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☆ See how SpaceX's Starship rocket design has evolved through the years, in photos
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Marianne Guenot | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk is expecting SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket to take to the skies again, months after the ship blew up on its first-ever attempt to reach orbit. SpaceX's Starship stacked atop its Super Heavy booster near Brownsville, Texas. Originally teased under the name Mars Colonial Transporter, Starship's first rocket design was called "Interplanetary Space Transporter" as SpaceX realized its ambitions went beyond transport to Mars. 2019: Starhopper reaches 492 ft in flightSpaceX's Mars Starship prototype "Starhopper" hovers over its launchpad during a test flight in Boca Chica Trevor Mahlmann/ReutersThe first Starship prototype wasn't really a Starship at all. The first full-fledged Starship prototype to really catch some air was called Starship serial no.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Musk, Gwynne Shotwell, BFR, Boca Chica Trevor Mahlmann, Twitter Musk, SN15, Starship's, Ashlee Vance Organizations: Elon, SpaceX, Service, Mars, Reuters, Super, Boca Chica, Raptor, Twitter, Mk1, Popular Mechanics, ambitiously, Engineers Locations: Brownsville , Texas, Starhopper, Boca Chica , Texas

☆ The US is short on homes. Here’s how builders are still offering the American Dream
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Anna Bahney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

This relatively new and growing segment of the housing market is called “build for rent” or BFR (or “build to rent” or BTR). Often constructed in suburban areas with low crime and near good schools, BFR homes attract those who want the lifestyle of a house — but the affordability or convenience of renting. Over the past few years, however, large investment groups — like Home Partners of America or Invitation Homes — have got into buying up existing single-family homes to rent. Miller said demand for BFR homes is strong and suit a modern way of living involving remote work, lifestyle moves and delayed homeownership. Even as a small portion of the market, those BFR homes that are being built are not the smaller, more affordable homes that middle-income earners are looking for.

Persons: ”, David Howard, Howard, “, Ben Miller, ” Miller, Miller, Donald Trump’s, homeownership, Bruce McNeilage, ” McNeilage Organizations: DC CNN, National Rental Home, National Rental Home Council, Urban Institute, Home Partners of America, Research, Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, Kinloch Partners, Survey Locations: Washington, Texas , California , Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, BFR, United States, Nashville, Greenville , South Carolina, Yardi

☆ Single-family homes built for the rental market jumped 35% to an all-time high last year
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Single-family homes built for the rental market reached a record high in 2022, the National Association of Realtors said. BFR starts also accounted for an 8% share of housing starts, another new record. Such built-for-rent (BFR) housing starts jumped 35% to 81,000 units in 2022, NAR said, citing data from the Census Bureau. Meanwhile, their share of overall housing starts rose to 8% last year from 5% in 2021. Growth in this emerging sector of the housing market comes as the inventory of existing homes remains tight, leaving prospective buyers to look to new homes.

Persons: BFR, —, Jessica Lautz, BFR's, Lautz Organizations: National Association of Realtors, Service, NAR, Midwest

☆ Elon Musk testifies he would have sold SpaceX stock to take Tesla private in 2018
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk told a San Francisco federal court on Monday that he could have sold shares of SpaceX to take Tesla private in 2018. Trading in Tesla was halted after his tweets, and its share price remained volatile for weeks. Musk said under oath, "SpaceX stock alone meant 'funding secured' by itself. I sold Tesla stock to complete the Twitter transaction. Musk recently became the CEO of social media business Twitter after leading a $44 billion leveraged buyout of the company in October 2022.

În Marea Britanie este legal să utilizezi țigările electronice în interiorul spațiilor publice închise, dacă utilizatorii obțin permisiunea administrației. Cercetările grupului Euromonitor estimează că numărul de adulți care vor utiliza țigările electronice va ajunge până în 2021 la cca 55 milioane. În 2014 a lansat în Japonia – IQOS, un dispozitiv de încălzire a tutunului și care oferă o alternativă a fumatului prin folosirea HEETS, rezerve de tutun încălzit. În SUA, recent, Administraţia pentru Alimente şi Medicamente (FDA) a permis comercializarea pe piață a dispozitivelor de încălzire a tutunului. Dispozitivele care funcționează în baza sistemului de încălzire a tutunului au intrat și pe piața din Moldova, în iulie trecut.

Persons: Lik, Hon Lik, Phillip Morris International, Robert West, Jennifer Hobbs Folkenroth, american Phillip Morris Organizations: Uniunii Europene, Uniunea Europeană, Parlamentul European, American, Universitatea College, West, Drug, American Lung, FDA, British American, Ploom, britanică Imperial Brands, Public, German, Australian Government Locations: Suedia, Norvegia, SUA, Suediei, Britanie, Irlanda, UE, Republica Moldova, chinez, Noua Zeelandă, Londra, Japonia, San Francisco, Ploom Tech, England, Anglia, Britanii, american, Australia, Moldova

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