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Chip Market Faces Headwinds as Tariffs Loom
The global chip market, buoyed over the last several quarters by surging enterprise and storage demand for memory components, cooled during the first quarter as the industry braces for ...Full Article
Cisco Doubles Down in China
Cisco Systems continues to expand its considerable presence in China despite growing friction between U.S. high-tech companies and the government of Chinese President Xi Jinping. On the eve of ...Full Article
Valerie Plame: The Spy Who Came in to the Code
Since her cover was famously blown, former covert CIA operative Valerie Plame is more openly protecting the country's digital assets. In May, the author and anti-nuclear activist joined the ...Full Article
Federal State of Cyber Insecurity: New Day, New Breach?
When the United States government accused China of hacking the Office of Personnel Management and gaining access to the records of 4 million current and former federal employees, it ...Full Article
AWS Cloud Expands Into China, C3 Instances Sell Out
The Amazon Web Services subsidiary of the online retailing giant is expanding its cloud into China, one of the more difficult markets for any IT vendor to crack. China ...Full Article
Automation Alleviates China’s Growing Labor Shortage
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Screen_shot_2013-09-24_at_11.57.19_AM.png" alt="" width="95" height="64" border="0" />Robots have been a hot topic for countries like the United States as they push themselves to be more competitive against ...Full Article
Will China’s Smog Drive out Manufacturing Jobs?
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/smog.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />While China remains a popular destination for expats, they aren't relocating for the air quality. The smog and haze that hung over Beijing this ...Full Article
Huge Loss of U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Triggered by China Trade Decision
<div><img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/ChineseFactoryWorkers3_3.jpg" alt="" width="72" height="95" />A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper issued in December claims the sharp drop in U.S. manufacturing jobs from 2000 to ...Full Article
Clean Energy Conundrum: In Europe, Regulations Have Helped Create a “Golden Age Of Coal.”
EU Regulations intended to shift utilities from fossil fuels to renewable energy are having the reverse effect. As America shifts to natural gas, European coal prices drop, and utilities ...Full Article
