World Business
The latest World Business coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Business section.
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Canadian Cabinet ministers meet with Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary in bid to avoid tariffs
Two Canadian Cabinet ministers left a meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Friday without assurances President-elect Donald Trump will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office
President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a "political resolution" to the issue.
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A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a massive Chinese espionage campaign, the White House says
A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said Friday.
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Turkey’s soaring costs are creating a ‘lost generation’ of kids forced to help their families get by
In a dim one-room apartment in one of Istanbul's poorest neighborhoods, 11-year-old Atakan Sahin curls up on a threadbare sofa with his siblings to watch TV while their mother stirs a pot of pasta.
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Prosecutors find workers in ‘slavery like’ conditions at Chinese car company site in Brazil
A task force led by Brazilian prosecutors said it rescued 163 Chinese nationals working in "slavery-like" conditions at a construction site in northeastern Brazil, where Chinese electric vehicle company BYD is building a factory.
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France has a new government, again. Politics and crushing debt complicate next steps
France's president and prime minister managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays. Now comes the hard part.
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Nissan and Honda to attempt a merger that would create the world’s No. 3 automaker
Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger that would form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales, as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.
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‘Unfettered’ gas exports would harm U.S. economy, energy secretary warns
If the United States were to continue exporting liquefied natural gas in the way that has made it the world's biggest gas supplier, it would drive up costs for American consumers and businesses, pollute struggling communities and increase global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a letter written by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm that was obtained Monday by The New York Times.
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Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they’re consuming too much of its energy
Dozens of massive data centers humming at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm welcome that brought them here.
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Under pressure, Hyundai supplier ends Alabama prison labor contract
After facing public scrutiny for the use of prison labor, a supplier to South Korean automaker Hyundai said it had dismissed dozens of incarcerated men it had employed through the Alabama Department of Corrections and ended its inmate labor contract with the state.
