Facebook Inc. is building a team to design its own semiconductors, adding to a trend among technology companies to supply themselves and lower their dependence on chipmakers such as Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., according to job listings and people familiar with the matter. The social media
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In just two weeks, Mark Lamberti swapped his long-held membership of South Africa's business elite for the status of a pariah. The 67-year-old Harvard Business School alumnus is stepping down as chief executive officer of Imperial Holdings Ltd. after a court ruled on April 4 that he had insulted a former
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… investment Wednesday. The foundation, the world's largest private charity, provided $4.6 billion in 2016 grant support and focuses on areas such as HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, according to its website. Gates himself has a net worth of about $92 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Making a meal out of a dog or a cat may soon land you in jail. An amendment added Wednesday to a farm bill that was approved by the House Agriculture Committee would bar people from “knowingly slaughtering a dog or cat for human consumption,” as well as transporting or participating in other
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Shares of social media giant Facebook Inc. fell Wednesday after the stock got its first downgrade since January. Research firm OTR Global cut its rating to mixed versus positive amid concern that year-over-year growth in advertisement spending moderated in the first quarter of 2018. The last downgrade
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