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| SBA to push another round of funding for small business |
1/11/2021 |
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The Small Business Administration and the Treasury Department are preparing to revive the PPP five months after its first two rounds of funding ended. In the latest round, businesses that received loans last year will be able to borrow up to $2 million as long as they have no more than 300 employees and suffered at least a 25 percent drop in quarterly revenue.
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| NYSE flip-flop its decision on delisting Chinese telecom stocks |
1/8/2021 |
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The decision marks the latest about-face for the NYSE on whether to delist the companies in accordance with Trump's executive order from November barring Americans from investing in securities issued by companies deemed to be linked to the Chinese military.
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| Amazon bought 11 jets |
1/7/2021 |
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It's the first time it has purchased planes for its delivery network. Over the past couple of years, Amazon has been leasing planes to build its fleet.
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| U.S. manufacturing grew |
1/6/2021 |
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Gauge of manufacturing activity rose to 60.7% last month, the highest reading since it stood at 60.8 in August 2018. The gauge was up 3.2 percentage points from a November level of 57.5.
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| Chinese Communist party will not tolerate even Jack Ma |
1/6/2021 |
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Ma’s latest gambit backfired after he called regulators too conservative in an Oct. 24 speech and urged them to be more innovative. They halted the impending stock market debut of Ant Group, an online finance platform that grew out of Alipay. Alibaba’s share price sank.
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| U.K. approved the use of AstraZeneca vaccine |
1/5/2021 |
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The rollout of the new vaccine comes at a crucial moment for U.K. authorities, who are battling a surge in infections blamed on a new virus variant that authorities have said is much more contagious.
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| Quantum technology to improve battery performance |
1/4/2021 |
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Researchers at the University of Sussex is using a quantum-based sensor to measure battery behavior, with the expectation that the resulting data can be used to improve battery technology.
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| Imec presented tiny finFET biosensor |
1/4/2021 |
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Due to its high integration and low-cost potential, field-effect transistors (FETs) have gained a lot of interest for biosensing applications such as DNA, protein, and virus detection or pH sensing.
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| Chinese regulators might force Ant Group to divest |
12/31/2020 |
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The plans, which would involve pushing Ant to sell some of its minority shares in operations such as banking-related businesses, are part of a push by watchdog agencies to regulate so-called financial holding companies.
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| Battery Operated EV (BEV) or Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV)? |
12/31/2020 |
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Combined yearly sales of BEV and PHEV in 2020 reached about 2.4 million units, a 19.8% increase YoY. Aside from the vehicles’ sales growth against industry headwinds generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a noticeable change in the market share and sales ranking of NEV manufacturers this year owing to the increased number of models released as well as the growth of markets outside of China.
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| DRAM tops semiconductor revenue growth during 2020 |
12/31/2020 |
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DRAM tops the list with the greatest sales revenue in 2020, followed in second place by NAND flash. Computer and cellphone processors also make the list along with Computer—Special Purpose Logic.
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