Access to affordable credit helps me pay my employees, but I don't really need it.

Infliction is killing me!

But who cares? Big retailers are making record profits!

That's why we support the Durban Marshall Credit Card Bill!

See? Banks and credit unions help small businesses make payroll.

This bill would cut the vital resources they need.

While increasing megastore profits, they deserve it. Don't they?

Tell Congress, stop the Durban Marshall money grab for corporate megastores.

Paid for it by the Electronic Payments Coalition.

Here's your afternoon T&B Tech Minute for Tuesday, May 12th. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

We exclusively report that SpaceX and Google are in talks to launch data centers in orbit.

That's according to people familiar with the discussions. One of the people said Google is also exploring similar deals with other rocket companies. Orbital data centers are an

unproven technology that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said is the next frontier for the rocket

company. It has been central to the company's investor pitch ahead of its planned public listing

this summer, which is expected to be the largest IPO of all time. A deal between the two tech titans would give a boost to

SpaceX's business ahead of its listing. SpaceX didn't respond to a request for comment.

Tesla will invest $250 million into its German plant to increase battery cell production for electric vehicles.

The so-called gigafactory,

which opened in March 2022, makes hundreds of thousands of Model Y vehicles and millions of battery

cells. The investment looks to boost output in Europe as its sales in the region regains strength.

Data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association showed that Tesla's sales in the continent

nearly doubled in March, following a slump that stretched more than a year.

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