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Meta halts development of smartwatch

  Bloomberg Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc has halted development of a smartwatch with dual cameras and is instead working on other devices for the wrist, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The device, which has been in development for at least two years, was designed to include several features common in other smartwatches, including activity …

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US’ solar-panel makers scorn ‘pittance’ of aid in Biden plan

  Bloomberg President Joe Biden’s plan to kick-start domestic solar-panel manufacturing depends for now on a federal fund with less than a half billion dollars that’s already being tapped to pay for products including military drones and baby formula. That funding—even if fully dedicated to solar production—would only be enough to open a few factories capable of cranking out a …

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Brazil’s Eletrobras share sale raises $6.9b in equity deal

  Bloomberg The stock offering for Brazilian power company Eletrobras raised $6.9 billion, becoming the world’s second-largest equity deal of 2022, while also privatising Latin America’s biggest utility in the process. Eletrobras and state-run development bank BNDES sold a combined 697,476,856 shares at 42.00 reais ($8.56) a piece, a discount of about 2.4%, according to a filing, confirming an earlier …

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