A federal judge ruled this week that a nearly complete offshore wind project halted by the Trump administration can resume. Work on the nearly completed Revolution Wind project for Rhode Island and Connecticut has been paused since Aug. 22 when the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a stop work order for what it said [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that American companies control the algorithm that powers the app’s video feed and Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing United States operations, the White House has said. A central question to the tug of war between Washington and Beijing [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is moving closer to making President Donald Trump’s “no tax on tips” promise a reality, but new guidance tends to limit the number of tipped workers who will be able to claim the benefit. The agency last week submitted proposed regulations to the Federal Register that includes greater detail [...]
The Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Industrial Compliance has launched a new online customer portal designed to streamline operations and improve service for its customers, whether they want to apply for a building permit, request an inspection or pay a fee. The new customer portal represents an upgrade in how the division serves its [...]
Oracle has named Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia as CEOs, with current CEO Safra Catz becoming executive vice chair of the technology company’s board. Oracle said that Magouyrk previously served as president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. He joined Oracle in 2014 from Amazon Web Services and is a founding member of Oracle’s cloud engineering team. [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel reversed course and last week said that it will continue processing raw steel at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois, nixing a decision that had put the plant on track to stop work in the coming weeks. U.S. Steel did not explain its reasons for changing course, now [...]
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Nissan is developing vehicles with self-driving technology as it works to turn around its struggling auto business. In a recent demonstration of the technology developed by British company Wayve, a Nissan Ariya sedan outfitted with 11 cameras, five radars and a next-generation sensor called LiDAR maneuvered its way through downtown [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump last week signed a proclamation that will require a $100,000 annual visa fee for highly-skilled foreign workers and rolled out a $1 million “gold card” visa as a pathway to United States citizenship for wealthy individuals, moves that face near-certain legal challenges amid criticism he is sidestepping Congress. If [...]
Five months after ending development of its own obesity treatment, Pfizer is accelerating its push into the growing field with a nearly $5 billion acquisition. The COVID-19 vaccine and treatment maker earlier this week said that it will pay $47.50 in cash for each share of development-stage drugmaker Metsera. That represents a premium of more [...]