The Aporia
27 articles about 27 events for “US Infrastructure Deal” from The Sydney Morning Herald.
“The northern site will be set aside as public space to be used for sport, recreation and events.”
“Trump’s deal with Putin will have a minor impact on US diesel prices, if any.”
“…in the Middle East are threatening to override hopes that a deal between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to partially ease the US ban on Russian diesel could help relieve tightening supplies and lower prices ahead of the US…”
“Donald Trump announced a deal last Friday under which Russia will supply the US and the global market with diesel that Russia may not have and America doesn’t need.”
“The US president on Friday struck a deal to buy Russian diesel, upending years of sanctions against Moscow, though it was not evident that Vladimir Putin could fulfil his end of the deal, given he is struggling to fuel his own economy.”
“Banks were stuck for years with $US13 billion of debt used to finance the deal, weighing on their balance sheets and souring the mood for leveraged-finance transactions.”
“This was the moment at which something beyond the usual banks, miners and supermarket giants could dominate the local market: an AI infrastructure heavyweight backed by one of tech’s biggest names, promising to build the data-centre capacity needed to feed…”
“Spending on AI is still climbing, and chip giant Nvidia announced a $US150 billion share buyback late last month.”
“But we couldn’t knock back new stadium infrastructure for football in this country, and that was the determining factor for us,’” he recalled.”
“Papalia dealt with Duratec while holding the defence industries portfolio before his retirement, which included leading a trade mission to the UK in September with Duratec as one of the accompanying companies.”
“Russia – once the world’s second-largest exporter behind the US, has banned diesel exports until at least the end of this month (more likely indefinitely) because of the damage Ukraine has inflicted on its refining infrastructure.”
“Although some of us, myself included, live in Sydney, we know that all NSW residents are paying the price of climate change — in our insurance costs, in food prices and, as taxpayers, in the cost of disaster relief and infrastructure replacement.”
“…he Trump administration’s talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main US negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared…”
“Diesel prices at a few places in California have hit $US9.99 ($14.40) a gallon, the maximum price those pumps can display.”
“A 63-page policy document, titled The Real Deal, outlines One Nation’s plan to make Victoria the toughest state on crime, repeal a raft of taxes, cancel the Suburban Rail Loop, rip up the Treaty with First Nations Victorians, and roll back renewable energy…”
“Anthropic, the company behind the AI model, Claude, just signed a deal to use a $32 billion data centre, Australia’s largest, in western Queensland.”
“Fuel giant Ampol has struck a deal to acquire one of Australia’s most extensive electric-vehicle charging networks, a move that will more than triple the number of charging bays it owns just as local sales of battery-powered cars surge to record highs.”
“The news that US President Donald Trump offered to sell arms to China is the latest proof that Trump’s America is an unreliable ally (“Alarm at offer to sell China weapons”, September 29).”
“Anthropic is negotiating a $21 billion commercial deal with private developers to make Australia a regional hub for running its AI inference models.”
“Last week, the price of Brent oil, the global crude benchmark, dropped below $US100 amid hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough.”
“That route was never completed, but this part of the line is still in use; it skirts the hotel’s perimeter, crosses the bridge into Zambia and branches out like capillaries into the sub-Saharan reaches.”
“The Guide is less mythologised, and arguably more useful, when it wanders beyond the cult of ruinously expensive microherbs and those who tweeze them.”
“… Heep forged signatures, appropriated authority and sought control of the Wickfield family and its affairs, AI may gradually acquire influence over domains once governed by human judgment, leaving us to discover too late how much authority we have…”
“CBRE’s Australian Healthcare & Social Infrastructure team of Sandro Peluso, Marcello Caspani-Muto, Jimmy Tat and Kai Wang did the deal, which attracted plenty of interest from owner-occupiers keen to get a spot close to the Monash Medical Centre.”
“Shortly after, Space Centre Australia signed a contract with Hensoldt, the local offshoot of a German aerospace and defence company, to buy two high-performance, next-generation air surveillance radar systems (ASR-NG) in a deal worth about $30 million.”
“While threatening annihilation of Iran – which he has done before – Trump also predicted there would be a deal after the US midterm elections, arguing the Iranians were dragging it out to inflict political pain upon him via higher oil and petrol prices.”
“For Syngenis, the deal looks like a neat real-world example of the integrated biotechnology model it has been pursuing, combining equity ownership with its DNA and RNA expertise, laboratory infrastructure and manufacturing muscle.”