HOUSTON (Reuters) - Everyone from the U.S. energy secretary to Big Tech touts small modular nuclear reactors as a potential answer to booming power demand, but the technology is struggling to become commercial due to costs and regulatory hurdles.     Energy-hungry data centers powering artificial intelligence are expected to spike electricity demand, including in the United States where its use has...

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01:33 PM EDT, 03/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks declined Tuesday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) dropping 1.4% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) falling nearly 2%. Redbook US same-store sales rose by 5.7% from a year earlier in the week ended March 8, slower than a 6.6% year-over-year increase in the...

LONDON (Reuters) - Companies that issue green bonds tend to be better at reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, especially in heavily polluting sectors, new analysis from the Bank for International Settlements has shown. The study published on Tuesday was evaluating the impact of the near $3 trillion green bond market, where companies raise capital for projects that limit climate change...