The climate and tax bill President Biden signed in August to increase the use of green energy and electric cars while expanding domestic manufacturing appears to be yielding some results. A Korean solar company, Hanwha Qcells, announced on Wednesday …
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For technologies like solar panels, wind, EV batteries, electrolysers and heat pumps, the three largest producer countries account for at least 70% of manufacturing capacity for each technology – with China dominant in all of them.
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Global trade has taken a turn for the worse, the Bloomberg Trade Tracker shows. bloomberg.com. New Year, New Hurdles for Exports: Bloomberg Trade
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On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-1 to propose the Noncompete Clause Rule (the rule), which would ban essentially all noncompete clauses that employers impose on their employees and other workers.
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On Wednesday, the National Labor Relations Board’s Region 28 regional director, Cornele Overstreet, dismissed Amazon’s allegations that labor-board officers and union organizers improperly influenced the union vote. In the spring, the upstart Amazon …
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