Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George (13) shoots over Charlotte Hornets forward Brandon Miller (24) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond) CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Paul George knocked down eight 3-pointers and finished with a season-high 41 points, and the Los Angeles … Read more
CHENGDU, China — A decade ago, Tongwei Group was a maker of fish food and livestock feed. Today, the company, based in this famously overcast corner of southwest China, is the world’s largest producer of solar cells, the components of panels that turn sunlight into electricity. At its $2.8 billion facility on the outskirts of … Read more
Construction workers install equipment at a construction site of a lithium battery project on April 6, 2023 in Renshou County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday said the country is “very concerned” about China’s grip on the global supply chain … Read more
Universal and Illuminations latest animated film centers on a family of ducks who decides to leave the safety of a New England pond for an adventurous trip to Jamaica. However, their well-laid plans quickly go awry when they get lost and wind up in New York City. Universal Disney dropped the animation crown. Universal has … Read more
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is pushing hard to reassert his populist party’s dominance in this weekend’s early parliamentary and local elections that observers say are being held in an atmosphere of intimidation and media bias. The vote in the troubled eastern European country on Sunday pits Vucic’s governing Serbian Progressive Party, or … Read more
Kat Tolentino and the Choco Mucho Flying Titans face the formidable Creamline Cool Smashers in their first finals stint. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net The biggest volleyball stage in the country is set with two of the Premier Volleyball League’s (PVL) crowd darlings pitted against each other. But while the two teams are pretty much even in the … Read more
China has reached the end of its economic boom. What comes next should worry every American business — and the rest of the world.Tyler Le/Insider We’ve reached the end of an era for the Chinese economy. For the past three decades, China has been on the upswing of a supercycle that saw an almost uninterrupted … Read more
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California Northern District Judge Jeffrey White partially denied (PDF) Apple’s request to dismiss a proposed federal class action lawsuit over Apple Pay, reports Reuters. Three credit unions argued Apple violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by charging too much in processing fees and being too exclusionary by not letting other digital wallets access its NFC-scanning hardware. … Read more
By Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam plans to restart its biggest rare-earths mine next year with a Western-backed project that could rival the world’s largest, according to two companies involved, as part of a broader push to dent China’s dominance in a sector that helps power advanced technologies. The move would … Read more
Katherine Tai, United States Commerce Consultant, speaks in the course of the Senate Finance Committee Listening to on the President’s 2023 Commerce Coverage Agenda on the U.S. Capitol on March 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. China Information Service | China Information Service | Getty Photographs China’s dominance in uncommon earths makes U.S. provide chains susceptible, … Read more