Sony to invest $500 mln in TSMC’s new Japan chip plant venture
Sony Group (6758.T) on Tuesday said it will invest about $500 million in a joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (2330.TW) (TSMC) that will build a $7 billion chip plant in Japan.
Analysis: Musk’s Tesla stock sale poll raises taxing questions
When Elon Musk asked his Twitter followers last weekend if he should sell 10% of his Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) stock, he said he was posing the question because “much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance.”
Factbox: Asia-Pacific countries begin to open selectively for international travel
Asia-Pacific countries, which have had some of the world’s strictest border controls and quarantine rules during the pandemic, are starting to open selectively to fully vaccinated international travellers as well as their unvaccinated children.
Proposed U.S. carbon capture credit hike cheers industry, worries greens
A proposed tax credit hike for U.S. carbon capture and sequestration projects being mulled by Congress could trigger a big jump in use of the climate-fighting technology to clean up industry, but environmentalists worry the scheme will backfire by prolonging the life of dirty coal-fired power plants.
Biden to tout ‘largest investment’ in climate in Glasgow
President Joe Biden on Monday will try to assure world leaders that the United States can keep its promise to slash greenhouse gas emissions by more than half by the end of the decade, even as the key policies to ensure those reductions remain uncertain, his top climate aides said.
World leaders seek ways to strengthen global supply chains
U.S. President Joe Biden and 16 other world leaders on Sunday discussed action to make supply chains more resilient in the face of any future health crises, as well as climate change and even planned attacks.
Aussie jumps as inflation data sparks rate hike talk, yen becalmed before BOJ
The Aussie dollar jumped on Wednesday as surprisingly strong inflation data raised the possibility of sooner-than-planned rate hikes, while the yen was calm as Japan’s central bank is seen retaining its easy monetary policy stance later this week.
Marketmind: Trillion-dollar Tesla
Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet… and Tesla. We now have a trillion-dollar EV firm whose 10% surge on Monday lifted Wall Street to new record highs — electric vehicles going mainstream is perhaps encouraging news ahead of the COP26 environment summit.
Asia stocks catch Wall St cheer but China caps gains
Asian stocks inched higher on Tuesday, as upbeat Wall Street earnings lifted the broader economic outlook though fresh worries about China’s property sector hit Hong Kong and mainland markets.
Biden imposes new international travel vaccine rules, lifts existing restrictions
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order imposing new vaccine requirements for most foreign national air travelers and lifting severe travel restrictions on China, India and much of Europe effective Nov. 8, the White House said.
