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China Leads US in Global Competition for Key Emerging Technology, Study Says

China has a “stunning lead” in 37 out of 44 critical and emerging technologies as Western democracies lose a global competition for research output, a security think tank said on Thursday after tracking defence, space, energy and biotechnology. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) said its study showed that, in some fields, all of the […]

Trudeau's TikTok Ban to Curb Social Media Reach of Opposition Leaders

The fallout from Canada’s ban on Chinese-owned TikTok on government-issued devices looks set to hurt the leaders of the country’s two main opposition parties, who have used the app more actively than the ruling Liberals to win over supporters. The leaders of the two biggest opposition parties – Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre and New […]

Hedge Funds Unimpressed by Chinese Internet Giants’ Peppy Earnings

A set of bumper earnings reports from the likes of Baidu Inc and other Chinese internet giants isn’t impressing hedge funds and other investors who have cut exposure to the stocks and seem to be waiting for more good news. For the now, investors remain wary of a market overshadowed by simmering Sino-U.S. tensions over […]

U.S. Labor Market Resilient; Inflation Hotter in Fourth Quarter

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to a persistently tight labor market, and further fueling fears that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates higher than anticipated. Those worries were amplified by other data on Thursday showing inflation was much stronger than initially thought in the […]

Chips, EVs Power Biden’s Big Bet on America’s Industrial Policy

A 77-year-old factory in a hard-luck Ohio town sputtered into high gear to produce a new line of electric garbage trucks. A short drive away, construction began on a $20 billion plant that will take pizza-sized silicon wafers and make them into computer chips used in everything from data centers to cars. The two Ohio […]

U.S. Manufacturers See Big Boost from Government Subsidies and Tax Breaks

A 77-year-old factory in a hard-luck Ohio town sputtered into high gear to produce a new line of electric garbage trucks. A short drive away, construction began on a $20 billion plant that will take pizza-sized silicon wafers and make them into computer chips used in everything from data centers to cars. The two Ohio […]

Telecom in the Face of Earthquakes

The ground has just dropped beneath your feet. As you desperately try to grasp what’s happening, the rubble is closing in on you. You struggle to reach out for your phone. But it is not there, and It dawns on you. This is how I die.  If the recent devastating events of turkey and the […]