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The company said Monday it has signed a preliminary deal to buy lithium from Lake Resources NL (LKE). This is the first time the automaker has disclosed information about its supplier of battery materials. Lake Resources is notable for its use of DLE technology, which reduces the resource costs of

Japan benefited from the fact that Boeing and Airbus are trying to sever ties with the Russian VSMPO-Avisma Corporation, the world's largest titanium manufacturer. Earlier Boeing used to receive about one third of its titanium supplies from VSMPO-Avisma, and Airbus - about a half of its supplies; now Toho Titanium

The company sent to the orbital station spaceship Crew Dragon on a Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of 4 tourists.Their stay in space will be 10 days. The cost of the ticket is $55 million.

The stability fund will be created with capital from financial institutions and will receive liquidity support from the Central Bank. China's central bank is leading efforts to raise several hundred billion yuan in a new fund to reduce financial risks.

The purchase came in at more than $4.2 billion. The company's stock gained about 10 percent on the back of the purchase.

The contracts for ULA, Arianespace and Blue Origin total billions of dollars, sources said.