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Soaring battery metal costs are leading to a renewed interest in ithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. Manufacturers are looking to cut cobalt use as they are looking to cut costs and improve their ESG profile. Tesla is making the switch to LFP mandatory in all its markets after a positive reception in the U.S. In the vast majority of cases, technological innovation leads to newer, cheaper, and more efficient designs than their predecessors. But every once in a while, technological progress goes into reverse gear when progress turns out to be turbocharged regress. ... During an investor presentation last year,...

Many Lebanese expatriate groups have roundly condemned the Hizbullah, Iran and Syria. Some of them are also calling for Israel to press ahead in its military campaign. The Lebanese Canadian Coordinating Council (LCCC), a coalition of organizations in Canada, has released a statement laying out its vision of what measures should be endorsed by the world community at an international conference on the ongoing warfare in Lebanon. The conference is to be held in Rome on Wednesday, pursuant to a recommendation issued by the United Nations Security Council on July 21, 2006. Among the measures the LCCC is recommending are...

Dear President Bush, We at the Lebanese Foundation for Peace congratulate you on your courageous, timely initiative to challenge terrorism worldwide and your efficient way of achieving your goal. We also present our condolences to the families of the U.S. soldiers that have fallen in the line of duty. These soldiers have fallen under the brutality of Saddam Hussein and are in Iraq not to occupy Iraq, but to liberate it, and in addition to safeguard the security of the United States. To understand the background of September 11, it is important to understand this war. The U.S. public must...