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Tesla to Halt Production in Germany as Red Sea Conflict Hits Supply Chains

Updated Jan. 12, 2024 7:11 am ETBERLIN—Tesla plans to halt production at its biggest factory in Europe for two weeks as the conflict in the Red Sea continues to disrupt transport ships, raising the specter of a new supply-chain crisis for European manufacturers dependent on parts from China and other Asian countries.Tesla said in a statement Friday that it would stop nearly all production at its factory near Berlin from Jan. 29 to Feb. 12 because of a lack of components.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All

Activision and California Agency File Settlement of Gender Discrimination Claims

Activision Blizzard and a California regulator filed a legal settlement in which the videogame company agreed to pay to resolve gender discrimination charges while the state withdrew sexual-harassment claims.The settlement between Activision and the California Civil Rights Department, if approved by a judge, would end a legal battle that helped lead to the videogame company’s sale to Microsoft. Settlement documents that both sides said were filed in California Superior Court confirm an agreement from last week.Copyright ©

BP Joins Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd in Pausing Shipments Through Red Sea

Updated Dec. 18, 2023 8:19 am ETBP will pause all oil-tanker shipments through the Red Sea after attacks in the area from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, adding to similar moves from major shipping companies in recent days.“In light of the deteriorating security situation for shipping in the Red Sea, BP has decided to temporarily pause all transits through the Red Sea,” the London-based energy major told Dow Jones Newswires.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Bari Weiss’s Surging News Startup Lures Readers Miffed at Media Coverage of Israel

Bari Weiss realized that her news startup, the Free Press, was attracting a lot of attention with its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war when famous people started citing its work on social media.Music executive Scooter Braun shared a Free Press video about a hostage taken by Hamas. Comedian Chelsea Handler shared on Instagram Free Press’s “Voices from Gaza” video that showed a young Gazan describing Hamas as a barrier that must be removed. Cookbook author Jessica Seinfeldposted a column by Weiss about antisemitism

Osama bin Laden, Antisemitism and a Viral Tweet: Why TikTok Is Facing Its Biggest Threat

TikTok is facing what it views as perhaps its biggest crisis yet, with the world’s most popular app facing an intense backlash over the perception it favors pro-Palestinian and, at times, antisemitic content.Citing anti-Israel posts that surfaced on TikTok since the Gaza conflict began and a decades-old Osama bin Laden letter that circulated this week, Washington lawmakers have renewed calls to ban the app in the U.S.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Israel Wants Inexpensive Drones. Chinese, American—It Doesn't Matter.

Executives and financiers are hustling to get off-the-shelf drones to Israel for reconnaissance and rescue. Executives and financiers are hustling to get off-the-shelf drones to Israel for reconnaissance and rescue. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If…

Who Will Control Wagner’s Empire of War and Gold?

Updated July 24, 2023 12:00 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)The Kremlin is attempting one of the most complex corporate takeovers in history, seeking to seize control of the Wagner paramilitary group’s sprawling global empire.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Updated July 24, 2023 12:00 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)The Kremlin is attempting one of the most complex corporate takeovers in history, seeking to seize control of the Wagner paramilitary

Russia Boosts Rates as Ukraine War Costs Mount

The full percentage point rise comes as a falling ruble, soaring wages and debt-fueled state spending reignite inflationary pressures. The full percentage point rise comes as a falling ruble, soaring wages and debt-fueled state spending reignite inflationary pressures. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their…

Facing Big Storm Losses, Insurers Aim to Boost Rates

Severe storms that brought hail and high winds to places such as Texas and states in the central U.S. are wreaking havoc on insurers’ profits. Severe storms that brought hail and high winds to places such as Texas and states in the central U.S. are wreaking havoc on insurers’ profits. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks…

Tornado Damages Key Pfizer Drugmaking Plant

The plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., produces a quarter of the sterile injectable medicines used by U.S. hospitals. The plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., produces a quarter of the sterile injectable medicines used by U.S. hospitals. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors.…