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Intel Capital invests in Chinese chip companies amid tech tensions

Intel Capital, the venture arm of chipmaker Intel Corp , has invested in two Chinese startups in the semiconductor sector, the company announced on Wednesday, as part of its latest batch of deals. The investments in companies that compete in fields typically dominated by U.S. players come as Intel remains embroiled in tensions between the United States and China over chip manufacturing. ProPlus, one the Chinese startups Intel Capital has funded, makes EDA software that chip makers use to design their products before manufacturing them. …read more […]

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Exclusive: Occidental offering voluntary job buyouts, citing need for spending cuts – document

Occidental bet heavily on the continued growth in U.S. shale oil, taking on heavy debts for its controversial purchase of Anadarko Petroleum last year for $38 billion. Energy companies worldwide, including Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, have slashed capital expenditures and oil output to reckon with the pandemic. Houston-based Occidental last week posted a $2 billion quarterly loss and has slashed capital spending drastically to shore up its balance sheet. …read more […]

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The Greatest Moneymaking Machine in Wall Street History

The greatest investor in history isn’t who you would expect. So what led to his incredible, market-beating success?
As Nicholas Vardy explains, it wasn’t a reliance on fundamentals. It was computing power and quantitative investment strategies.

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Musk, Texas governor talk about potential Tesla move to Lone Star state

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Tuesday that he spoke with Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Inc, in recent days about a potential move of the company’s electric vehicle assembly plant to the Lone Star state. Abbott’s remarks came just came three days after Musk threatened to move Tesla’s headquarters and future operations to either Texas or Nevada, after officials in the California county where Tesla’s only U.S. vehicle factory is located said the plant could not reopen because coronavirus lockdown measures remained in place. …read more […]