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...“There are a couple of companies looking to establish a much stronger foothold in the lithium space through M&A, greenfield projects or doubling down on the resources of produced water they do have,” said...
...And of course I walk, this time through an extraterrestrial valley of death....
...And most popular things still mean nationalising other parts of the water companies, for example. That would be a total disaster from a Labour government’s point of view....
...You’ll make forays into different valleys to spend time with the Kalash people of Chitral....
...Newer clubs are under construction in the ski resort of Snowbasin, Utah, and San Sicario, near Sestriere in Italy....
...The resort’s owner, Alterra Mountain Company, hopes to boost its profile with an expansion of the Olympic Valley village including new accommodation and a water park....
...The term “air conditioning” was coined in 1906 by Stuart W Cramer, a North Carolina cotton mill engineer seeking to alleviate the mills’ sweltering heat via a water-spray humidifier....
...Wine production can also use a heck of a lot of water, particularly in wineries where there’s a lot of hosing down of stuff....
...The Outlaw Saloon sits on a dusty lot off Highway 89 in Hatch, Utah, a Mormon outpost of some 140 people, tucked in a valley about 260 miles south of Salt Lake City....
...and water....
...My partner and I had just arrived at Amangiri — a hotel deep in the wilderness of southern Utah — after an eight-hour road trip from California....
...Such an amendment was previously proposed by Mitt Romney, the Republican senator for Utah, but it did not gain traction. Additional reporting by Richard Waters in San Francisco...
...was cooled by fountains and runnels of water sparkling down cascades....
...The Larkin Building in Buffalo, New York, had the form of an enormous brick. Yet it marked the start of an era. The innovations included air-conditioning, filing cabinets and wall-hung toilets....
...The thud of the ball. The thwack of flesh as players collide. The hum of air-conditioning units. The whirring of a drone that films the game from overhead....
...Here’s how SoftBank became persona non grata in Silicon Valley....
...Investors have been attracted to indoor farming start-ups despite high energy costs for lighting and air conditioning. Vertical farms tend to use less water and offer high yields....
...“It’ll be like Death Valley. And when there’s no water, nothing grows,” he smiles. “You can’t fight Mother Nature! Put solar panels in. You can’t grow nothing? Harvest the sun!”...
...Companies including Gree, the air conditioning manufacturer, are contracted to hire Nujiang workers for Rmb3,500 a month: well above farming incomes in Yunnan, but roughly half of the average Zhuhai wage...
...before fleeing persecution to the remote Salt Lake Valley in 1847....
...The purchase of online surveys group Qualtrics for $8bn by German systems giant SAP has given Utah’s start-up scene some good publicity....
...Silicon Valley’s grand contest to shape the future is only getting started. Richard Waters is the FT’s US West Coast editor Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...From music and books to telephones and taxis, Silicon Valley companies have upended countless products and markets over the years....
...(FT) Intel cuts jobs The Silicon Valley company plans to cut up to 12,000 jobs in its largest workforce reduction in a decade, as the chipmaker refocuses on cloud computing sales and moves away from the...
...Investors have put a premium on the company making its novel approach work: it was valued at $4.5bn this year, making it one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent business technology start-ups....
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