Key Takeaways QuantumScape partners with Murata and Corning to advance solid-state battery commercialization.The Murata collaboration targets scaling ceramic separator production using its ceramics expertise.The Corning alliance focuses on refining and industrializing the separator manufacturing process.QuantumScape Corporation (QS) is strengthening its push toward commercializing solid-state batteries through two important collaborations. One is with Japan’s Murata Manufacturing and another with U.S.-based ...

US stock futures edged higher on Wednesday as Wall Street waited for the latest Federal Reserve minutes to provide hints to future policy amid a shutdown-driven dearth of data. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F), the S&P 500 (ES=F), and the tech-dominated Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) all moved up roughly 0.2%, on the heels of a losing day for the major gauges. Meanwhile, gold (GC=F) futures continued their record-breaking rally after topping $4,000 per ounce for the first time on Tuesday. Investors ...