Corruption Probe Encircles Samsung Heir Lee Jae-yong

Lee Jae-yong, Samsung's de facto chief, spent years burnishing his image as a modernizer at one of South Korea’s most hierarchical firms.

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Richard Norte, left, and Miguel Bessa demonstrate a new type of sensor in the lab.

Spiderweb-Inspired Microchip Sensor One of the World’s Most Precise

A “holy grail” for quantum technologies and sensing.

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a Tribal Nations Summit during Native American Heritage Month, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Nov. 15, 2021, in Washington. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, Nov. 23, seeking to block a major U.S. sugar manufacturer from acquiring its rival, arguing that allowing the deal would harm competition and consumers.

U.S. Sues to Halt Sugar Merger

They say it would harm competition.

Lockheed Martin’s Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (NGG) Block 0 early missile warning satellite.

Lockheed Conducts Missile Warning System’s Critical Design Review

The company is making progress toward a 2025 launch.

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AstraZeneca Opens Research Center as U.K. Builds Hub

Officials hope to develop a Silicon Valley for life sciences.

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Keeping a High-Level Production Tempo Without Personnel Fallout

An obsessive focus on production levels alone can have disastrous downsides.

Des Moines Downtown Neighborhood Association president Brandon Brown stands on the roof of his condo building, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. After decades of downplaying or simply ignoring the problem, Des Moines officials here recently began a comprehensive study that will lead to tighter regulations on some smelly manufacturing plants near downtown.

Stench a Constant Reminder of City's Pork Processing Legacy

A pungent smell of rancid meat regularly wafts through the shiny new development.

Senior instructor Markus Juarez, bottom, talks to student driver Jaime Rojas at California Truck Driving Academy in Inglewood, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Amid a shortage of commercial truck drivers across the U.S., a Southern California truck driving school sees an unprecedented increase in enrollment numbers. The increase is big enough that the school is starting an evening class to meet the demand, according to Tina Singh, owner and academy director of California Truck Driving Academy. 'I think that's only going to continue because there's a lot of job opportunities. We have over 100 active jobs on our job board right now,' said Singh. The companies that normally would not hire drivers straight out of school are '100 percent' willing to hire them due to shortage issues, the director added.

Trucker School Bustles Amid U.S. Driver Shortage

Business is booming at the California Truck Driving Academy.

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JBS Enters Cultivated Meat Market With Acquisition, $100M Investment

The meat giant has acquired Spain-based BioTech Foods and building a new plant in Spain to scale up production.

J.M. Smucker to add $1.1B Uncrustables Plant in Alabama

The company expects to grow its Smucker's Uncrustables brand over the next five years to approximately $1 billion in annual net sales.

European Commissioner for Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager during a meeting of the College of Commissioners, EU headquarters, Brussels, Nov. 10, 2021.

EU Opens Door to Aiding Semiconductor Production

The move comes amid a global chip shortage and intense worldwide competition to fill the need.

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Why Moderna Won't Share Rights to COVID-19 Vaccine

Even with the government that paid for its development.

CEO Elon Musk departs from the justice center in Wilmington, Del., July 13, 2021.

Musk Sells More Shares than He Needs to Pay Current Tax Bill

Experts say he's either converting part of his fortune to cash — or saving for even bigger bills.