US blacklists dozens of Chinese entities
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US blacklists dozens of Chinese entities
The U.S. has black listed six subsidiaries of Inspur Group, China's leading cloud computing and big data service provider, along with dozens of other Chinese entities.
The Inspur units were listed for contributing to the development of supercomputers for the Chinese military, the Commerce Department said in a posting. Five of the subsidiaries are based in China and one in Taiwan. Inspur Group itself was placed on the list in 2023.
The Inspur units are among about 80 companies and institutes added to the export control list on Tuesday. Over 50 are based in China. Others are in Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
The listings are intended to restrict China's ability to develop high-performance computing capabilities, quantum technologies and advanced AI, and impede China’s development of its hypersonic weapons program.
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The U.S. has black listed six subsidiaries of Inspur Group, China's leading cloud computing and big data service provider, along with dozens of other Chinese entities.
The Inspur units were listed for contributing to the development of supercomputers for the Chinese military, the Commerce Department said in a posting. Five of the subsidiaries are based in China and one in Taiwan. Inspur Group itself was placed on the list in 2023.
The Inspur units are among about 80 companies and institutes added to the export control list on Tuesday. Over 50 are based in China. Others are in Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
The listings are intended to restrict China's ability to develop high-performance computing capabilities, quantum technologies and advanced AI, and impede China’s development of its hypersonic weapons program.
Kroger blames Albertsons for merger's demise in new court filings
Kroger is denying Albertsons’ claims that it didn’t do enough to ensure regulatory approval of the companies’ planned supermarket merger. In court papers filed Tuesday in Delaware, Kroger said Albertsons disregarded the companies’ merger agreement and worked secretly to try to force Kroger to sell off more stores. Kroger also claimed that Albertsons was secretly planning to sue Kroger if the deal didn’t go through long before the merger actually fell apart in December. Kroger said it should not be forced to pay Albertsons a $600 million termination fee as well as billions of dollars in legal fees.
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Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett mocked her state’s governor during a weekend appearance, referring to Greg Abbott — who uses a wheelchair — as “Gov. Hot Wheels” while speaking at a banquet in Los Angeles. “You all know we got Gov. Hot Wheels down there. Come on, now,” Crockett, a Dallas Democrat, said about Abbott, a Republican, while speaking at the Human Rights Campaign event. Abbott was paralyzed in 1984 after a tree fell on him while jogging. The accident severely damaged Abbott’s spinal cord. Crockett, elected to the House in 2022, was roundly criticized by Republicans for the comments.
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