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China’s top chipmaker SMIC plans $7bn expansion despite tariff uncertainty

May 9, 2025

Taiwan’s No. 2 chipmaker UMC opens $5bn plant in Singapore

April 1, 2025

GlobalFoundries weighs merger with No. 2 Taiwan chipmaker UMC: sources

March 31, 2025

Japan chipmaker Rapidus’s state aid draws flak over funding

December 24, 2024

Startup uses ancient bacteria to turn Texas CO2 into green chemicals
Again, the German-Danish startup using ancient bacteria to turn CO2 into new chemicals, is building a new bioreactor plant in Texas. The facility will be located at Texas City, a major petrochemicals park located on the Gulf Coast. The industrial centre is run by Diamond Infrastructure Solutions — a joint venture between chemicals giant Dow…
What we know about the suspect in the Capital Jewish Museum shooting
Federal officials are reviewing writings that they say may be those of the man charged Thursday in the fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., as they investigate whether the attack was motivated by antisemitism. Washington police identified the suspect as Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, who they say shouted “Free, free…
Japanese medical device makers stand up to Trump tariff pressure
TOKYO — Japanese medical device manufacturers are showing resilience to U.S. tariff threats thanks to their specialized manufacturing expertise, focus on niche markets and pricing power. Leading manufacturers such as Terumo and Olympus, both based in Tokyo, are expected to pass on at least some of the tariff costs to U.S. customers.
Tuxedos, luxury SUVs and a former NBA star
“The president is attending it in his personal time. It is not a White House dinner. It’s not taking place here at the White House,” said Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secret. But event organizers did not market it as a personal event. The dinner’s website says: “President Donald J. Trump is Known as…
South Korea’s presidential candidates pledge to nurture AI economy
SEOUL — South Korea’s presidential candidates have pledged to nurture an artificial intelligence economy, promising to develop the country’s own large language model (LLM) to let people use generative AI services for free. Lee Jae-myung of the liberal opposition Democratic Party said that, if he wins the June 3 election, his administration would support South…
RFK Jr. on chemicals, sick kids and that swim in contaminated water
As the Trump administration pushes for deep cuts in federal health agencies, Robert F Kennedy Jr. has produced a 72-page summ on the environmental toxins, chemicals and ultraprocessed foods he said are causing an “existential crisis” in the United States. In an interview Thursday afternoon with Tom Llamas, senior national correspondent for NBC News and…
Biden-era Pepsi price discrimination lawsuit dropped by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission voted to dismiss a lawsuit filed in the last days of the Biden administration that accused PepsiCo of offering sweetheart pricing to big retailers. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson dissented to the suit when it was filed in Janu, when he was one of the regulator’s commissioners. Now the agency’s leader, Ferguson…
Memorial Day weekend on track to break travel records
Summer’s unofficial kickoff is here and Americans are wasting no time getting out of town. From crowded airports to congested highways, Memorial Day travel is heating up, thanks in part to a dip in gas prices. A record 45.1 million people are expected to travel between Thursday May 22 and Monday May 26, breaking the…
Supreme Court grants Trump request to fire certain independent agency members, says Federal Reserve is different
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday granted a Trump administration request that allows the president to fire members of independent federal agencies while suggesting that its legal reasoning would not apply to the Federal Reserve. The move to pause a lower court ruling formalizes a tempor decision along similar lines on April 9 that…