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U.S. annual clean-energy installations will plunge 41% after 2027, due to the rapid phase-out of wind and solar tax credits in President Donald Trump’s sweeping economic legislation.  Deployments will fall to 48 gigawatts in 2028 when wind and solar projects will lose eligibility for the tax incentives, according to a report Thursday from BloombergNEF. That’s compared to 81 gigawatts the prior year as developers race to complete projects before the cutoff date. “A short path still exists for wind and solar projects to access these credits, but it will not be an easy road ahead for most developers,” analysts with BloombergNEF wrote…

Cartoon characters from the children’s show “Bluey” are displayed during the Brand Licensing Europe event at ExCel, in London, Oct. 4, 2023.John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesIn the battle among streaming services to capture and keep subscribers, kids’ shows like “CoComelon” and “Bluey” are becoming powerful tools to help win the war.Retaining customers has proven to be one of the biggest hurdles in the build-out of streaming. When Netflix reported subscriber losses in 2022, it sent a ripple effect through the industry and media companies began leaning into advertising and other business models to focus on profitability.Meanwhile,…

Millions of taxpayers could see a lower tax bill next year due to the so-called “big, beautiful bill” that was signed into law on July 4 by President Trump, with a recent analysis finding that every income group will see some savings. On average, taxpayers will save about $2,900 per household in 2026, according to the analysis from the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan think tank focused on taxes. But higher-income Americans are more likely to see a bigger relative boost than lower-income households, their analysis found. The new law extends the tax cuts in President Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs…