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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 …

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 …

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has suggested that the electric vehicle maker might get into the mining business. Patrick Pleul/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk lamented the rising cost of lithium in a recent tweet. He even suggested that Tesla might get into the mining business to help solve shortages of the …

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 …

SINGAPORE – After four months of growth, Singapore’s factory output took a breather, data released on Monday (April 26) by the Economic Development Board (EDB) showed. Manufacturing production in March increased 7.6 per cent from a year ago, but on a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, output decreased 1.7 per cent, breaking the recent growth streak. …

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 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 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 …

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 …

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 …