the Trump-Xi meeting in Washington did little to ease trade tensions. The new measures aim to preserve China's technological advantage as the US and India expand domestic solar manufacturing. This reinforces ongoing concerns about critical materials, where Beijing has placed export controls on tungsten, germanium, gallium, and antimony. Bloomberg cites a statement released by China's Ministry of Commerce earlier this morning announcing that it would add 12 solar-related technologies...

Washington's Renewed Russian Oil Sanctions Waiver Will Help Their Shared Indian Partner Authored by Andrew Korybko, Both benefit from this since the US wants to avoid India sliding into turmoil amidst the global energy crisis and possibly offsetting its envisaged role as a counterweight of sorts to China while more energy revenue from India preemptively averts Russia’s potentially disproportionate dependence on China. The Treasury Department renewed the US’ Russian oil sanctions waiver on Friday two days after Secretary Scott Bessent said that this wouldn’t happen. It remains unclear what exactly accounts for this flip-flop, but...