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24.07 / 15:59
BLOCK Cooper Manufacturing NOT China urges Japan not to disrupt chip industry after technology curbs take effect
China’s government has appealed to Japan not to disrupt the semiconductor industry after Japanese curbs on exports of chip-making technology took effect, adding to technology restrictions Washington and its allies on security grounds have imposed on Be...
24.07 / 04:41
UPS Citi MET Celebrity country Agency Oui, oui: Jill Biden heads to Paris to help mark US return to UN educational and scientific agency
Biden has represented her country at the Olympics in Tokyo, a king's coronation in London and a royal wedding in Jordan. She gets another chance to put her ambassadorial skills to work this week when the United States formally rejoins a United Nations agency devoted to education, science and culture around the globe. Biden was arriving in Paris early Monday after flying overnight from Washington to join other VIPs and speak at a ceremony Tuesday at the headquarters of the United Nations Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization.
22.07 / 18:33
Target CEO Action Qualcomm NVIDIA Intel Chip CEOs urge US to study impact of China curbs
During meetings in Washington, Intel Corp’s Pat Gelsinger, Nvidia Corp’s Jensen Huang and Qualcomm Inc’s Cristiano Amon warned that export controls risk harming US leadership of the industry. The Biden officials listened to the presentations but didn’t make any commitments, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks were private. The chip industry is trying to navigate increasing tensions between China and the US.
22.07 / 06:21
Bitfinex Platform Enterprise Bitcoin show Deal US couple accused of laundering crypto from Bitfinex hack reach plea deal
Bitfinex have entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Washington, court records showed on Friday. Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan, both of Manhattan, were initially arrested in February 2022. They are set to appear for a plea hearing on Aug. 3 before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, court records showed. A lawyer for Lichtenstein and Morgan and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The pair was accused of conspiring to launder more than 100,000 bitcoin that was stolen, after a hacker attacked Bitfinex and initiated more than 2,0000 unauthorized transactions.
21.07 / 20:07
UPS Citi Entertainment NFL owners unanimously OK the Commanders sale to Josh Harris; Dan Snyder fined $60M on the way out
NFL owners have unanimously approved the sale of the Washington Commanders from Dan Snyder to a group led by Josh Harris
21.07 / 20:07
NFL owners unanimously approve $6.05 billion sale of Washington Commanders from Dan Snyder to group led by Josh Harris.
NFL owners unanimously approve $6.05 billion sale of Washington Commanders from Dan Snyder to group led by Josh Harris.
21.07 / 09:29
Provident Reuters Strategy Puzzle stage audience social Playful or murderous? Orca behavior puzzles experts as more boat ramming incidents reported off Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula, a peculiar phenomenon has puzzled experts and captivated social media audiences alike as orcas have been repeatedly ramming boats. However, a growing consensus among researchers on the other side of the world suggests that aggression may not be the driving force behind these unusual interactions. Experts based in Washington state's Salish Sea and Puget Sound, home to renowned orca pods and top researchers, believe that the playful and social nature of killer whales could be the reason behind these boat encounters.
21.07 / 03:17
Target Digital Microsoft SPY WSJ Chinese hackers breach US ambassador's emails: report
China Nicholas Burns' email account in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of individual U.S. government emails, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday. Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia, was also hacked in the wider spying operation disclosed earlier this month by Microsoft, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
20.07 / 17:25
UPS CEO Actor show country Biden pushes a strong role for unions in tech jobs, even as potential strikes are on the horizon
President Joe Biden is courting unions as a cornerstone of the United States' economic future with a speech at a Philadelphia shipyard
20.07 / 05:43
MET Ford Aware China's President Xi meets with Henry Kissinger in Beijing
Xi Jinping met with veteran U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger in Beijing, state media reported on Thursday.
19.07 / 13:15
UPS Provident country exclusive Emhoff will become the highest-profile US official to visit Samoa as US makes a Pacific islands push
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff next week will become the highest-profile U.S. official to visit Samoa, as the Biden administration steps up its outreach to Pacific island nations
19.07 / 02:01
UPS Cooper Stealth North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into sea
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday, hours after an American nuclear-armed submarine made its first South Korean port call in decades. The launch was reported by South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), according to Yonhap, who said they were fired early Wednesday from the Sunan area in Pyongyang, and flew some 550 kilometres (340 miles) before splashing into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan. The JCS condemned the launches as «acts of significant provocation» and a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions.
17.07 / 22:53
UPS Citi FIVE Manufacturing Action National South Dakota governor prods Washington to address national drug shortages
As the U.S. struggles with prescription drug shortages, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has advanced a modest plan that she hopes will prod Washington to address weaknesses in the international pharmaceutical supply chain
16.07 / 08:51
UPS FIVE POT BAY DiRT restrictions Washington legal marijuana farms get back to work after pesticide concerns prompted restrictions
Some legal cannabis growers in Washington state who were ordered to halt operations in April over concerns about pesticide contamination are getting back to business

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