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Electrabel - the Belgian subsidiary of French utility Engie - says it will not make any further investments at Doel unit 4 and Tihange unit 3 unless it is clearer whether the reactors will or will not be allowed to operate beyond 2025. A report due out at the end of next year may lead to the reactors being allowed to continue operating to ensure Belgium's energy security.Read Full Story Energy SecurityBelgiumFranceNuclear PowerEnergy PolicyEnergy PricesElectricity SupplyBelgianTihange 2Tihange 3The Council Of MinistersFlemishWorld Nuclear NewsElectrabel StaffFrench Utility EngieAlexander De Croo

An amateur video of what appears to be a Chinese H-6N bomber carrying a previously-unseen mystery missile emerged over the weekend. The H-6N is the most advanced Chinese bomber in the H-6 family and is, according to the Pentagon, 'optimized for long-range strikes.' A missile analyst told Insider that the...BomberThe PentagonPLAChineseB-52 BombersPeople's Liberation ArmyGuamUS NavyMilitary AircraftNuclear MissilesAircraft CarriersMilitary WeaponsMaxwell Air Force BaseUS Air ForceMachRead Full Story

Users of the Microsoft Teams collaboration platform can now use a tab to access the revamped Project app for the web that Microsoft released last year. The Project planning app for the web is built on the Microsoft Power Platform for making tools to automate workflows via desktop and mobile for project teams.Read Full Story Microsoft TeamsProject PlanningRoadmapWorkflowSalesforceMobile AppsMicrosoft AppsWeb AppsMicrosoft MobileMobile UsersMicrosoft Power PlatformGanttProject UsersTeams UsersProject Teams

Investing in stocks can be an incredibly effective way to generate wealth, and one big reason why is the power of compound growth. But compounding can only really work its magic if you have the patience to buy and hold for the long term. Your goal should be to hang onto your stocks practically forever, unless your underlying investment thesis and conviction on the company changes.To do that, you'll need to start by picking fundamentally solid companies with tangible growth catalysts. The five stocks below are perfect wealth-building candidates to buy and hold forever. A reliable stock for all timesCanadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) has quietly made massive profits for investors who've held the stock and reinvested dividends through the past couple of decades. The company has increased its dividend every year since 1995 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16% through 2019.Railroads haul one-third of U.S. exports and support nearly $220 billion in economic output each year. It's an essential industry and Canadian National's a leading player in it, operating the longest rail network in North America covering nearly 20,000 route miles, and the only one connecting the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts. Image source: Getty Images.Canadian National is also an efficient and diverse railroad, moving goods from many vital commodity markets including petroleum, grains, metals, and forest products. The company pumped a record $3.9 billion Canadian dollars into capital investments last year and is upping its automation game. For example, its Autonomous Track Inspection Program, which uses artificial intelligence to monitor and test track parameters in real time, could reduce the need for manual inspections by 50%.Canadian National's a well-established, well-run company in a critical industry, is investing in growth, and pays one heck of a dividend. That's a great package to own for a lifetime. A resilient money-builder stockAmerican Water Works (NYSE:AWK) has made investors more money than you might think, thanks to a regulated business that has supported plenty of dividend growth. It provides water and wastewater services to 15 million customers across 45 states, and the rates its charges are set by public utility commissions. That makes the company's revenue and cash flow stable and predictable.American Water's financial goals offer investors a great deal of insight regarding its medium-term prospects. Through 2024, it's targeting:7% to 8% compound annual growth in its water rate base.7% to 10% compound annual growth in earnings per share.7% to 10% compound annual growth in its dividend.$8.8 billion to $9.4 billion in capital spending.Regulated capital expenditures to win base rate approvals should be the key driver of earnings growth, supplemented by growth moves like acquisitions. And as its earnings grow, so should its dividend. Overall, that makes American Water a reliable company to invest in for long periods of time. And if you're a proponent of ESG investing, you might want to know that the utility recently scored the highest ESG evaluation rating in the U.S. from S&P Global.A play on the future of energyWith much of the world in the midst of transitioning to greater use of clean energy sources, investors ought to play the trend -- and what better way to do that than to own a piece of the largest producer of wind and solar power, NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE)? This company offers the stability that comes with a defensive utility stock combined with exponential growth potential.Dividend growth largely drove NextEra stock's explosive total returns in the past: Its payouts grew at a compound annual rate of 9.4% between 2004 and 2019, underpinned by annualized growth in adjusted earnings per share of 8.4%. Those trends should continue, what with NextEra's visionary management consistently setting ambitious financial goals. For example, it's targeting high single-digit-percentage growth in adjusted EPS annually through 2023 and dividend growth in line with earnings.NextEra Energy's renewables project backlog just crossed 15 gigawatts, which is more than its existing renewables capacity. That's a humongous growth in the pipeline, and with industry experts expecting trillions of dollars worth of investment in renewable energy in just the next decade, this stock is for keeps. Don't miss this explosive secular trendLike NextEra, Visa (NYSE:V) is riding a mega-growth secular trend: As the war on fossil fuels is propelling NextEra, the war on cash is lifting Visa.The e-commerce boom and the digitization of major service industries like banking have triggered a major shift from cash to cashless modes of payments like debit and credit cards, online payments, and mobile wallets. Visa is already the world's largest payments processor, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, and financial institutions. In 2019, it had 3.4 billion cards in circulation across 200 countries, processed 553 million transactions per day, and generated $23 billion in revenue. That's an enormous business, and this could be just the beginning. Visa is extensively using technologies like blockchain, and expanding into newer areas such as business-to-business and person-to-person payments, both of which are multitrillion-dollar addressable markets. Its value-added services like analytics and fraud management also provide it with tremendous growth opportunities.With Visa's operating margins already north of 60% and with management targeting a dividend payout of 20% to 25%, patient investors could reap multibagger returns from this fintech stock.A Dividend King that won't let you downJohnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) shares have done marvelously for long-term investors over the years.Its clout in the consumer and healthcare sectors, a solid portfolio, brand power, impressive research and development, and an incredible dividend track record are just some of the things that have powered this company's returns upward. While the consumer side of the business -- which includes household names like Band-Aid, Neutrogena, and Listerine -- is a consistent cash-flow generator, Johnson & Johnson consistently scouts for growth in healthcare. That's exemplified by its latest acquisition -- autoimmune disease-drug specialist Momenta Pharmaceuticals, for which it paid $6.5 billion in cash. In 2019, Johnson & Johnson generated half its revenues from pharmaceuticals and one-third from medical devices.Can Johnson & Johnson still build wealth for new investors? Sure it can, if you hang on to the stock. The company continues to prioritize R&D spending and has a humongous biotech pipeline. While these stories play out, you can collect rising dividend payouts year after year: Johnson & Johnson is a Dividend King, having boosted its payouts annually for 58 straight years. Shareholders can reinvest those dividends, then just sit back and watch their money grow.InvestmentNYSEStocksNew York Stock ExchangeCanadian National RailwayResearch And DevelopmentStock InvestorsDividend InvestorsLong-Term InvestorsFuture ProfitsNextEra EnergyJohnson & JohnsonMomenta PharmaceuticalsAmerican Water WorksS&P Global

England's education secretary has defended the Covid-19 testing system for schools, saying they can now order tests from the NHS directly. Gavin Williamson said schools were being prioritised, amid claims by head teacher

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Infinite Power said on Wednesday it had signed a letter of intent with Japan's Marubeni Corp 8002.T and Germany's Framatome to provide uninterruptible power in nuclear energy facilities.Infinite Power has developed power cells which operate in a similar way to solar cells, but instead of converting the sun’s rays into electricity they convert the radiation wave emitted from a radioisotope, which is an atom that has excess nuclear energy, into electricity.This month it signed a separate letter of intent with Marubeni’s Nuclear Fuel Dept of Japan to seek potential markets to use the power cell technology in Japan.The new agreement with nuclear technology company Framatome, majority owned by French utility EDF EDF.PA, and Marubeni, is to supply uninterruptible power inside nuclear energy facilities, waste depots and transport applications in extreme conditions. “This represents another key application of our unique power technology,” said Infinite Power CEO Robert McLeod.“Providing uninterruptible power in extreme conditions is a powerful selling point for our technology,” he added.Infinite Power said last month it was seeking to raise 25 million pounds to construct its first production facility in Britain to make the power cells to provide clean energy to industry.Discussions are ongoing with investors in the United States and Britain.Nuclear PowerPower SupplyBritainRadiationNuclear TechnologyGermanyInfinite PowerUnited StatesFramatomeLondonSolar PowerElectricity SupplySolar EnergyMarubeni CorpReuters

Eight months of billing and the SEC delivered. Opening weekend within college football's most competitive league was nothing short of maximum entertainment after we saw defending national champion LSU go down via an aeri

Hasbro held their latest Fan Friday Livestream for Power Rangers, and during the event, they revealed a multitude of new toy lines, figures, and more. One of the most anticipated reveals though surrounded the upcoming season Power Rangers Dino Fury, specifically the official reveal of the rest of the cast, and we are delighted to give you your official first look at the core cast of Dino Fury, though we also had the chance to chat with the new cast and talk to them about finding out they were Rangers, what they love about the franchise, and more! The full cast includes Russell Curry (Red), Kai Moya (Blue), Hunter Deno (Pink), Tessa Rao (Green), and Chance Perez (Black), and you can find all the character details, bios, photos, and more starting on the next slide.Read Full Story HasbroNickelodeonOrlando FloridaAction FilmsSuper HeroesLA ClippersABCLoveStone AgencyPower Rangers Dino FuryHollywood RecordsBoyband ProjectAthleticsAlta Loma High SchoolFaceTimeAmelia BioChance PerezMadison Bailey

(CNN) — Some days I feel like a woman without a country. The death of Breonna Taylor has been yet another painful reminder that women like me, Black women, are not safe in America. We can be killed in our own homes by

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 26, 2020-- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) announces the Toshiba MG08-D Series HDDs, designed for a wide variety of business-critical applications, such as email and CRM (Customer Resource Management), data analysis for business intelligence, small-medium business servers, and data-retention and compliance archiving.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201026005947/en/Toshiba: MG08-D Series HDDs designed for a wide variety of business-critical applications. (Photo: Business Wire)Toshiba’s 7th generation air mechanical design provides better power efficiency and a lower component count to deliver better total cost of ownership than its earlier generation models. The new series features 4TB, 6TB and 8TB models, in both SATA and SAS interfaces. The new 4TB 1 models are available in 512e, 4Kn and 512n sector models, and the 6TB and 8TB models are available in 512e and 4Kn sector models, assuring plug-and-play interoperability for applications using prior 4TB models.“Toshiba’s new MG08-D Series delivers new levels of reliability and power efficiency to enterprise and business-critical server and storage platforms,” said Shuji Takaoka, General Manager of Storage Products Sales & Marketing Division at Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation. “Toshiba’s 7th generation conventional mechanical design utilizes Conventional Magnetic Recording technology to deliver plug-and-play versatility that is compatible with the widest range of applications and operating system environments.”The MG08-D Series provides many industry-standard features, including 7200rpm performance, a 3.5-inch 2 form factor, choice of SATA 6Gbit/s or 12Gbit/s SAS Interface 3, and a 550TB a year workload 4 rating. Compared with Toshiba’s current line-up of 4-6-8TB models, the new 4TB model achieves the broadest range of benefits from the MG08 generation of technology advances. For example, compared with the previous model 5, the new 4TB provides an approximately 23% better maximum sustained transfer speed of 243MiB/s and doubles the cache buffer size to 256MiB. It also improves the calculated reliability specification from 1.4 million hours MTTF (AFR 0.63%) to 2.0 million hours MTTF (AFR 0.43%) 6, and reduces active idle power consumption to 4.07W. The 2.0 million hour MTTF is also supported for the new 6TB and 8TB MG08-D Series models.The Toshiba MG08-D Series 4TB, 6TB and 8TB models are expected to be generally available in 1CQ 2021.For more information on the new products, visit: For more information on Toshiba’s full line of HDD storage products, visit: 1 Definition of capacity: One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes, but storage capacity actually available may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary. 2 “3.5-inch” refers to an HDD form factor. It does not indicate drive’s physical size. 3 Read and write speed may vary depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size. 4 Workload is a measure of data throughout the year, and it is defined as the amount of data written, read or verified by commands from the host system. 5 Comparison with the new MG08ADA400E (SATA 512e) and prior generation MG04ACA400E (SATA 512e). 6 MTTF (Mean Time to Failure) and AFR (Annualized Failure Rate) assume 8760 h/year power on hours (24 hours a day, 7 days a week), up to 550TB/year total data transfers, and an average HDA surface temperature of 40°C or lower. Use at case HDA surface temperatures above 40°C may degrade product reliability and reduce the warranty period.Product Inquiries:Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation Storage Products Division * Information in this press release, including product pricing and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate on the date of the announcement, but is subject to change without prior notice. * Company names, product names, and service names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.About Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation combines the vigor of a new company with the wisdom of experience. Since becoming an independent company in July 2017, the company has taken its place among the leading general devices companies, and offers its customers and business partners outstanding solutions in discrete semiconductors, system LSIs and HDD.Its 24,000 employees around the world share a determination to maximize the value of its products, and emphasize close collaboration with customers to promote co-creation of value and new markets. The company looks forward to building on annual sales now surpassing 750-billion yen (US$6.8 billion) and to contributing to a better future for people everywhere. Find out more about Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation at https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/top.htmlView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201026005947/en/CONTACT: Media Inquiries:Chiaki NagasawaDigital Marketing DepartmentToshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationTel: [email protected]: JAPAN ASIA PACIFIC INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SEMICONDUCTOR DATA MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING OTHER MANUFACTURING HARDWARE SOURCE: Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation PUB: 10/26/2020 10:00 PM/DISC: 10/26/2020 10:01 PMhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201026005947/enElectronicsData AnalysisPower EfficiencyBusiness WireBusiness IntelligenceSerial ATATokyoDigital Storage DevicesData StorageStorage CapacityFile StorageSAS InterfaceShuji TakaokaPrior 4TB ModelsHDD Storage Products