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Bloomberg
an hour ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
New Frameworks for Hyperscalers Power the AI Demand
Tech companies needing to power AI data centers could help unlock as much as $350 billion in funding for new nuclear capacity by 2050 through power-purchase agreements, behind-the-meter contracts and strategic equity investments, helping lower financing risks. If reappointed as commission chair, David Wright will guide the Nuclear Regulatory Commission through a punishing workload that includes the review of several permit applications for nuclear reactors across the nation, as well as operating license applications. The Trump administration has sought to quadruple the US' nuclear energy capacity by 2050. Trump wants to boost domestic uranium mining and look into recycling nuclear fuel. In May, Trump issued an executive order calling on the NRC to process license applications faster while at the same time cutting its staff. Tom Keene and Paul Sweeney spoke with Nick Campanella, analyst at Barclays, on Bloomberg Surveillance. (Source: Bloomberg)
Forbes
7 days ago
- Sport
- Forbes
With Two Much-Needed Wins, The Mets Ease Up On Paying Tribute To 2007-08
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 21: Brett Baty #7 of the New York Mets reacts to hitting a solo home run ... More during the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Citi Field on July 21, 2025 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by) As an organization, the Mets did a terrific job Saturday paying tribute to David Wright, whose no. 5 was retired as he was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame. Fortunately for the current incarnation of the Mets, they've spent the last two days inching a little further away from the possibility they'll continue paying homage to the season-ending collapses in 2007 and 2008 that still haunt Wright nearly two decades later. Of course, losing six games in the standings to the Phillies and slipping into second place during a 39-day span in early-to-midsummer isn't on the scale of blowing a seven-game lead over the final 18 days of the season, a la 2007, or frittering away a 3 1/2-game lead over the final 18 days in 2008, when the Phillies again nipped the Mets at the wire. But any extended skids that threaten to endanger a once-ironclad invitation to the playoffs — which have been expanded twice since 2008 — is going to conjure up memories of two of the most infamous late-season stumbles in baseball history. 'Not getting it done, especially in '07, that's still a very, very — those are difficult memories for me, because I thought in '06 that we were on our way to really kind of doing it every year,' Wright said Saturday afternoon. 'And '07 was, for lack of a better word, kind of a bit of of a train wreck towards the end of the season.' The 2025 Mets aren't a train wreck yet. But even with back-to-back wins over the Reds and Angels — just the fourth time the Mets have won at least two straight games over the last five-plus weeks — the ride is still more rickety and the tracks less stable than than they could have imagined last month. The Mets led the majors with a 45-24 record through June 12, when they were ahead of the Phillies by 5 1/2 games in the NL East. But they are just 12-20 since then — tied for the third-worst mark in the bigs, ahead of only the Rockies, who are on pace for a record-breaking 123 losses, and the Nationals, who fired manager Davey Martinez and general manager Mike Rizzo in the midst of their 10-22 tailspin. As was the case in 2007-08, the stumble has been a team-wide effort. The struggles of Pete Alonso (a triple slash of .216/.303/.362 with four homers and 14 RBIs) and, especially, Francisco Lindor (who is hitless in his last 26 at-bats to drop his triple slash to .183/.245/.344 with five homers and 17 RBIs) have bogged down the Mets, who are hitting just .229 with a .300 on-base percentage and .377 slugging percentage while averaging 3.8 runs per game since June 13. Those figures are down from the .248/.332/.427 triple slash and the 4.6 runs per game they averaged during the fast start. 'The fair critique is we haven't scored runs,' president of baseball operations David Stearns said Monday afternoon. The only Mets starting pitcher to last beyond the sixth inning since June 1 is All-Star David Peterson, who has done it five times. Griffin Canning suffered a season-ending torn Achilles June 26 while back-end rotation members Tylor Megill and Paul Blackburn are out indefinitely. An overworked bullpen has lost Max Kranick and Dedniel Nunez to season-ending elbow injuries and cycled through a baker's dozen of fringe Immaculate Grid additions who have come back and forth from Triple-A or the waiver wire (and back again, in the case of Luis Garcia and Justin Garza, and then forth again to Triple-A or the waiver wire in the case of Richard Lovelady). There's little doubt Stearns is going to have to pay a premium to bolster the bullpen before the July 31 trade deadline. But the narrow wins over the Reds and Angels offered hope the Mets may get some internal help for Juan Soto and Brandon Nimmo, who have been doing their best modern imitations of Wright during the current skid. The Mets' collapse likely cost Wright the NL MVP in September, when he hit .352/.432/.602 in September 2007 for a team that slashed .284/.351/.463. He then recorded a .340/.416/.577 triple slash in September 2008, when the Mets slashed .261/.345/.438. Soto has a triple slash of .264/.391/.573 with 11 homers and 24 RBIs since June 13, a span in which Nimmo is slashing .300/.370/.475 with five homers and 18 RBIs. Soto and Nimmo are just 2-for-13 in the last two games, but the Mets' sixth- through ninth-place hitters batted .333 (8-of-24) with a home run, four RBI, nine runs scored and two doubles in the victories. Brett Baty, who is establishing himself as a regular between second and third base, and Francisco Alvarez, who was promoted from Triple-A on Monday, had two of the biggest hits Monday. Baty's fourth-inning homer sparked the comeback from a 4-0 deficit while Alvarez doubled Baty to third in the eighth, when Baty scored the tie-breaking run after Angels catcher Logan O'Hoppe dropped the throw from third baseman Yoan Moncada following Ronny Mauricio's grounder. 'We have guys at the bottom of our lineup who are extending at-bats, seeing pitches,' Stearns said earlier Monday. Whether Baty and/or Alvarez become lineup mainstays down the stretch remains to be seen. For now, the two wins at least provided some much-needed relief and cushion for the Mets, who are five games clear of the Reds, Giants and Cardinals, all of whom are tied for seventh place in the NL. This core needs no reminding of how one win made all the difference for the Mets' playoff positioning and fate in 2022 and 2024 — and surely no interest in enduring the reverse lessons Wright endured in 2007 and 2008. 'For me, if you ask biggest regrets — not that you can go back and do anything different, but I wish we could have finished that off, because that one hurt,' Wright said.
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Clay Holmes and Brandon Nimmo comment on Mets struggling as a team after loss to Reds
For Mets starter Clay Holmes, finishing off his outings has eluded him of late. Saturday against the Reds, he walked the leadoff hitter twice and both times they came around to score. Holmes feels he has to work on making quicker adjustments the third time through the order. Brandon Nimmo was disappointed the team did not find a way to win on David Wright's special day. On the lack of offensive production, it comes down to "getting the big hit" and that's been a thorn in the Mets side all year long.
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Mets of today congratulate yesterday's captain David Wright
Take a look back at some of the greatest moments of David Wright's Mets career, as members of the current team send their congratulations to the former captain as he sees his number retired to the rafters at Citi Field.
Fox News
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
After No. 5 Retired, Mets Great David Wright Names Who Could Be Next Captains
With David Wright having his iconic No. 5 retired by the New York Mets, the former third baseman said there are two players that he feels should be considered as captains for the team. "I love Brandon Nimmo," Wright told reporters on Saturday ahead of the team's game against the Cincinnati Reds. "I tell my son all the time, 'That's how you should play the game." "And I love Francisco Lindor. I've gotten to know him over the last couple of years. I recently found out that he played hurt at the end of the season with a hand injury, and nobody knew about it. He never said anything because he wanted to be out there grinding it out with his guys." Wright reflected on the honor bestowed onto him by the only club he ever played for, nearly 21 years after his big league debut. "I went straight from the airport to the ballpark and I couldn't wait to see what number I was going to be," Wright said at a press conference Saturday. "That spring I was 72, and I would have been perfectly happy with 72. "But later on I found out that Charlie Samuels, the old equipment guy, gave me 5 because of Brooks Robinson and George Brett." Wright, who debuted against the Montreal Expos on July 21, 2004, appeared to be on track to join Robinson and Brett as a Hall of Fame third baseman when he hit .301 with 222 homers, 876 RBIs and an .888 OPS through his first 10 seasons. But Wright played just 211 more games while battling chronic back, shoulder and neck injuries as well as a diagnosis of spinal stenosis. He went more than two years between big league appearances before concluding his career with a pair of cameos in September 2018. "There was nothing that I could do to do the thing anymore," Wright said. "It took a while for my brain and my heart to kind of match up with that. But I think that very, very few athletes get the ending that they want — that storybook ending. I certainly wouldn't call mine a storybook ending, but it's better than 99% of what athletes get and I'll forever be thankful for getting that opportunity." Wright, the Mets' most recent captain and the only player in team history to have his number retired after spending his entire career with the club, expressed his gratitude throughout a speech that capped a half-hour ceremony on Saturday emceed by broadcaster Howie Rose. Wright, emerging from the third base side of Citi Field, walked to a gold-plated third base, stood atop the bag and blew kisses to the sellout crowd. In an appropriate Mets touch, a plane taking off from nearby LaGuardia ascended into view moments after his No. 5 was unveiled high above the left field seats. The 42-year-old married father of three, praised throughout his career for his ability to connect with stars and everyday people alike as well as his appreciation of Mets history, mentioned late media relations executive Shannon Dalton Forde and late team photographer Marc Levine during his press conference. Near the end of his speech, he also thanked the Wilpon family, who owned the team his entire career. "If you would have told a young David Wright to close his eyes and imagine this day, I would have said you're crazy, no way, impossible," said Wright, a Virginia native who grew up rooting for the Mets while attending their Triple-A games in Tidewater. "And then I would have went out in my backyard in Virginia and hit off a homemade tee with balls that were falling apart at the seams until it got dark outside to prove you right. "Thank you so much for allowing me to live out my dream in front of you each night. I love you so much. Let's go Mets." Wright is the 35th member of the Mets' Hall of Fame and the 11th individual to have his number retired, joining managers Casey Stengel and Gil Hodges as well as Tom Seaver, Mike Piazza, Jerry Koosman, Keith Hernandez, Willie Mays, Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden as well as Jackie Robinson, whose No. 42 is retired throughout Major League Baseball. Reporting by The Associated Press. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily!
