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Microchip says it will shut Arizona plant, updates outlook
MICROCHIP Technology, a maker of chips for cars, consumer devices and other products, said it would close a plant in Tempe, Arizona,…
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Amazon debuts tools to make data centres less power hungry
AMAZON.COM’s cloud unit is rolling out components it says will make data centres run more efficiently, a move that could help address the…
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Much colder, some accumulating snow inland by midweek!
If you think it is cold now, wait until the end of this week, an Arctic Blast is on the way! Typically, we should be in the mid to upper…
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In pictures: 40 years since world's deadliest gas leak killed thousands in India
Forty years ago, an Indian city became the site of one of the world's worst industrial disasters. On the night of 2 December, 1984, a…
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Nike to shut down virtual sneaker label RTFKT under new CEO
NIKE is shutting down its digital sneaker division RTFKT as the world’s largest athletic-wear company realigns priorities under a new…
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Traveling to Spain? These new rules just kicked in
If Spain is on your travel itinerary, there are some new rules you’ll need to know about. Starting today (December 2), travelers to this…
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Spanish deliver company Glovo to employ riders on a permanent basis
A Glovo delivery rider drives through the city. Glovo, the Spanish subsidiary of the German food delivery service Delivery Hero, is to…
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All wreckage removed one week after cargo plane crashes in Lithuania
Recovery work has been completed after a cargo plane travelling from Germany to Lithuania crashed in Vilnius last week, police said on…
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Someone Already Crashed A 2025 BMW M5
Read the full story on Modern Car Collector It didn’t take long for one of the 2025 BMW M5 sedans to make headlines for the wrong reasons.…
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Passengers in fatal bus crash near French ski resort were mostly Colombian nationals living in Spain
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Many of the victims of a bus crash in Southern France in which two people were killed and dozens of others were…
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'One of the most difficult seasons' ends for transgender player, San José State volleyball team
A season of protests, forfeits and lawsuits ended quietly Saturday on the volleyball court with San José State losing the Mountain West…
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Billionaires plan major new city for 2060
Indonesian billionaires are embarking on an ambitious $16 billion project to transform a formerly impoverished area of North Jakarta into…
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Castle Water to offer £4 billion equity to rescue Thames Water
Castle Water will offer to inject £4 billion (S$6.82 billion) into Thames Water this week to help save the beleaguered utility from…
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This airline will soon receive its first Airbus A321XLR
Qantas is getting closer to receiving its initial Airbus A321XLR, which is beginning final assembly at the Airbus plant in Hamburg,…
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US: Wall St opens slightly higher as caution prevails in data-packed week
Wall Street’s main indexes opened flat-to-higher on Monday (Dec 2), with focus on a slew of economic data this week, while Intel shares…
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Mozambique protests must go on for '2 to 3 months', opposition leader says
Protests that have led to weeks of clashes with Mozambique's security forces need to continue for "maybe two to three months", the…
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St James's Place to cut around 500 jobs, source says
The cuts represent nearly a sixth of the company’s workforce of around 3,200 people British wealth manager St James’s Place is planning to…
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New US solar tariffs on South-east Asia to raise prices, cut profit margins
A NEW round of US solar panel import tariffs on South-east Asian producers is expected to raise consumer prices and cut into producer…
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding bags US$2.6 billion in contracts
This takes the group’s shipbuilding contracts to US$14.3 billion in the year to date MARITIME vessel maker Yangzijiang Shipbuilding said…
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Winter weather warnings for seven states as hazardous blowing snow forecast
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued winter storm warnings and advisories across seven states: Michigan, Indiana, Alaska,…
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Hong Kong’s HKBN gets rival takeover interest from I Squared Capital
HONG Kong telecommunications company HKBN said on Monday (Dec 2) it has received a rival non-binding indication from US private equity…
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Sembcorp stays on transformation course, but big bet on renewable energy comes with risks
The threat of US tariffs, for example, could dampen global trade and electricity demand, and weaken the drive to invest in fossil fuels…
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Commodities firm Trafigura goes on Swiss trial over alleged bribes paid to win Angola oil contract
GENEVA (AP) — For the first time in Switzerland, a multinational company faces a criminal trial Monday on charges of bribing a foreign…
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Landmark climate change case opens at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court took up the largest case in its history on Monday, when it opened two weeks of…