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News of the Commerce Department ripping up waivers for Chinese semiconductor plants to access American technology shook an already unsettled market. The Nasdaq 100 Index erased an early-morning rally as a report on the US potentially revoking waivers for companies with semiconductor plants in China rattled chipmakers and the broader technology sector. The tech-heavy benchmark…
This story was originally posted on MyNorthwest.com A Suquamish man received a large payday after purchasing a lottery ticket from a local grocery store. Marv C. won $50,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket at a Fred Meyer in Bremerton, one of Marv’s “go-to spots” for buying lottery tickets, according to Washington’s Lottery (WL). Winning lottery…
Meta is expanding its line of AI-powered eyewear through a new partnership with sportswear brand Oakley. The new smart glasses introduced Friday, called Oakley Meta HSTN, were built for performance wear and are intended for “athletes and fans alike” according to a Meta statement. The full lineup will arrive this summer, Meta says, with glasses starting…
Beijing’s top official overseeing Hong Kong affairs held a three-hour closed-door discussion with local tycoons and business leaders on the third day of his inspection trip to the city on Friday. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, also visited Ocean Park in the afternoon before taking a boat trip to…
In the House’s version of Trump’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act Republicans proposed denying tax credits to clean energy companies whose supply chains contained any ties — big or small — to China. The rules were so administratively and logistically difficult, industry leaders said, that they were effectively the same as killing the tax credits…
Senior White House adviser Kari Lake issued mass layoff notices Friday to 639 employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal outlet which owns the Voice of America and through which Congress directs money for other government-funded international networks, such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia. The vast majority of…
The median home sale price in the U.S. just touched a record high, but new data shows that buyers are nevertheless paying below asking price. The median sale price hit a record $396,500 for the four weeks ending June 15, or a 1% increase from a year earlier, according to a Friday report from Redfin. But…
New Delhi: China has played host to foreign secretaries of Pakistan and Bangladesh in the first-ever trilateral format, a development viewed as significant in India. The foreign secretaries agreed to enhance trilateral cooperation in various sectors such as trade, investment, health, education and maritime affairs in their meeting held in Kunming in Yunnan province of…
Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. All times on the map are Iran time. The New York Times A moderately strong, 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Iran on Friday, according to the United States…
Recently unsealed court documents shed more light on the mindset and actions of the man charged in connection to the deadly shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses this past weekend in the Twin Cities. Vance Boelter, 57, is in custody and faces multiple federal and state murder charges following the attack overnight Saturday that killed…