Chinese firms eye Morocco as way to cash in on US electric vehicle subsidies
TANGIERS, Morocco (AP) — After the United States passed new subsidies designed to boost domestic electric vehicle production and cut into Beijing’s supply chain dominance, Chinese manufacturers began investing in an unlikely place: Morocco. In the rolling hills near Tangiers and in industrial parks near the Atlantic Ocean, they have announced plans for new factories […]
DNC Sent Millions To Law Firms Behind ‘Unprecedented Lawfare’ Campaign Against Trump
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Editors’ Note: It is important to realize that “lawfare” is more than the mobilization of Federal Agencies to use the courts to achieve ends properly left to the political process. It extends to private law firms hired by the DNC, plus a wide variety of non-profits and NGOs. This also […]
Asia FX muted as dollar firms before PCE data; yen on intervention watch By Investing.com – Investing.com
Investing.com — Most Asian currencies traded in narrow ranges on Friday as the dollar hovered near a two-month high ahead of the release of a key inflation reading that is likely to influence the Federal Reserve’s interest rate outlook. The dollar’s strength pushed the Japanese yen further below the level at which traders had initially […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ‘shielded’ biotech firms in gain-of-function research audit, GOP senator claims
A recent audit of the Defense Department’s funding of gain-of-function research outside the United States “may have concealed” collaborations with Chinese biotechnology companies, at least one of which has ties to Beijing’s military, a Republican senator claimed Tuesday. In a letter obtained exclusively by The Washington Post, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) asked Defense Secretary Lloyd […]
DNC spent millions with 2 law firms having deep ties to Trump lawfare
The Democratic National Committee has paid millions of dollars to two law firms involved in several loafer lawsuits against former President Donald Trump, according to an exclusive report from the Democratic National Committee. Daily Caller he says. The outlet said the DNC paid $2 million to Kaplan, Hecker & Fink LLP and “several million more” […]
Wall Street firms part of ‘climate cartel,’ colluded to curb emissions: House report
A U.S. congressional committee is expected to file charges on Tuesday that major Wall Street firms conspired with advocacy groups to force companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report seen by Reuters ahead of its release. The report is the first produced by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee since it began investigating […]
Musk threatens to ban Apple at his firms over OpenAI integration
Tech CEO Elon Musk I said it was forbidden Apple will ban its own employees from using its products if it goes ahead with plans to roll out artificial intelligence (AI) features it announced on Monday. Apple said the “intelligence” feature that integrates OpenAI’s ChatGPT will allow it to customize the phone to suit users’ […]
California lawmakers demand AI firms install ‘kill switch’
Artificial intelligence (AI) companies are pushing back against demands from California lawmakers to install “kill switches” designed to mitigate potential dangers from the new technology, with some threatening to pull out of Silicon Valley altogether. Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener has introduced a bill that would subject tech companies to regulations embodied in a new […]
Law Firms Stand To Make Killing From Blue Cities’ Climate Lawsuits Against Energy Giants
A Daily Caller News Foundation investigation into legal contracts has found that law firms could reap huge profits from climate change lawsuits filed in dozens of Democratic-leaning jurisdictions across the country. . Several state and local prosecutors across the country have entered into agreements with private law firms to assist with cases against large energy […]
Top oil firms’ climate pledges failing on almost every metric, report finds | Fossil fuels
Big oil companies have made flashy climate pledges in recent years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat the climate crisis, but a new report suggests those plans don’t stand up to scrutiny. ing. Oil Change International, a research and advocacy group, is researching and researching the impact of climate change on eight major international […]