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It's been a while since we wrote about G-Research, the secretive trading firm formed in 2012 by Ben Leadsom, the husband of Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom. Last time we looked, however, it was allegedly paying its London interns $200k (£165k) salaries and employed around 800 people in an office off London's Tottenham Court Road.

Times have changed. G-Research didn't respond to a request to comment for this article, but three years on it appears to have around 200 more people, to be less secretive, and to have an entirely new 'engineering and infrastructure hub' in Dallas.

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It's not clear when G-Research opened its Dallas office, but since July it's made tens of new software engineering hires there, drawing people from the likes of AWS, Bank of America, the Federal government, Meta and Zoom.

While G-Research's arrival in Texas may be good news for Dallas, however, it seems to be less favorable for London, where lucrative jobs are disappearing. Sources at the firm claim that following a series of layoffs in February, jobs are increasingly being pushed to Dallas. The firm is currently advertising around 15 jobs in Dallas, including a head of software engineering services and (another) recruiter. In London, it's looking for software engineering interns and machine learning specialists, but most of its tech job openings seem to be far across the Atlantic.

As Dallas expands, there have been departures in London. Adnan Rashid, a senior cloud engineer, left for hedge fund Verition in October. Geoff Quigley, a manager in Linux platform engineering has just gone to Millennium. Max Bowsher, a Linux engineer who left in February, joined XTX in July.

One of the other beneficiaries of G-Research's changes is Eisler Capital, the "intellectually honest" hedge fund that has experienced various staff departures of its own. In June, Eisler hired David Ainsworth from G-Research as head of data engineering, based in London. It's also hired David Adeboye, a data engineer who left G-Research on a non-compete in December and joined in April. Ainsworth is thought to be building a team.

Dallas is becoming a popular location for financial services technology jobs. Goldman Sachs, for example, has leased an 800,000 square foot office in Dallas and is building a technology hub there.

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A symbol of London and the UK, the black cab or hackney carriage is evolving with the times. London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC), the leading player in the city's taxi market, has been selling the TX range-extended electric black cab since 2018.

Launched in a market dominated by diesel-powered taxis, the LEVC TX has become increasingly popular over the years and now represents more than 40 percent of all black cabs in London, with over 6,000 vehicles operating in the city.

As a result, LEVC's TX has overtaken the diesel-powered TX4 as the most common black cab in operation in London. The fact there are now more LEVC TX electrified taxis on the streets of London than diesel TX4s is highly significant.

The LEVC TX taxi fleet supports the UK capital's transition to a clean, green EV black cab fleet. LEVC, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, says the positive contribution the TX is making to air quality continues to increase as sales climb.

The company has calculated that the TX extended-range electric taxi has travelled more than 534 million miles globally and prevented 162,000 tonnes of CO2 being emitted into the atmosphere, since it was introduced in 2018.

"We are witnessing a significant tipping point in the push towards cleaner transportation, with the TX overtaking the diesel-powered TX4 as the cab of choice in London … With each new TX on the road, we are preventing thousands of tonnes of harmful emissions, helping to create healthier and happier cities."

Alex Nan, CEO of LEVC

The LEVC TX offers 78 miles of pure electric range and 333 miles of total flexible range on the WLTP test cycle. The taxi drives in full-electric mode all the time, with a 110-kilowatt (148-horsepower) electric motor driving the rear wheels.

The motor is powered by a 33-kilowatt-hour battery pack supplied by LG Chem, which is recharged by an 81-hp 1.5-liter three-cylinder gasoline engine acting as a generator.

The LEVC TX features flexible space for up to six passengers, and is the only taxi of its kind that can accommodate a forward-facing wheelchair, thanks to an integrated wheelchair ramp.

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While walking along Red Creek, London, Texas in June 1936, Emma Zadie Hahn and her husband Max Edmond Hahn made an unusual discovery: a piece of wood poking out of what appeared to be an ancient rock formation.

The story goes that ten-ish years later, their son, who was clearly born with the merest hint of curiosity that they lacked, smashed open the rock to see what was inside. What he found was a hammer. Where it gets weirder is that it was clearly a modern(ish) hammer.

The hammer attracted the unhelpful attention of Young Earth Creationist Carl Baugh, who claimed that the rock around the hammer was from the Cretaceous period. This would mean that whoever dropped the hammer of 19th century design did so while (e.g.) running away from a triceratops.

For Baugh, who was himself incorrect, this was evidence that evolution theory was incorrect.

“If the artifact is truly from the Cretaceous time frame, where does this leave evolutionary theory, since man was not supposed to have evolved for another 100-million years or so?" Baugh asked. "If the artifact is relatively recent, that means that the Cretaceous Hensell Sand formation from which it came is relatively young... Again, where does that leave evolutionary theory with its traditional dates for the Cretaceous formations?”"

The answer, of course, was that the hammer was modern, but it had become encased in the rock by geological processes not known to Baugh.

"The stone is real, and it looks impressive to someone unfamiliar with geological processes. How could a modern artifact be stuck in Ordovician rock?" investigator Glen J. Kuban asked in a 1997 paper on the hammer, published in Paleo.

"The answer is that the concretion itself is not Ordovician. Minerals in solution can harden around an intrusive object dropped in a crack or simply left on the ground if the source rock (in this case, reportedly Ordovician) is chemically soluble."

While an extremely cool find, the rock formation is not as ancient as it appeared. Likely a miner dropped the hammer a century ago, or perhaps a touch earlier, after which the rock formed around it. It was not, repeat, not, proof of The Flintstones.

The plaza is owned by the Maddalone family, who moved to Corpus Christi 10 years ago from upstate New York.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi's London area held a groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the new retail plaza project.

Construction for the plaza is currently under way near FM 43. The area has seen huge growth over the years with some 200 to 300 new houses annually.

The plaza is the latest project by PureTree, a renovation company that is tasked with developing the London area. The plaza is owned by the Maddalone family, who moved to Corpus Christi 10 years ago from upstate New York.

According to the James Maddalone, it took a lot of convincing to get funding for the project, but it's the start of the area's transformation.

"Many people won't build in an area that doesn't already have something, but all the numbers show this is the area to build in," Maddalone said. "And so now that we've done this, it opens the floodgate for others to develop as well."

Maddalone added that the area community is seeing economic growth and provides optimal opportunity to expand.

"With a growing community such as we have, this is the next necessary step to bring sustainability for our area to grow," Maddalone said.

Funding for the project will come from the PlainesCapital Bank. Nueces County Commissioner Brent Chesney said that the project was long overdo.

"There has to be these kinds of things because the homes here don't want to drive 20 or 30 minutes into town, or in other parts of town. They want to go here," Chesney said.

He added that development for the streets in the area has been a priority.

"We've made this area real amenable for growth because of the road work that we're doing, because of how business friendly are in Nueces County and I think you're going to see more. This is the first of many to come," Chesney said.

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Standing at more than 500 feet, the wheel will be known as the Texas Odyssey.

DALLAS, TX — Efforts to beautift Dallas' Trinity River waterway will soon take another step forward. A distinctively designed, 500-foot tall observation wheel is set to rise above the river a short distance from downtown.

Texas Odyssey visitors will experience sweeping views of the city on an immersive 38-minute voyage, which will feature an engaging multimedia and multisensory journey.

The development, located in the Cedars West neighborhood and anchored by the Texas Odyssey, will include pre-flight and post-flight experiences, a secondary experiential attraction and retail components including dining. This seven-acre site will also feature a STEAM education center, an outdoor performance venue and a parking structure to accommodate 1,000 cars.

In addition to creating a new destination attraction, the Texas Odyssey will serve as a gateway to the Trinity, allowing for greater public access to the river and the future Dallas Water Gardens planned along Riverfront Boulevard. Visitors will be able to access and experience the Trinity River via pathways and walk-throughs for pedestrians, as well as public spaces on and around the wheel site.

“I’m excited for the residents of District 2 and everyone that will experience this yearround attraction,” said Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Adam Medrano. “This will be a great compliment to the years of revitalization and investments in the Cedars Neighborhood. This project along with the upcoming high-speed rail station, which will open directly adjacent to the Texas Odyssey and the Dallas Water Gardens, will be tremendous assets to the city of Dallas.”

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The Texas Odyssey Educational ‘STEAM’ Center will be open to Dallas ISD and surrounding schools and school districts for field trips allowing students to have a closeup look at engineering of large scale moving objects such as the Texas Odyssey, and hands-on interactive experiences with renewable energy, urban greenspaces, conservation and more.

“Our vision for the iconic Texas Odyssey is for it to be a seamlessly integrated part of downtown Dallas, a must-do experience for visitors and a great asset and community partner for the individuals and families in North Texas,” said Michael Beucler, Partner, Eye of Texas, LLC. “We believe this project, in this location at this time will be the catalyst for the next era of growth around the Cedars and the Trinity River just as the London Eye sparked the rejuvenation of the Docklands area near the River Thames.”

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