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China City Suspends Search for Nuclear Fuel Facility
New York Times
BEIJING — A city in eastern China city has suspended preliminary work on selecting a site for a nuclear fuel reprocessing facility following days of protests by area residents. A one sentence notice posted Wednesday on the website of the Lianyungang
China halts work on $15bn nuclear waste projectIrish Times
China halts nuclear project after citizens raise safety concernsFirstpost
Chinese town suspends nuclear waste projectDeutsche Welle
Thomson Reuters Foundation –South China Morning Post –The Straits Times –The Chosun Ilbo
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Asian Shares Mixed as Stronger Yen Caps Gains in Nikkei
Wall Street Journal
Stocks in Asia were mixed on Wednesday, in a largely muted reaction to a record high in U.S. stocks, while a stronger yen capped gains in Japan's Nikkei Stock Average. The Nikkei rose 0.3% in afternoon trade, reversing from earlier declines as the yen
Asian Stocks Slip From One-Year High as Japan Shares Drop on YenBloomberg
Asian shares hit one-year high, dollar slips on weaker U.S. dataStreetInsider.com
China and Hong Kong stock markets buck Asia gloomFinancial Times
Nasdaq –MarketWatch –CNBC –USA TODAY
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Yelp Inc: YELP Stock Catches Fire With Surprise Q2 Profit
Nasdaq
Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP ) had a quarter to remember, proving that social networking has not yet passed its sell-by date … and sending YELP stock up by double-digits in Tuesday's after-market trading. yelpmsn Source: Linny Heng via Flickr. For the three …
Yelp Raises Revenue Projection as It Swings to Quarterly ProfitWall Street Journal
Yelp Posts Surprise Profit In Second Quarter, Beats EstimatesForbes
Yelp (YELP) Jeremy Stoppelman on Q2 2016 Results – Earnings Call TranscriptSeeking Alpha
Fortune –Reuters –24/7 Wall St. –TheStreet.com
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Elon Musk Says SolarCity Will Sell a Roof Integrated With Solar Panels
Fortune
“It's not a thing on the roof, it's the roof,” says Musk. Solar installer SolarCity, which is in the process of being acquired by electric car maker Tesla, plans to develop and sell a roof integrated with solar panels. Currently the company installs
SolarCity Losses Widen on Higher ExpensesWall Street Journal
SolarCity reports $250 million quarterly loss, projects sales growthLos Angeles Times
SolarCity losses grow as shareholders weigh Tesla dealThe Detroit News
SFGate –Seeking Alpha –Reuters –Benzinga
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Disney Makes Bet on Baseball Streaming
Wall Street Journal
One year after its shares began a 12% slide driven by concerns over ESPN's growth trajectory, Walt Disney Co. DIS 0.96 % has come up with an answer for Wall Street: The media giant said Tuesday it will spend $1 billion to acquire a 33% stake in BAMTech
Disney's Movie Hits Overshadow Lackluster TV ResultsNew York Times
Walt Disney Co. buys stake in video streaming service BAMTechLos Angeles Times
Disney Hedges Its Bets on TV With BAMTech Stake and ESPN StreamingFortune
Sarasota Herald-Tribune –The Verge –MarketWatch –Washington Post
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PG&E Guilty of Safety Violations Stemming From Fatal Blast
Bloomberg
PG&E Corp. was found guilty of safety violations six years after one of its natural gas pipelines blew up and killed eight people in California. The verdict reached Tuesday by a San Francisco federal court jury stains the reputation of California's
California Utility Found Guilty of Violations in 2010 Gas Explosion That Killed 8New York Times
Pacific Gas & Electric Convicted of Misleading Investigators After Pipeline BlastWall Street Journal
Utility Giant PG&E Convicted of Violating Gas Pipeline Safety LawsNPR
Reuters –SFGate –Patch.com –The Mercury News
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