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China trounces U.S. in AI research output and quality
TOKYO/BEIJING — China is the undisputed champion in artificial intelligence research papers, a Nikkei study shows, far surpassing the U.S. in both quantity and quality. Tencent Holdings, Alibaba Group Holding and Huawei Technologies are among the top 10 companies producing AI research, according to the study. The Chinese contingent is steadily gaining representation in an …
Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China
In recent weeks, Apple Inc. has accelerated plans to shift some of its production outside China, long the dominant country in the supply chain that built the world’s most valuable company, say people involved in the discussions. It is telling suppliers to plan more actively for assembling Apple products elsewhere in Asia, particularly India and …
Meatpacker JBS Removed At-Risk Workers from Beef Plant Amid Covid-19 Surge
Meatpacking company JBS USA Holdings Inc. said it has removed hundreds of at-risk workers from a Colorado beef plant in response to rising Covid-19 infections, as the U.S. meat industry seeks to defend itself against the pandemic’s current surge. JBS’s move comes as the largest U.S. beef processor faces a fresh Covid-19 outbreak in Greeley, …
Coronavirus latest: German industry records historic 18% tumble in output – Financial Times
Coronavirus latest: German industry records historic 18% tumble in output Financial Times German industrial production dropped a record 17.9% in April MarketWatch German Industrial Slump Hits Bottom With Record Output Drop Bloomberg German Industrial Output Posts Record Plunge in April Due to Coronavirus Outbreak The New York Times Production in April 2020: -17.9% seasonally adjusted on the previous month Forex …
Saudi Oil Stranded in Supertankers as Backlog Piles Up
Saudi Arabia’s oil-price war with Russia flooded the market with crude. Now, with demand having dried up and buyers hard to find, the kingdom is resorting to storing much of it at sea. At least one in 10 supertankers around the world is serving as a floating oil storage facility, Saudi oil officials say. With …
Mattress firm ‘breaking all output records’ to supply NHS
A firm that makes mattresses for the NHS has said it is “breaking all output records” as staff work around the clock to meet increasing demand. All staff at the GNG Group, a specialist foam manufacturer based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, have moved to the company’s healthcare division – which is now working 24 hours …
OPEC meeting to decide on historic output cuts
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud and Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak at the start of an OPEC and NON-OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, December 6, 2019. Leonhard Foeger | Reuters Some of the world’s largest oil producers will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to try to agree on historic …
Dean: How to Fix America’s Supply Chains Before They Break Again
Text size Keep ’em coming. Christophe Ena/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Global supply chains are a lot like the plumbing or HVAC systems in our homes. We normally ignore them—until they clog or break. Then we have an urgent problem on our hands. We just experienced a gasoline supply crisis due to a cyberattack on a …