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Biden Starts the Largest Drawdown in the Reserve's History
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE4.6 years agoDOE's press release is dated 1 March 2022, the day the President authorised the release; the notice of sale followed on 2 March.[1]Four days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Biden ordered crude out of the SPR as the US share of an IEA release of 60 million barrels. It did not stop there: by that summer 180 million barrels had gone, the biggest emergency sale the reserve had ever made, and it left the stockpile at levels not seen since the 1980s.0.63DOE Puts 86 Million Barrels Up for Exchange at Once
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE194 days agoDOE's press release announcing the RFP is dated 13 March 2026 and gives the bid deadline of 5:00 p.m. CT on 17 March 2026.[1]The first tranche of the 172-million-barrel release went out as a request for proposals on 13 March 2026, covering 86 million barrels from Bryan Mound, West Hackberry and Bayou Choctaw. Bids were due the following Tuesday, and the borrowers must hand the oil back with extra barrels on top.0.63Bryan Mound Lends Out Another 10 Million Barrels
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE175 days agoDOE's press release announcing the RFP is dated 1 April 2026 and sets the bid deadline at 11:00 a.m. CT on Monday 6 April 2026.[1]DOE went back to the market on 1 April 2026 for a third exchange, this one drawn entirely from the Bryan Mound caverns outside Freeport, Texas. Bidders had until the following Monday, and a limited Jones Act waiver let them move the crude on foreign-flagged ships to get it to refiners faster.0.62ITER Fusion Reactor Delayed to 2034
DELAYED14 years late43% CONFIDENCEin 8.3 yearsDate has moved, per the source[1]: ITER "will start scientific operation in 2034," after the original plan "envisaged first plasma as early as 2025."ITER, the largest and most powerful nuclear fusion reactor ever attempted, built in southern France by 35 partner nations, has pushed its first scientific operations back to 2034 after years of delays.0.61Surat Diamond Bourse Becomes the World's Biggest Office
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE2.8 years agoHappened as dated: Wikipedia[2] gives the inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as 17 December 2023, after a delay from the planned November; Guinness World Records had declared it the world's largest office building on 22 August 2023.The Surat Diamond Bourse in India took the title of world's largest office building from the Pentagon, built entirely to house the city's diamond-cutting and polishing trade.0.60TAKRAF Commissions the First F60 Overburden Conveyor Bridge at Welzow
ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCE54.7 years agoWikipedia's[2] Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60 article dates the first unit's construction to 1969-1972 and entry into service at the Welzow open-pit mine to 1972, without a specific day.VEB TAKRAF completed the first F60 lignite overburden conveyor bridge at the Welzow open-pit mine, creating what is still recognized as the largest mobile land machine ever built.0.60The Swedish Academy Names the 2026 Literature Laureate
SCHEDULED87% CONFIDENCEin 15 daysThe Nobel Foundation's press release sets it for "Thursday, 8 October, 13:00 CEST at the earliest", so the hour can slip later in the day.[1]The Swedish Academy announces the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature from the Börssalen in Stockholm's old stock exchange, where its permanent secretary opens the doors to say the name aloud.0.60The Top AI Model of 2026 Is Decided
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1200, East Market Street, East End, Goodyear Heights, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, 44305, United StatesBabcock & Wilcox…
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE72 days agoStated as done in the release datelined "AKRON, Ohio – July 13, 2026": B&W "today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program of up to $50 million".[1]B&W's board authorised buying back up to $50 million of its common stock, starting after its second-quarter 10-Q, with no expiry date and subject to its lenders. The same day it called its last $61.4 million of 2026 notes for redemption.0.60Babcock & Wilcox Closes $230 Million Stock Offering
1200, East Market Street, East End, Goodyear Heights, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, 44305, United States
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE128 days agoStated as done in the release datelined "AKRON, Ohio – May 18, 2026", which "announced today the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering"; the 8-K says "The Offering was consummated on May 18, 2026."[1]B&W sold 12.4 million new shares at $18.50 each, raising about $230 million with the underwriters' extra shares, and Applied Digital bought about 540,500 of them. The money is meant to expand steam turbine and boiler production for AI data centre power plants.0.60Oshkosh Acquires Pierce Manufacturing for $156.9 Million
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE30.0 years agoOshkosh's own SEC[3] Form 10-K states the company acquired Pierce's stock for cash on September 18, 1996.Oshkosh Truck Corporation bought fire apparatus builder Pierce Manufacturing outright, a deal that kicked off Oshkosh's diversification and set up Pierce to become the world's largest fire truck maker.0.59
