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Elon Musk's move to Texas brings jobs and opportunities by Jeremy Lott Print this article After months of fighting with California regulators in person and on social media, South African-Canadian billionaire Elon Musk confirmed late last year that he had taken his ball and gone home — to Texas. His companies include Tesla, SpaceX, and the Boring Company. Their presence in the Lone Star State is rapidly scaling up, setting up ample opportunities and a few Texas-sized problems. In the same interview in which he first admitted, "For myself, yes, I have moved to Texas,...

Royal Caribbean increases bookings as people anticipate dissipation of COVID by Jeremy Lott Print this article Royal Caribbean Cruise's stock began at least a 12-day rally, from Feb. 12 to Feb. 24, climbing from $67.63 a share to $96.66. The stock rose on the increased strength of bookings by passengers of the cruise line's cabins and losing slightly less money than analysts had predicted. "COVID fatigue is real. People are clamoring for the opportunity to have experience outside their homes," CEO Richard Fain said during an earnings call. The cruise line's stock ral...

Pete Buttigieg walks back comments about gas tax increase by Jeremy Lott Print this article Pete Buttigieg, President Biden's likely incoming transportation secretary, admitted in his Jan. 21 Senate confirmation hearings that raising the federal excise tax on gasoline was one option under consideration to pay for the administration's proposed infrastructure projects. Buttigieg's aides quickly walked that statement back, saying that although a "variety of options" were being batted around, "increasing the gas tax is not among them." If Buttigieg and the Biden administ...

by Jeremy Lott Print this article John Lemus loved his seven-speed Columbia Trailhead mountain bike. "That thing could take a beating and keep going. It also very literally saved my life a few times," the editor of Indie Comics Showcase told the Washington Examiner. He went to retrieve the bicycle from his backyard in Hialeah, Florida, in early December. Someone stole it, and he found himself a victim of a rash of local bike thefts. "It really pissed me off and also made me very sad. My bike is my main source of transportation," Lemus said. Lemus didn't blame local...

Sources see ways to get more investment in infrastructure with municipal bond provisions, but bipartisanship will be essential.