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Elon Musk is betting that the next phase of his sprawling technology empire will require a building on a scale that has never existed before. SpaceX and Tesla are building Terafab, a 100-million-square-foot semiconductor manufacturing facility in Grimes County, Texas, more than five times the size of the world’s largest building. “Terafab Texas will be the
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax was temporarily blocked by a state judge on Monday after homeowners sued the city last week. The Staten Island judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the city from proceeding with enforcing the tax, which is intended to be levied on non-primary homes worth at least $5
In the hills of Emilia-Romagna, a bank vault holds more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, worth well over 300 million euros. The vault belongs to the bank Credito Emiliano, known colloquially as Credem, which has long accepted young wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano as collateral for loans to local dairy farms since 1953.
SpaceX stock rose on Monday to reclaim an important milestone: its $135 IPO price. The stock jumped back above that threshold on Monday, rising to close 4% higher at $138.74 after struggling to mount a decisive gain early in the session. Shares are up more than 25% in August, and a 15% rally on Friday
