Reuters

Hut 8 shares jump as ex-bitcoin miner signs $7 billion AI data center lease

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Hut 8 (HUT.O), opens new tab has signed a deal valued at about $7 billion to lease a data center in Louisiana, it said on Wednesday, as former cryptocurrency miners pivot to meet ...
The Shreveport Times

Louisiana cuts ties with Medicaid provider covering 330,000

Louisiana is ending its Medicaid contract with United Healthcare, affecting more than 300,000 patients. The state will reassign these patients to other Medicaid plans before the start of 2026. The ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Jump Quietly Joins Event-Betting Craze as Market Maker

Jump Trading has quietly become one of the earliest proprietary trading firms to become active on prediction markets like Kalshi Inc., expanding into one of the hottest new derivatives markets, ...
Los Angeles Times

Walmart sees sales jumping as price-sensitive shoppers flee from inflation

Walmart raised its sales forecast to 4.8%-5.1%, signaling strength with price-conscious shoppers as Target and Home Depot cut their full-year outlooks. E-commerce ...
muddyrivernews

Family paddling the Mississippi River makes recent stops in Quincy and Hannibal

QUINCY – It’s quite the fish tale! The adventurous family known as 32 Feet Up (for all the feet of mom and the kids) arrived in Quincy in mid-October, right about the time of one of the children’s ...
WBEZ

Illinois one step closer to keeping invasive carp out of Great Lakes

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Silver carp is big, unwieldy and requires Joe Greendyk to use both hands ...
The Advocate

Chefs, fishermen and AI programmers are joining Louisiana's fight against invasive fish

Philippe Parola slaps a 40-pound slab of raw fish onto his cutting board, then brandishes a small saw to begin the fillet. The chef, environmental advocate and showman is holding court on a backyard ...
KMBC Kansas City

Missouri conservation groups work to get rid of invasive carp in Platte River

Well hey guys, yeah, we're in Farley, Missouri near the Platte River where crews from Missouri Department of Conservation and Missouri Fisheries are hard at work all week getting the carp fish removed ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Scientists try new way to limit invasive carp in Mississippi River: feeding them

Invasive carp are not yet common so far upriver, and the agencies hope to keep it that way. The floating feeders will dispense food four times a day, then commercial fishers will go out to the feeders ...
WWLTV

Inmate critically injured after jumping from moving transport in Louisiana, police say

BOGALUSA, La. — An inmate was critically injured Monday after jumping from a moving transport vehicle while traveling west on Louisiana Highway 10, authorities said. The Bogalusa Police Department ...
insider.si.edu

Three carp, one jumping for a fly

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