Alex Konrad / Forbes:Common Room, a service to track online interactions with products, used by Figma and others, raises $32.3M Series B led by Greylock — Covering venture capital, software and startups — Linda Lian believes the next generation of software businesses will find customers differently …
Jordan Novet / CNBC:The Pentagon says Microsoft will build 120K custom HoloLens headsets for the US Army; Microsoft says the contract could be worth up to $21.88B over 10 years — – Microsoft will deliver to the U.S. Army more than 120,000 devices based on its HoloLens augmented reality headset.
Ina Fried / Axios:Memo: Google tells employees that it expects some US-based workers to return to the office in April, but won’t require employees to come in until at least Sept. — Google told workers in an email Wednesday that it expects some U.S. employees to be able to return to the office in the…
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The competitive retail market subsidiary of American Electric Power is contracting with an independent firm which will develop an 80-MW solar plant in West Virginia. Under terms of the deal, Opdenergy will develop the solar project in Jefferson County. AEP Energy will take the energy generated to its customers through its Integrated Renewable Energy solution—a…
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Chile’s head of international finance said that the sovereign’s debut in the Formosa bond market this week was a natural continuation of the diversification of its funding sources, as Asian investors bought more than half of the government’s $1.5bn 32-year sustainable bond. The government has now issued green, social and sustainable notes in international markets.
When BlackRock chairman Laurence Fink first began rethinking his company’s stance on climate change, he turned to Tariq Fancy to help him figure out what “green” investing should look like. In 2018 and 2019, Fancy was the company’s chief investment officer for sustainable investing. Last year, Fink shocked the investment community when his annual letter…
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The initiative includes hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change.
Two DeFi heavyweights will be integrating the one-time Ethereum competitor