manufacturing

Electric Vehicles

Ford Crosses into Fast Lane With $2 Billion Affordable EV Plan

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If successful, the company believes its affordable option could revolutionize EV adoption levels in America.

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Consumer

Not Folding Yet: Vegas Looks Beyond an Epic Summer Slump

Vegas has been dealing with the economic uncertainty caused by the Trump administration’s trade, tariff and immigration policies.

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Semiconductors

Intel’s CEO Lands in a Political Hot Seat Over Connections With China

Chip industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan was supposed to fix the company’s problems. Now, Tan has become the company’s problem.

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Big Tech

Apple Adds $100 Billion to American Investment Plans

For those keeping score at home, that’s in addition to the $500 billion in domestic investments Apple announced earlier this year.

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Finance

Berkshire Shares Tumble as Buffett Has Five Months Left at the Helm to Make a Big Deal

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Berkshire’s stock has slipped more than 13% since Buffett announced in May that he would step down at the end of the year.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla is Paying Up to Keep Elon Musk’s Eyes On the Road

During the company’s second-quarter earnings report last month, Musk admitted the company may be headed for “a few rough quarters.”

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Artificial Intelligence

May AI Take Your Order, Please?

AI is moving into jobs in food services and retail traditionally best left to humans. Can the imperfect tech give customers what they want?

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Economics

Bet Your Bottom Dollar: Can the Sinking US Greenback Bounce Back?

The dollar is the most important currency on earth, adding up to 57.7% of global currency reserves in the first quarter.

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Industrials

Pentagon to Take $400 Million Stake in Rare Earth Miner Outside Vegas

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China accounts for nearly two-thirds of raw material production and 90% of the manufacturing of rare earth magnets.

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CIO Upside

Why It’s So Hard to Modernize Your Outdated ERP

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Fractured ERP systems are “going to get fewer returns on your investment.”

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