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...US lawmakers alleged that Dubai was a transfer point for nuclear-related components to Iran, Libya and North Korea....
...The attached Bel Café is a lovely little spot for a takeaway coffee and a pastry, while Reflections, the hotel’s fourth-floor alfresco terrace, serves small plates and craft cocktails alongside a good selection...
...Russian records suggest it has shipped about $2.1mn of goods to Orlan LLC — a St Petersburg company that is a self-described fishing equipment supplier....
...“We see right now the tectonic plates are shifting with respect to investment in the United States,” said US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm this week, referring to the surge of investment in recent months...
...And according to one analyst, semiconductor companies and their suppliers will benefit no matter who wins the AI race, as they sell to all the combatants in the battle for AI supremacy....
...Instead, he was taken to a table laden with plates of Russian delicacies. “In front of each seat stood a bottle of vodka,” Sugrue wrote....
...Taiwan Semiconductor....
Is China’s rapid advancement in technology driven by theft of US trade secrets?
What brought the FBI to arrest a Chinese-American scientist in the middle of the night?
...to start: SoftBank’s $66bn sale of UK-based chip business Arm to Nvidia collapsed on Monday after regulators in the US, UK and EU raised serious concerns about its effects on competition in the global semiconductor...
...Southern consequences: A new Russian invasion of Ukraine could have consequences for European interests in the Middle East and north Africa, according to this piece by the European Council on Foreign Relations...
...The new wave started in 2010, when the Instant Pot, an electronic pressure cooker, first appeared in North America — it soon became a cult among “Pothead” owners....
...And one FT film to start: It has been called a telecoms group, a semiconductor group, an investment group — even a hedge fund — but what exactly is SoftBank?...
...A working group on semiconductors might, for example, involve the US, UK, South Korea, Japan, the Netherlands and Taiwan....
...Semiconductors, recombinant insulin and internet search engines have all come to market largely thanks to VC backing....
...They reduce us to folklore …when we are stuck in poverty today,” said Pedro Uc, a teacher and farmer in Buctzotz, north-east of the city of Merida, and member of the Múuch’ Xíinbal assembly of defenders...
...A plate of toro carpaccio sushi has arrived: it is a delicious cut of fatty tuna and, before devouring it, I ask about his relationship with Meyer. He reaches for another military metaphor....
...“Best and final” proclaims Hock Tan, the Broadcom chief, of his improved offer to buy Qualcomm, the latest semiconductor group he covets....
...Volpe, Managing Member of Volpe Investments LLC.Harry L. You, President, CFO and Director of GTY Technology Holdings Inc....
...The convoluted and drawn-out sale of Toshiba’s prized semiconductor unit, for about $20bn, is seen as the most probable way of reversing the negative shareholder equity....
...Shares in Dialog Semiconductors are up 5.6 per cent, and ST Micro is up 1.7 per cent. The Euro Stoxx technology index is 0.4 per cent higher overall, while the wider Euro Stoxx 600 is flat....
...Japanese business leaders and government officials have expressed concerns about Toshiba’s semiconductor know-how falling into Chinese hands, but companies have so far failed to come together to assemble...
...With the Olympic bid and a sports business he has plenty on his plate. “I’m passionate about sports, passionate about the Olympic movement and passionate about Los Angeles,” he says....
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