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Europe’s biggest bank, HSBC, has reported a jump of almost 80% in its annual profits in 2023.

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Delays in finishing new factories are emerging, just as the Biden administration begins handing out money to stoke domestic production.

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20 Feb 2024

U.S. Awards $1.5 Billion to Chipmaker GlobalFoundries

Author: admintech | Filed under: Technology

The grant will go toward chips for the auto and defense industries, and is the largest award to date from $39 billion in government funding.

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Presidents Day may be in the rearview mirror but these deals are still live for a limited time.

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We’ll explain what could happen to the IRS in times of a government shutdown, and whether it could affect you.

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The massive savings stockpile Canadians squirreled away is not being spent, so it can’t be counted on to help the country avoid a possible recession this year.

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Bob Buckingham says Newfoundland and Labrador’s chief medical officer should call for an inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Her Majesty’s Penitentiary inmate Seamus Flynn.

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Canada’s senators have been issued panic buttons as concerns about the safety of members of Canada’s upper house pile up, CBC News has learned.

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More than a year and a half after receiving proposals to ramp production of artillery shells, the Canadian government is still debating whether to make investments in plants in Quebec […]

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