TMC Stock Bulls Bet On Policy Tailwinds As US Reportedly Invites Korea Zinc Chair To Roundtable Amid Trump's Seoul Visit

Choi Yun-birm, the Chair of Korea Zinc, has been invited to attend a meeting of the U.S. and South Korean business leaders in Gyeongju. The South Korean firm agreed to invest $85 million in The Metals Company in June, which enabled it to acquire a...

AI takes the lead in Latin America’s industrial transformation 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already taking center stage in Latin America’s industrial transformation. The UN, in fact, signaled that the technology may be the key for sustainable, productive and inclusive development in the region. However,...

U.S. Government Aims To Add 6 Critical Minerals To New List

High-purity polycrystalline silicon. getty To strengthen the national security supply chain, the U.S. government has revamped a proposed critical mineral list with six new additions that have implications for key industries. The U.S. Department of...

Japan’s Nikkei hits record high as AI optimism lifts investor sentiment

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average rose to a record high on Wednesday, as investors drew confidence from Wall Street’s overnight strength on optimism surrounding investments in the artificial intelligence sector. The tech-heavy Nikkei 225 Index...

Seattle businesses brace for impact as Amazon cuts 14K jobs amid AI shift

SEATTLE — Amazon has confirmed it will cut 14,000 corporate jobs as part of a strategic shift towards artificial intelligence, raising concerns about the broader economic impact. The layoffs account for about 4% of Amazon's corporate workforce of...

Toyota Pushes Back On Trump’s Claims: No ‘Explicit’ Promise Was Made About $10B US Investment

The U.S. president has wrapped up his state visit to Japan before heading to South Korea. The US-Japan trade deal, clinched in September, provided for Japan investing $550 billion in the U.S. in return for a reduced tariff rate of 15%. Toyota’s...

I am antifa, and so are most Americans

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Roger W. Bowen is a former college president. He served as director...

The CEO Summit kicks off… Chey Tae-won “Gyeongju was Asia’s Silicon Valley a thousand years ago”

Special addresses by leaders including Lee Jae-myung·Trump, plus nine sessions featuring RM and others Chey Tae-won, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Chief...

Is China’s Near Monopoly in Rare Earths Really a Chokepoint in the Global Economy?

On October 9, Beijing expanded its rare earth export controls. China’s government now requires foreign firms to obtain approval to ship magnets containing as little as 0.1 percent Chinese‑sourced material or produced with Chinese extraction,...

Wonder Festival to Hold Its First-Ever U.S. Event, In Collaboration with MomoCon, Coming to Atlanta in May 2026

Wonder Festival to Hold Its First-Ever U.S. Event! In Collaboration with MomoCon, Coming to Atlanta in May 2026 KAIYODO Co., Ltd. and the Wonder Festival Executive Committee are pleased to announce the first-ever North American edition of the...

India News | Bihar Elections 2025: JD(U) Challenges RJD with Fresh Face in Stronghold Madhepura

Madhepura (Bihar) [India], October 29 (ANI): With less than ten days remaining before the first phase of polling in the Bihar Assembly elections, the Madhepura Assembly constituency has emerged as one of the key battlegrounds to watch. Located...

U.S. stocks rise as investors await Fed decision

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks perked up on Tuesday, approaching fresh record highs as investors digested a wave of corporate earnings and looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's policy meeting for signals on interest rate cuts. The Dow...

U.S. military kills 14 more people in Trump’s expanding drug war

DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walks into a news conference about a plane crash near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, at the White House in Washington, on Jan. 30. President Donald Trump’s military...

Science The Cool Down Scientists make incredible discovery while breaking down record-setting nuclear reactor — here's what we could learn from it

After many years of experiments, the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is decommissioning the world's longest-running fusion tokamak. The project housing this machine is known as the Joint European Torus (JET). It provided researchers with...

United States: 48,000 Jobs Cut by UPS in 2025

On Tuesday, October 28, the U.S. transport and logistics giant UPS announced that it has laid off a total of 48,000 employees since the beginning of the year, as part of a sweeping restructuring plan aimed at improving operational efficiency. In a...

U.S. considers equity investments in quantum computing startups to bolster tech leadership

The US government is in talks with some of the firms involved in quantum computing, including IonQ, Rigetti, and D-Wave, for the purchase of some equity shares in return for a stake in the US federal government. All the companies would get an...

Nvidia's $1 billion stake buy sends Nokia shares to decade-high

Nokia’s shares closed up 20.86% after the deal announcement, a high last touched in late January 2016 [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Nvidia will pay $1 billion for a 2.9% Nokia stake, the Finnish telecom equipment maker said on Tuesday, propelling...

American Opinion: American ‘state capitalism’ is destined for failure

Call it industrial policy, state capitalism, old-fashioned socialism: It’s a bad idea. Across several recent administrations, the U.S. government’s role in the economy has grown increasingly intrusive. The current White House has taken things to...

(LEAD) [APEC 2025] Trump says trade deal with S. Korea will be finalized 'very soon'

(ATTN: UPDATES with more remarks by Trump; CHANGES headline; ADDS photo) By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that a trade deal with South Korea will be finalized "very soon" as negotiations over the...

Project Finance Brief: Energy Vault Acquires 150 MW Battery Storage Project

From: Mercom Capital Group Energy Vault, a utility-scale energy storage project developer, announced the acquisition and planned development of the SOSA Energy Center, a 150 MW/300 MWh battery energy storage system located in Madison County,...