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Amazon's 5-Day Workweek Policy Sparks Debate, While TSMC Soars on Strong AI Demand
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Amazon's 5-Day Workweek Policy Sparks Debate, While TSMC Soars on Strong AI Demand

The Hindu  

Amazon's new 5-day-per-week in-office policy has sparked controversy, with employees expressing their mixed opinions. Worldcoin is scaling up its iris-scanning project, introducing a new version of their orb device with enhanced features and privacy enhancements. TSMC's stock soars on strong AI demand, with the company predicting continued growth in the sector.

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GM brings in new CEO to steer troubled Cruise robotaxi service while Waymo ramps up in San Francisco
6 months, 2 weeks ago

GM brings in new CEO to steer troubled Cruise robotaxi service while Waymo ramps up in San Francisco

Associated Press  

General Motors on Tuesday named a veteran technology executive with roots in the video game industry to steer its troubled robotaxi service Cruise as it tries to recover from a gruesome collision that triggered the suspension of its California license. Marc Whitten, one of the key engineers behind the Xbox video game console, will take over as Cruise’s chief executive …

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Region ramps up rural vitalization initiatives
1 year, 5 months ago

Region ramps up rural vitalization initiatives

China Daily  

In recent years, Qingdao in Shandong province has intensified its efforts to boost rural vitalization and construct a leading area for rural industries through reform and innovation. To ensure stable and increased grain production, the city has issued 19 supporting measures to promote the construction of the demonstration areas for green food production and established seven demonstration areas each covering …

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Apple ramps up iPhone production in India to $7 billion in strategic shift from China
1 year, 8 months ago

Apple ramps up iPhone production in India to $7 billion in strategic shift from China

India TV News  

Apple Inc. increased its iPhone production in India over the previous fiscal year, exceeding the $7 billion milestone and tripling its output in the country. The American business currently manufactures approximately 7% of its iPhones in India through increasing partnerships with companies like Foxconn Technology Group and Pegatron Corp. India produced an estimated 1% of the world's iPhones in 2021 …

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North-South Corridor road project cost blows out to $15.4 billion with 524 properties to go
2 years ago

North-South Corridor road project cost blows out to $15.4 billion with 524 properties to go

ABC  

The cost of South Australia's biggest infrastructure project has blown out by billions of dollars, with more properties to be acquired to make it happen. Key points: An additional 125 properties will now be acquired, taking the total to 524 The previous concept of two tunnels remains part of the new plan But on-off ramps have been added and moved …

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Labour ramps up war on private schools with demand for watchdog to investigate fees
2 years, 1 month ago

Labour ramps up war on private schools with demand for watchdog to investigate fees

The Telegraph  

The Labour Party has opened a new front in its war on private schools, as it called for them to be investigated by the competition watchdog over fee rises. Ms Phillipson has said it is “absolutely essential that private schools operate in accordance with the law and in an open and transparent manner”, as she backed a Corbyn-era Labour policy …

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France ramps up war support for Ukraine, rebuilds armories
2 years, 2 months ago

France ramps up war support for Ukraine, rebuilds armories

Associated Press  

PARIS — France on Sunday pledged air defense systems to protect Ukrainian cities against drone strikes, as well as an expanded training program for Ukrainian soldiers, as it seeks to puncture perceptions that French President Emmanuel Macron’s government has lagged in supporting Ukraine militarily against the Russian invasion. “A new generation of soldiers must also be trained, to last the …

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Fight ramps up to prevent Canadian companies’ abuses abroad
2 years, 4 months ago

Fight ramps up to prevent Canadian companies’ abuses abroad

Al Jazeera  

Montreal, Canada – Enzo Brizuela describes his hometown as a “sacrifice zone”. “The government of Canada needs to decide if it is going to continue to trail behind and drag its feet and let companies operate with impunity, or if it’s going to do something to rein in corporate abuse,” said Emily Dwyer, policy director at the Canadian Network on …

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Australian biosecurity ramps up amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Bali
2 years, 6 months ago

Australian biosecurity ramps up amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Bali

ABC  

The federal government is ramping up biosecurity measures at the border after the detection of foot-and-mouth disease in cows in Bali. Key points: Passengers returning from Bali will face tougher biosecurity checks to manage the risk of an Australian FMD outbreak Bali has been grappling with an outbreak for months and the disease can survive on various surfaces, including clothing …

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Sinopec ramps up country's gas production
3 years ago

Sinopec ramps up country's gas production

China Daily  

A Sinopec employee inspects gas facilities in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in October. China Petrochemical Corp said it has been increasing the nation's natural gas supplies with daily production exceeding 100 million cubic meters, a mark it first hit on Nov 26, up 7.6 percent over the same day the previous year. The company has produced 30.7 billion cubic …

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UN ramps up Afghan aid appeal seeking $200 million in extra funding as 'catastraphe' looms
3 years, 4 months ago

UN ramps up Afghan aid appeal seeking $200 million in extra funding as 'catastraphe' looms

Firstpost  

Basic services in Afghanistan are collapsing and food and other life-saving aid is about to run out, said UN humanitarian agency OCHA’s spokesman, Jens Laerke Geneva, Switzerland: The United Nations appealed for almost $200 million in extra funding for life-saving aid in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover sparked a host of new issues. The UN humanitarian agency OCHA said the …

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Bharat Biotech ramps up Covaxin production, to now manufacture 1 billion doses per year
3 years, 7 months ago

Bharat Biotech ramps up Covaxin production, to now manufacture 1 billion doses per year

India TV News  

Amid concerns over the sliding rate of vaccination in the country, maker of India's indigenous vaccine Covaxin Bharat Biotech on Thursday said it plans to produce additional 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine at its subsidiary's Ankleshwar in Gujarat based facility, taking the overall production volume of the vaccine to 1 billion dosages per annum. The Hyderabad-based firm said it …

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Multinational corporations dispute billions in tax bills as ATO profit shifting crackdown ramps up
4 years, 3 months ago

Multinational corporations dispute billions in tax bills as ATO profit shifting crackdown ramps up

ABC  

Almost 200 companies have been hit with $2.5 billion in tax bills over the past financial year alone, after using tactics including mispricing loans and channelling income into low-tax jurisdictions such as Singapore. Key points: The ATO is hitting more companies with tax bills after witnessing continued use of aggressive tax structures A key issue is companies failing to account …

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Jining ramps up industrial robotics development
4 years, 6 months ago

Jining ramps up industrial robotics development

China Daily  

Twenty industrial robots were rolled out on the first day of operations at the Jining Robot Industrial Park on June 24. Located in Zoucheng, a county-level city in Jining, the park is aimed at supporting the city's industrial transformation and development of its intelligent equipment industry, said Luan Tao, vice mayor of Zoucheng. The Jining Robot Industrial Park begins operations …

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Fed ramps up lending, bond buying to calm financial markets
4 years, 9 months ago

Fed ramps up lending, bond buying to calm financial markets

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve moved with unprecedented force and speed Friday to pump huge amounts of cash into the financial system to ease disruptions that have escalated since the viral outbreak. “The Fed has just worked with unprecedented speed,” said Steven Friedman, a former economist at the New York Fed and senior macroeconomist at MacKay Shields, an asset manager. …

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After impeachment whitewash, Trump ramps up the politics of revenge
4 years, 11 months ago

After impeachment whitewash, Trump ramps up the politics of revenge

Salon  

After President Gerald Ford, a Republican, publicly denied a nearly bankrupt New York City a federal bailout in 1975, one newspaper headline famously reported "Ford to City: Drop Dead." On Wednesday, even before the GOP Senate had acquitted President Trump on his corrupt withholding of U.S. military aid to Ukraine for personal political gain, his White House issued a veto …

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China ramps up war of rhetoric in trade standoff with US
5 years, 7 months ago

China ramps up war of rhetoric in trade standoff with US

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Stepping up Beijing’s propaganda offensive in the tariffs standoff with Washington, Chinese state media on Friday accused the U.S. of seeking to “colonize global business” with moves against Huawei and other Chinese technology companies. At a daily briefing Friday, foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang accused American politicians he didn’t name of “fabricating various lies based on subjective presumptions …

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Your questions about electric cars answered, as Federal election campaign ramps up
5 years, 8 months ago

Your questions about electric cars answered, as Federal election campaign ramps up

ABC  

Electric vehicles have been one of the talking points of the 2019 federal election campaign, and both major parties have made commitments to boost sales. The "official answer" is at least eight years, according to the Electric Vehicle Council's Tim Washington. Mr Washington said plugging the car into a regular power socket overnight would provide enough charge for a 100km …

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ATO ramps up its focus on rental properties and hosts on platforms such as Airbnb
5 years, 9 months ago

ATO ramps up its focus on rental properties and hosts on platforms such as Airbnb

ABC  

The Australian Taxation Office is ramping up its enforcement activities and will undertake 4,500 audits of taxpayers it considers are "high risk" because they overclaim or don't declare income relating to rental properties. Key points: The ATO will audit 4,500 "high-risk"' taxpayers relating to their 2017-2018 returns for rental properties The agency is also improving its data matching and in …

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