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S.Korea’s Yoon Says Cooperation with US, Japan Key to Overcoming N.Korea Threats

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday that trilateral cooperation with the United States and Japan has become more important than ever to overcoming North Korea’s growing nuclear threats and other crises. Yoon spoke at an event commemorating the country’s historic March First independence movement against Japan’s 1910-1945 occupation of Korea. “Japan has transformed […]

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 […]

Factbox - Want Billions to Make Us Chips? Here Is how to Get Them

The Biden administration, which is making a $52 billion push to build more chips in the United States, said on Tuesday that it would require companies winning taxpayer funds for the initiative to give back excess profits and provide affordable childcare. As of 2020, the U.S. share of modern global chip manufacturing capacity had fallen […]

Biden Admin Grilled over $23 Billion in Licenses for Blacklisted Chinese Firms

The Biden administration approved more than $23 billion worth of licenses for companies to ship U.S. goods and technology to blacklisted Chinese companies in the first quarter of 2022, a Republican lawmaker said on Tuesday. The data comes amid growing pressure on the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden to further expand a broad crackdown […]

US to Require Companies Winning Chipmaking Subsidies to Share Excess Profits

The Biden administration on Tuesday said it will require companies winning funds from its $52 billion U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research program to share excess profits and explain how they plan to provide affordable childcare. The Commerce Department on Tuesday is releasing its plans to begin accepting applications in late June for a $39 billion […]

Meta Builds A-Team Focused On AI Products

Meta Platforms Inc is creating a new top-level product group focused on generative artificial intelligence (AI), Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, as the AI race among Big Tech firms heats up. AI has emerged as a bright spot for investments in the tech industry, which has been struggling with slowing growth, and has […]

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. Wants at Least 2 Advanced Computer Chip Centers Built, Commerce Chief Says

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Thursday said the government will encourage companies to build at least two advanced domestic computer chip factories employing thousands of union workers, as part of a $52.7 billion dollar initiative. The centers would also include a “robust supplier ecosystem,” Raimondo said in a speech in Washington. “America needs to […]

Elon Musk’s Challenge: Stay Ahead of the Competition

Elon Musk will confront a critical challenge during Tesla’s Investor Day on March 1: Convincing investors that even though rivals are catching up, the electric-vehicle pioneer can make another leap forward to widen its lead. Tesla Inc was the No. 1 EV maker worldwide in 2022, but China’s BYD and others are closing the gap […]