TSMC 2nd Fab in Kumamoto Awaiting JPY 900 Billion in Subsidy

TSMC 2nd Fab in Kumamoto Awaiting JPY 900 Billion in Subsidy

Media reports quoting Yoshihiro Seki, a member of Japan’s House of Representatives, that Japan plans to add JPY 1.49 trillion (US$ 10 billion) to its budget for subsidizing two important semiconductor investment projects, namely, TSMC and Rapidus. Japan to invest...
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SoftBank’s Arm IPO Valued at $54.5 Billion

SoftBank’s Arm IPO Valued at $54.5 Billion

Arm Holdings’s Nasdaq debut in short: SoftBank plans to sell only 9% of Arm’s shares, and will pledge out a 75% stake for margin loans once the stock debuts. As such, Arm’s tiny float of just 9% is an extreme...
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Chinese Steel Glut Intensifies

Chinese Steel Glut Intensifies

Chinese imports into the U.S. have fallen by 7.9% from August 2022, leading to concerns about sourcing steel and other metals. Chinese imports into the U.S. have fallen by 7.9% from August 2022, leading to concerns about sourcing steel and...
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China becomes world’s No.1 maritime fleet owner

China becomes world’s No.1 maritime fleet owner

China has overtaken Greece as the world’s largest maritime fleet owner in terms of gross tonnage (GT), global shipping information provider Clarksons Research said on Saturday. Greece held that position for a decade, but China’s position as the wor...
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NHTSA Wants 58 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard By 2032

NHTSA Wants 58 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard By 2032

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a proposal to require raising fuel economy standards to 58 miles per gallon. The proposal, from the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), wo...
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Photovoltaic Panels Flooded European Warehouses

Photovoltaic Panels Flooded European Warehouses

Around €7 billion worth of Chinese-manufactured solar panels are currently stored in Europe, which could power approximately 20 million homes per year. Despite this surplus, imports continue to increase, with the first few months of 2023 showing higher impor...
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China GDP Grows 6.3% in Second Quarter

China GDP Grows 6.3% in Second Quarter

China’s economy expanded 6.3% in the second quarter from a year ago, falling short of market expectations as export demand remained tepid and sinking property prices sapped consumer confidence. The jobless rate for the 16-24 age group hit a new...
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Photovoltaic Grade Polysilicon Prices Crash

Photovoltaic Grade Polysilicon Prices Crash

Solar grade polysilicon prices crash amid global supply glut. Spot prices for the main ingredient in photovoltaic panels are crashing considerably and fast, fueled by a glut in China’s photovoltaic panel supply chain. Some companies manufacturing polysil...
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Twitter Is Now Worth Just One Third of Elon Musk’s Purchase Price

Twitter Is Now Worth Just One Third of Elon Musk’s Purchase Price

Twitter social network is now worth just one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social-media platform, according to Fidelity, which recently marked down the value of its equity stake in the company. Elon Musk has acknowledged he overpaid for...
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Head Of Slovak Central Bank Convicted Of Bribery

Head Of Slovak Central Bank Convicted Of Bribery

The head of Slovakia’s central bank, and one of the most outspoken hawks on the ECB governing council, was convicted Thursday of bribery and fined 100,000 euros. The country’s Special Criminal Court handed National Bank of Slovakia Gov. Peter Kazimir...
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Delta loses $363 million

Delta loses $363 million

Delta Air Lines reported a $363 million loss for the first quarter on Thursday, with higher spending on labor and fuel overshadowing a sharp rise in revenue. But the airline predicted it will make a bigger-than-expected profit in the current...
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This day marked the 50th anniversary of a momentous phone call

This day marked the 50th anniversary of a momentous phone call

On April 3, 1973, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper was standing in a street of New York when he made the first ever call on a true mobile phone, calling his chief rival at Bell Labs, Joel Engel, presumably to gloat....
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India to drop US dollar in cross-border trade

India to drop US dollar in cross-border trade

India has opted to offer its Indian Rupee (INR) as a trade currency alternative to the US dollar after it unveiled its latest “dynamic and responsive” foreign trade policy in a bid for de-dollarization. According to the Indian Commerce Secretary...
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Moody’s Downgrades Entire U.S. Banking System

Moody’s Downgrades Entire U.S. Banking System

Late Monday, the credit rating agency, Moody’s, downgraded the entire U.S. banking system outlook to negative from stable. This important message was widely suppressed, as if on orders from agents in command. Ttao’s reaction from Moody’s suggests...
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Meta is building a decentralized text focused app

Meta is building a decentralized text focused app

The social networking giant is reportedly in the early stages of developing an app codenamed P92 that would let users post text-based updates, and it’s going to support Mastodon’s social networking protocol called ActivityPub. Meta confirmed that a...
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