INDUSTRY
On June 4, Argentine President Javier Milei published an op-ed in the Financial Times outlining a bold strategy for Argentina’s adoption and positioning in artificial intelligence (AI), advocating a minimal-regulation approach, the creation of a new corporate category and the promotion of a “competitive fiscal environment.” “As much as the
China’s Online Retailer Firm JD.com Expands Layoffs as Economy Worsens
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Russians Take Territory in Southern Ukraine, Surround Nuclear Power Plant
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China to Build Nuclear Power Plant in Argentina as It Expands ‘Belt and Road’
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Amazon Limits Paid COVID Leave to Employees Vaccinated Against COVID
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Meta Shares Slump 20 Percent After Earnings Report, Number of Facebook Users Declines for First Time
On Feb. 2, shares of Facebook owner Meta fell by 20 percent after the social media platform’s quarterly...
Hit by ‘Zero-COVID’ Policies, Chinese Manufacturing Crawls to Slowest Since Start of Pandemic
China’s manufacturing sector slowed to its weakest in almost two years as the country’s stringent “Zero-COVID...
Intel Could Spend $100 Billion Over the Next Decade on New Ohio Chip Plants
On Jan. 22, Intel announced that it will be investing $20 billion in the United States to build two chip...
China: Canon’s Large Severance Packages Make Chinese Think Again
Recently, Canon Zhuhai Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Canon located in Zhuhai, China, announced its closure...