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    SpaceX to Launch First Cargo Since 2015 Accident

    Nine months after a SpaceX rocket exploded on the way to the International Space Station, the California-based company is counting down to the launch Friday of another flight to resupply astronauts in orbit. The unmanned Dragon capsule is poised to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 4:43pm (8:43pm GMT or 2:13am IST, Saturday) atop […]

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    Mitsui sees first loss since 1947 amid $2 billion writedown

    Impairment charges on mining and energy projects from South America to Australia levied a heavy toll on the books of the Tokyo-based trading house. Photo: Reuters Tokyo: Mitsui & Co., Japan’s second biggest trading house, forecast its first net loss since it was founded in its modern form in 1947 due to impairment charges on […]